Alternative to the Smart Pots and some places in the US where you might be able to find Air Pots. Most Places in Florida, but also a couple in Oregon, Washington and California. Attached website so you can check them out if you are interested. JaK The Caledonian Tree Company Blue Heron Farm Nursery Independence Oregon 97351 Tel: 1-800-223-8410 Fax: (541) 754-6181 sales@bhfnursery.com www.bhfnursery.com Cherry Lake Tree Farm 7836 Cherry Lake Road Groveland, FL 34736 Tel: (352) 429-2171 www.cherrylake.com De Leon's Bromeliads 13745 SW 216th St. Goulds, FL 33170 Toll Free: 1 800 448 8649 Tel: (305) 238 - 6028 Fax: (305) 235 - 2354 info@deleons4color.com www.deleons4color.com Flowerwood Nursery 2792 Cr 564 Bushnell, FL 33513-4529 Tel: (352) 793-4563 www.flowerwoodnurseries.com Tim Griffin Enterprises, Inc. 23505 SW 202 AVE Homestead, FL 33031 Tel: (305) 247 - 5126 Fax305) 246 - 4574 info@timgriffinenterprises.com www.timgriffinenterprises.com Holloway Tree Farm 2620 Griffin Road Leesburg, FL 34748 Tel: (352) 728-5096 Fax: (352) 728-0568 info@hollowaytreefarm.com www.hollowaytreefarm.com KCK Farms 11483 SE Amity-Dayton Hwy, Dayton, OR 97114 Tel: (503) 864-9422 Fax: (503) 864-4412 info@kckfarms.com www.kckfarms.com Martin Miller Farm & Nursery 8635 Wabash Drive Ne Salem, OR 97305-9738 Tel: (503) 792-3731 Palmco Pine Island, Florida 33945 Tel: (239) 283-1329 Fax: (239) 283-4594 sales@palmco.com www.palmco.com Plantmad Nursery mail@plantmad.com www.meacham.org/plantmad/ Premier Trees, LLC 3650 Clausen Acres Lane NE Salem, OR 97303 Tel: (503) 580-2286 Fax: (503) 485-2998 brent@premier-trees.com www.premier-trees.com Robinson Tree Farm 600 Bennett Rd Pierson, FL 32180-2117 Tel: (386) 749-4040 Rocky Creek Nursery 1501 SW 112th Ave Davie, FL 33325-4701 Tel: (954) 434-4200 Scheidler Family Nursery13258 Portland Rd Northeast Gervais, OR 97026-8778 Tel: (503) 792-4469 Skinners Nursery 8475 Baymeadows Rd Jacksonville, FL 32256- 7376 Tel: (904) 538-9988 Sun City Trees 2660 24th Street S.E. Ruskin, FL 33570 Tel: (813) 645-9527 Fax: (813) 645-9539 sean@suncitytrees.com www.suncitytrees.com Superior Foliage 17200 SW 248th St Homestead, FL 33031-1902 Tel: (305) 245-0828 SuperTrees 10301 South Kraxberger RD. Canby, OR 97013 Tel: (503) 266-8733 Fax: (866) 381-3016 moreinfo@supertree.com www.supertrees.com Tim Fisher Nursery 8485 SE 282nd Avenue Gresham, Oregon 97080 Tel: (503) 663-0680 Fax: (503) 663-2369 www.timfishernursery.com Total Quality Liners 7836 Cherry Lake Road, Groveland, FL 34736 Tel: (352) 429-2171 Fax: (352) 429-0302 www.tqlinside.com/ Turner Tree Farm 2504 64th Street Court E. Bradenton, Florida 34208 Tel: (941) 721-3597 Fax: (941)729-5198 info@turnertreefarm.com www.turnertreefarm.com Woodbrook Nursery 1620 59th Ave. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 Tel: (253) 265-6271 www.woodbrooknativeplantnursery.com Yule Tree Farm 12704 Ehlen Rd NE Aurora OR Tel: (503) 678-2101 www.yuletreefarm.com
JaK The gentleman in Canby, Oregon is about 2 miles from our home. When we were growing high-dollar saplings (primarily Japanese Lace Maples $$$$$) we started out with SmartPots and eventually moved over to the Air Pots (or whatever they're calling them these days). Very, very high-quality product with manufacturing standards unrivaled in the horticulture industry which, obviously, comes with a higher price. Money well spent if one sets up their soil correctly irrespective of microbial colonies but rather the makeup of the strata. This is paramount to the success of using these pots, i.e. there is a definite learning curve even down to how you irrigate the pots. HTH LD
LD, with regard to 'stratifying ones soil', and the 'watering of the pots', I'd love the lesson from start to finish, if you have the time. Jak, thanks for the post.
SkunkPatronus I'll be more than happy to write up the method(s) that we used - I need to look through some old notes. I'll post it tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime you and JaK might want to take a look at another 'auto-pruning' nursery pot system - RootMaker which has a few options to consider. HTH LD
LD, as usual, will be looking forward to your notes - stratifying soils. More innovations. I like that. Only reason I posted the Air Pots thing is due to your info in the past. Since so many were interested in the Smart Pots I thought it would be a good idea to let people know about this option. I'll have to check out the Rootmaker. JaK
LD, I checked out the Rootmaker. The one product seems quite similar to the Air Pot in materials and construction. Their round pots are interesting, also, with the air pruning container designer. I wish they had a 3 gallon square one, though. Yes, they are a bit more of an investment, but I like the idea of the durability of the material. Looks like you can just "unwrap" the root mass if you were to transplant with the one that is similar to the AIr Pots. Were you able to do that with the Air Pots? Let me ask you something, LD. What about taking a good plastic container and drilling very fine holes in uniform designs around the pot similar to what these companies have done with their products. Would you get the same desired result of air pruning? JaK
JaK If you'll notice there are 3 or 4 green 'buttons' which hold the pot together. At the time of harvest in preparation for shipping the pot is unclasped and the root ball is removed. At this point it's wrapped in burlap and that burlap sheet is tied to the root ball with jute twine. These tree/saplings are referred to as 'balled-root saplings' which are preferred by landscapers because burlap breaks down fairly quickly in the soil in addition to adding a carbon source in and around the root ball meaning that they simply place the wrapped root ball into the hole and are then back-filled with soil. HTH LD
Definitely a method that will work if you have the time and patience to drill the holes. I'm way too lazy for that - LOL LD
One of the Air Pot reps gave me the following info for ordering their pots: I don't currently have a place in Phoenix selling Air-Pots, however I know that Calgrowers.com can sell them to you at retail and from past customers, I have heard they are pretty fast on delivery. JaK