22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Back on 28th August 2025 I received a magnificent silk floss tree cutting (Ceiba speciosa) from my wonderful pen pal Helen, and potted it right there and then into a used 4.1 L Air-Pot seed tray. If I didn’t a..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time around winter 2025 (I stupidly didn’t take notes) I uprooted a self-seeded sandpaper fig (there are several species buit this one is most likely to be Ficus coronata), took a bunch of cuttings, and p..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time before 2020 (exact date unknown) I potted up some tiger grass (Thysanolaena latifolia) in a 9 L Air-Pot. More for the aesthetic than for root development as I really like the look of Air-Pot containe..
21 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 21st November 2025
I like to grow saffron in a 38 L Air-Pot. The 20 L Air-Pot works too but you can’t fit as many in :)
Mind you, when I first began with just three corms, I grew each one in its own 3 L Air-Pot as a hedge agains..
17 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Ross
First published 17th October 2025
This post was inspired by Ross, who sent me photos of his wife’s orchid and his tomato plant in Air-Pot containers.
Ross said “The orchid flowered about two weeks after planting which was very unusual.”
Orchid in 7.5 L Air-Po..
17 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 17th October 2025
This is a sequel to Don't do This, Boys and Girls! — and again, please don’t try this at home!
As mentioned in that previous post, the roots of some species will go straight through the base of an Air-Pot if al..
14 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Jonathon in Bathurst NSW
First published 14th October 2025
This post was inspired by Jonathon in Bathurst NSW.
The timing was incredible as I had just written this on what not to do with roots and Air-Pot bases. When quite by chance and with no knowledge of this, J..
09 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Robyn in Dawesville WA
First published 9th October 2025
This post was inspired by Robyn in Dawesville WA, who sent me these two photos of her Coral Gum (Eucalyptus torquata) in a 38 L Air-Pot, inside a larger, decorative pot:
Coral gum in 38 L Air-Pot Container
co..
02 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd October 2025
Updated on 17th October 2025
Some years past I set aside two young Japanese maples, each in a 4.1 L Air-Pot Small Seed Tray, to grow on to bonsai. (The bonsai training pot equivalent wasn’t a thing then).
The ro..
23 Sep
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 23rd September 2025
The Prickly-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca styphelioides) is native here and self-seeds readily. Its small leaves — prickly alright! — and charming bark make it a natural for bonsai.
Unfortunately and to my frus..
25 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kelly Trevisan
First published 25th June 2025
Kel and I first “met” when she rang one afternoon from Queensland, to discuss Air-Pot bonsai containers and her new baby, a Western Australian Saltwater Paperbark (Melaleuca cuticularis). This was a week before Cyclone ..
07 May
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 7th May 2025
Iwas inspired by this local tree:
copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
to dig up a self-seeded bottlebrush (Melaleuca sp.) sapling by our water meter (!) and bonsai it, so into a 4.1 L Air-Pot small seed tray it went! ..