Smart pot

The patented Smart Pot is a soft-sided, fabric container that has the rigidity to hold its shape and can even support large trees. In fact, the Smart Pot was originally developed for and has been used by commercial tree growers for over twenty years.

The Smart Pot is an aeration container. It has a unique ability to air prune and enhance a plant’s root structure. A highly branched, fibrous root structure is the key to growing a better plant – with more flowers and fruits, and more resistance to insects and diseases.

In any container garden, the container you use makes a difference. Find out what size of container to use, and how to grow your own cannabis. Look over our web site. E-mail us questions. Then try the Smart Pot for your Smart Garden. Your plants will thank you. Their root structures will thank you. Aeration is the key. Happy Container Gardening!

 

 

 

Advatages Smart Pot

• Air Pruning
As roots grow in containers they eventually reach the container walls. In hard-sided containers, these roots, upon reaching the walls, start circling and continue to circle seeking a friendlier environment. Upon examination, these root systems exhibit a few strong roots growing in circles with very little branching, often are bound or girdled upon themselves and, depending on the type of plant, can produce a strong tap root growing through the containers bottom. These characteristics can hinder the plant's rate of growth and in some cases its chances of survival when transplanted. 

Smart Pots are manufactured out of a custom, non-woven, polypropylene material.  Roots grown in a Smart Pot come in contact with the fuzzy, fabric inner wall of the bag and penetrate or grow into the fabric. The bag's tough fabric prevents the root's continued longitudinal growth, in effect pruning it, causing the root to develop masses of lateral fibrous roots. Upon comparison, root systems that developed in a Smart Pot have a much greater mass or volume then those found in hard-sided containers. Plants grown in Smart Pots have root balls that contain many more roots then found in a hard-sided container of similar size .

 

The roots from a plant in a conventional plastic container



Roots with Smartpot

with soil

• Temperature management
The Smart Pot's black fabric quickly warms up early season soil enabling plants to get off to a quicker start. Yet the same fabric, due to its porous nature, allows heat to escape from the container through evaporative cooling during the summer's hottest days.  Even in northern climates, root systems of container grown plants can be damaged from too much heat.  University studies have also shown a direct relationship between soil temperatures and slow-release fertilizer activity.  Cooler containers do not allow for premature fertilizer release.

• Hydro farming

Gardening indoors can be as fun and rewarding as gardening outside and can also be less of a headache. When you garden inside you bring everything to your plant: light, water, and food. Using a hydroponic system is one of the best methods to do this. When you garden using hydroponics you control everything. Your system delivers everything your plant needs so all your plants have to do is grow. When you’re indoors you’re in charge. 

Most gardeners who take the step to have a hydroponic system are taking gardening to the next level. They want bigger fruit, better fruit, and tastier fruit. This is achieved not just by setting up a hydroponic system but by setting up a good, quality hydroponic system. This is achieved by providing a good quality lighting system, good quality nutrients and additives and watching and maintain an ideal pH level for your particular plant. The hydroponic industry for a long time has done a great job in providing the hydroponic hobbyist a nice selection of good quality lighting, nutrients, additives, pH testers and balancers. But it has had a limited selection of containers. This meant that the gardener was forced to place their plant in a system that provides the best light, the best food, and an environment for optimal performance. However the container they had available for use was limited. Not anymore. 

The smart pot is the perfect complement to any hydroponic enthusiasts’ system. The Smart Pot® provides an environment for the root system to allow it to do what the lights and nutrients are asking it to do. Most other containers don’t do this.  The fact is the Smart Pot is the Best container for gardening in a hydroponic system.  Here’s why:

• The Smart Pot® is made of a porous fabric which allows water to flow freely while keeping medium inside – no more clogged hoses.
• The Smart Pot® air prunes the roots which creates more roots through branching – more roots means more root tips and more opportunity for the plant to feed.
• The Smart Pot® stimulates beneficial bacteria because of the aeration – beneficial’s need oxygen.
• The Smart Pot® allows the plant to use all the space inside the container for root growth there for letting the plant grow bigger than traditional hydroponic containers would allow.
• The Smart Pot® doesn’t allow roots to circle making it the ideal container for a mother plant.
• The Smart Pot® releases heat help keeping the plant free from stress.

Providing the optimal lighting, high quality nutrients, and a properly balanced pH is something the hydroponic world has been doing for a long time. Now there is a container to complement these products. Give your plants what they want: room to grow, air to breathe, and an environment to thrive. Give your plants the Smart Pot®.

Ideal Smart Pots® for a hydroponic system are the #1 gallon, the #2 gallon, and the #3 gallon. Order Smart Pots here or get them at your local specialty garden shop or hydroponic retailer. Your plants will thank you.