Susan Erickson wrote:
On 29 Jun 2006 10:13:26 -0700, "jtill" wrote:

As pots get bigger they also get taller. Is this necessary? Big plants
I have repotted seem to have most of their roots within a few inches of
the surface. I have a 30 growth CATT and will repot soon, would a large
short, say 10 inch tall by 18 inch wide, pot be OK? I will use S/H and
the shorter pot would give better O2 at the roots it seems, and, Ray
may not have enough rocks to fill the tall one! ;-)). The clay pot is a
monster to deal with. It is tippy, heavy and I am betting there are few
roots that penetrate to the bottom, and, this is a TALL plant. What do
you think? If, when I dump it out,there are roots at the bottom I'll go
back into the same pot.
Joe T
Baytown/Houston

Now Clay and S/H don't go together well. Normally S/H means you use a
tall for it's width container with room for the roots to roam and for
a water well below the roots to keep the clay pellets carrying
moisture. Are you sure you mean S/H? Clay pellets can be used
instead of mix - but now your talking a lot of weight especially in a
clay pot.

I cannot get a S/H pot big enough. I have a plastic dishpan ready to
drill and pot in that but it looks like a dishpan. So Bob suggested a
bulb pan (Glazed) and that looks good to me. So I found a pretty one
and plan to drill it for S/H and plug the bottom hole. My question is,
will a 16" W X 10" D work? Dry out to fast? Other problems? Big plants
that I have re-potted, two, had short roots, about 6", most stopped at
4". Normal? I don't have enough experience to know. So I am close to
trying it. Diana is having a laughing fit over SOME of my plan! And, I
am having fun sharing my (mis) adventures with you guys! Hey, I tried
unglazed clay with PrimeAgra early on and that doesn't work at all.
Glazed works like Ray's pots plastic, the holes are tough to drill but
you get the same result. But if you use the same aspect ratio a 16" pot
would be about 20" deep. So I am going to try 16X10 and see if the
plant will adapt. One plant I bought was in an 8"W x 6" D clay with no
saucer. It has 27 pbulbs! In a regular 14" flower pot you wouldn't have
to bend over to smell it. That is is the Blc Helen Brown. Folk do not
talk much about big plants nor have pots and such for them. Funny thing
is, you pay 25-40 bucks for a NBS plant and a year later get one bloom.
For two times that, or maybe three ;-)), you can get 20 to 30 pbulbs
and a ton of blooms next time round.
Joe T