Net pots and root restriction?

I've got a bubble cloner than uses small net pots, 2". WHen transferred to my RDWC system that uses 5" netpots.

On this (1st) occasion I snipped the small netpots around the base to allow the roots to be unrestricted, and then put them in the 5" pots for the RDWC system. As the "seedlings" had been stuck in the cloner for so long (the previous crop was flowering way longer than planned) teh roots were huge, so I cut small holes in each 5" pot to let me pull through the bulk of the roots so they could reach the water in their buckets.

Question:

Did I need ot snip the small pots or would the tap roots eventually snap them anyhow? or does it restrict growth?

I doubt the roots would snap the plastic in a 2 inch pot, especially if the plant is small. Can you use the 2 inch collars in your bubblecloner?

It's worth snipping the bottoms of the 2" cups just so the roots don't grow into them and get stuck. Tearing out the roots to transplant will set your plant back quite a bit. I snip out the middle ring of the bigger netpots so I can snake the tap root through the hole. I agree with MustGro above, I just use the collars for cloning then put in a netpot when roots are sufficient to remove from cloner.

Thanks peeps.

With cloning that makes perfect sense but I tend to grow from seeds often just for the fun of variety.

All is going very well.

Dodgey99 said:

Thanks peeps.

With cloning that makes perfect sense but I tend to grow from seeds often just for the fun of variety.

All is going very well.

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Net pot webbing isn’t going to stop roots, it will break the net pots if it needs the room.