Have Your net pots broke open?

[waterwise]

Just wondering if anyone has had this happen ???? I guess/hope it will break but not fall.

 

[cravin morehead]

sure have... used some zip-ties to repair enough to finish the grow...
im assuming its from the roots getting thick, right?

 

[Mist]

Oh yea, many times in DWC systems. I finally found some really heavy duty 5" net pots that didn't spit open. The smaller 2 and 3 inch net pots split all the time still. You just have to support them as best you can like cravin morehad said above.

 

[waterwise]

size amount ect ect has not happened yet but it looks like it will. I hope it wont it would be a giant pain in the ___! day 29 of bloom we will see

 

[waterwise]

If i take some of the mediem maybe it will relive some presure

 

[toastfighter2]

I have had this happen, but I really didn't bother to fix it because the roots that where there where good enough to hold it in place still, but I guess it really would depend on how bad/where the broken spots are.

 

[makedadproud]

I had some HUGE plants growing in 5.5" netpots. The only thing that I worried about was my home depot lids giving way adn letting the netpot fall thru (it happens on big plants) I end up hanging it with wire hangers bent to my specifications

 

[Wait...What?]

the orchid pots are very tough and if you get a tap root big enough to split one, you did good.

 

[FreezerBoy]

My homemade cups split open but, the root structure held everything in place. I only "lost" a half dozen rocks or so.

 

[lysol]

its kinda inevitable. in nature trees break sidewalks