Air pruning pots and Palms? (non-fabric)

[Zeni]

I was thinking of putting a small Butia Odorata in there (25L / 6.6G), palm is a few years old and already has many pinnate fronds).

Do they work on palms? During the winter it will be put in a greenhouse, rest of the year just outside.

I hear the crop and tree growers swear by them, but on this forum I couldn't find much info besides hearing that the fabric airpruning pots are terrible due to the roots attaching themselves to the fabric, but what about these weird plastic ones?

 

[Zeni]

I have two Butia's of roughly similar size and will be experimenting to see if an air pot makes them grow faster. One will be placed in an airpot and the other in a terracotta pot. However, the one I am going to place in a terracotta pot is a few years older, (max 3 years older) nevertheless if the air pot one manages to catch up to this one in a few years then I can say this tech works on palms. Growing conditions for both will be similar.

[Zeni]

Nobody here ever tried these kind of pots?

[EmmEffBee]

Can you share an update on the use of the airpot/self pruning pot?

[happypalms]

I have seen these pots used for blueberries in large numbers by the thousands. There is not much difference between them and standard containers that are not air pruning. But that’s blueberries not palms.

[maxum2610]

I’ve been using the ones above for a few years now. Mainly for root sensitive palms like johannesteijmannia. No worries there about the roots sticking to the pot, and easy to remove when you want to repot. Just unscrew the green thing and unwrap the pot from the palm roots. Easy.

[meridannight]

Been meaning to try these. Not sure whether I'd try them on palms, but for some other plants I got. I have these pots standing in my storage for months now, but haven't got around to using them yet.

I'm not sure whether these are ''air pruning'' as such. When you have high humidity growth environment (as I do) where the value is between 75-90% most of the year, the roots will grow into the air on most plants. The air won't prune anything under such conditions, but will encourage root growth. I just wanna try these on plants whose roots need better drainage and aeration. I'm pretty sure these types of pots should work well on some orchids as well.