"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes

"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
notfranz.
writes

The right adjectives would be "lazy" and "irregular", not
"meagre".

What on earth are these trays doing under the pots?

You need to ask that? ;-) "lazy" and "irregular" watering means
that
the
soil dries out, and it's extremely difficult to wet it again. So
a
tray
under the pot catches the water as it comes through and allows
the
soil
to soak it up at leisure

I have never had trays under our outdoor pots, only in the case of
small indoor pots on a window sill, and I have never had serious
watering problems. On the odd occasion when a pot has become bone
dry, I have put a plastic bottle with a *very* small puncture in
its
bottom, filled with water, on the compost, so that it could leak
water
into the pot over a period of an hour or so. That has always coped
with getting the compost damp again.

I don't think you're doing 'lazy' and 'irregular' properly!

Yes I am. {:-))

Franz