In article ,
Kay writes:
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| | Are saucers needed?
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| | Not if your watering regime is so good that the soil is always moist ;-)
| | That is unachievable, and trying to re-wet dry soil when anything more
| | than an egg-cup full of water runs straight through is well nigh
| | impossible if you don't have some sort of saucer or tray underneath.
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| Eh? I just push the soil down the sides to stop the main streams,
| cover the soil with an inch of water and wait. It then dampens
| the soil, and the next round will absorb better.
|
| Maybe it doesn't work with soilless composts. Or maybe I'm even more
| remiss about watering than you are ;-)

Ah. I don't use soilless for my drought-resistant pot plants,
or most of the others, actually.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.