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Old March 2, 2006   #1
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Default material to fight compaction and aid aeration?

What material should I use to fight compaction and aid aeration in my 25 gallon pots?
They are bottomless, with about 10 gallons of soil removed below them as well!

Do you think I should still use some sort of "wick" as well?
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Don, What are you planning on filling them with?
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I thought of that after I posted....Mostly compost, soil, and in the lower levels (partialy finished compost)

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I use perlite with good success.
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If the soil below your bottomless container is fairly well drained then you might not need to add anything to improve drainage, and a wick would be unnecessary since the container soil is in direct contact with the ground. A bottomless container in direct contact with the soil is really more like a raised bed than a container. You could use pine bark, peat and perlite to create a coarser, more well drained soil--which is what I would do.
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