Mesh pots?

[tasuccs]

I recently saw something I hadn't come across before and seems new on the market - small square "mesh pots" with mostly solid walls and minimal air pruning strips around the sides. Most air pots and growbags are way too porous for most succulents, but these seem to have potential for providing the same benefits without excessive moisture and substrate loss and are cheap and pretty attractive to boot. Anyone have experience with them?

[keith]

I don't like white pots because they grow green algae on the inside pot walls. The general idea might be pretty clever ?

[7george]

Nordic style -- maybe these are not good for hot countries? Also if roots get out of wholes you should trim those for re-potting.

[tasuccs]

I don't like white pots because they grow green algae on the inside pot walls. The general idea might be pretty clever ?

Good to know! I always wondered why they aren't more common, and come to think of it, all the white plastic nursery pots I have sitting around aren't white on the inside. These come in black, but where I live the sunlight is too intense for black IMO, and they don't look so nice either.

[tasuccs]

Nordic style -- maybe these are not good for hot countries? Also if roots get out of wholes you should trim those for re-potting.

"Nordic" seems to be slapped onto any product on Ali Express with "minimalist" design and light or earth colors. But in any case these do seem like they'd be more water hungry.

[greenknight]

Mesh pots really aren't new - i remember learning about them when I took Master Gardener training 30+ years ago. The idea was to save labor in seedling production - the roots were "air pruned", thus no root pruning was needed at transplanting. Don't know if that works with succulents, though.

This particular design may be new, though. It's not a fully mesh pot, so it won't dry out as quickly. The ridges might help redirect circling roots, I suppose. It would be interesting to experiment with them.