This 1 litre Air-Pot is the best way to germinate seedlings that don’t need to be started in a propagation tray. You can also use this size for potting up seedlings that have been started in a propagator. Use a light propagation mix with not too much fertilizer and keep well watered, once the seed has germinated or the cutting has struck.

After one growing season in the 1 litre it is possible to plant directly into the garden or any size Air-Pot up to the 20 litre. It just depends on how big you want your plants to grow.

Litre – 1
Diameter (mm) – 100
Wall Length (mm) – 345
Wall Height (mm) – 145

Air-Pots have unusual cuspated walls, sort of an egg box configuration, made up of closed inward pointing cones and open ended outward pointing cones. There are no flat surfaces on the inside of the container to deflect roots and start the spiralling process.

The inward pointing cones direct the roots further outward to the open ended cones where, because the air density in the soil is too great, the roots dehydrate and are effectively pruned.

The plant responds to this “air-pruning” by sending out more roots to compensate for the loss which leads to a dense root system with a vast number of active white tipped roots.

The porosity of the Air-Pot also creates better conditions for bacterial activity and thus increases the amount of nutrients available to the plant. With so much root right back to the stem, the root system is very efficient in its use of all the available water and nutrient.

Plant vigour and health is therefore guaranteed.