Yey, we are snail friends 🐌 I folded the bottom as it's easier for me to roll. For water, you can make holes or cuts after rolling but as you wrote it may affect root growth. I now see especially the stuck bottom for spring onions. Interestingly peppers stayed in a snail around 2 months look OK but it can be because they are dwarf plants. My experiment continues 😊

By the way, the fig trees survived the winter even those stayed outside 🙌