Eazy Plug Pyramid - Large | 25 x 25 x 15CM

Step 1: Moisten Eazy Pyramid

• Prepare water with a pH of 5.8 and an EC of 1.4. Again, on personal preference, you can add a root stimulator to the water. Allow the Eazy Pyramid to fully suck up the prepared water. Let it drain out excess water. Do not squeeze out or dry the Pyramids. Eazy Pyramids are self-regulating and will only hold the water they need for an optimum moisture level and an optimum air-to-water ratio.

Step 2: Put block onto the pyramid

• Put the Eazy Block with young plant simply on top of the Eazy Pyramid. It will fit there nicely and will continue developing its roots inside the pyramid without a transplant shock.

Step 3: Remoistening

• For quick root development, only remoisten the Eazy Pyramids after 3 days from start and in optimum climate conditions even only after 5 days. Remoistening can be done by all known techniques, like drip-feeding, ebb and flow system, manual, etc.

Step 4: Fertilizing

• After 5 days start adding a light fertilizing mix to the water up to an EC of 1.2-1.4 and a pH of 5.8.

Step 5: Determine optimum EC

• The air pruning effect generates a much more advanced root structure with a much bigger hair root mass and with it an increased uptake capacity. As a result, many growers can suffice with an EC value that is +/- 0.2 lower than in older traditional substrates. At first sight of leaves getting lighter green, you should raise the EC immediately back to 0.2. With the Eazy Pyramid material, it will take longer for the leaves to grow lighter than with ordinary pots or Rock-Wool if it already occurs.

Air pruning effect of the Eazy Pyramid

• When the tips of the roots grow outside the Eazy Pyramid, they are exposed to dry air because there is no plastic sleeve around the block. This causes the apical cells at the tip of the root to dehydrate, or become air pruned. This effect stimulates the growth of secondary roots, branching out the original roots and growing within the Eazy Pyramid. These secondary roots spread throughout the Eazy Pyramid until again they reach the outer sides where they get air pruned again, stimulating more root growth. The overall air pruning effect is the establishment of a well-developed root system that is spread evenly throughout the Eazy Pyramid.

No wrapping

• Due to its stabilization, there is no need for wrapping, resulting in natural air pruning of the roots growing outside the Eazy Pyramid. This air pruning strongly stimulates the production of new root tips inside the Eazy Pyramid. As a result, an Eazy Pyramid will be fully grown with smaller hair roots instead of having a few base roots that grow downwards between growing medium and wrapping like with all conventional blocks. This way there is abundant root growth inside the entire Eazy Pyramid, making better use of water and nutrition.

No plastic pots

• Due to the same strong stabilization, there is no need for a plastic pot either. Again, offering the advantage of natural air pruning, resulting in a dense mass of hair roots inside the Pyramid. When using a plastic pot, the base roots will grow to the outside, meeting the impermeable wall of the pot and starting to continue their growth alongside the wall of the pot. This results in winding roots or a so-called root-knot with little to no branching and hair roots. The uptake capacity is there for incomparable and no match for the Eazy Pyramid.

Eazy Pyramid is self-regulating

• An Eazy Pyramid has a neutral pH level of 5.5-6.0 and this pH level is buffered. Small deviations can be corrected by the Pyramid. The Eazy Pyramid gets a soft base fertilizer with it. The Pyramid has a pre-determined optimal air-to-water ratio. When the Eazy Pyramid can drain out excess water, it will hold the optimum amount of water by itself. Dry cultivation is no problem, the remaining moisture will be evenly divided throughout its material and the Eazy Pyramid always takes water back up easily.