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good 'cliff notes' on plant pots
I'm a man and a bachelor... so not a lot of knowledge
of plants and gardening I have a small patio id like to 'class up" a bit by using pots and plants Question...many types of post to chose from. What is best type and material for low maint pots and plants? I'm thinking HARD plastic over the softer foam pots, right? I would also move these pots INSIDE my house in winter and grow low care plants in winter as well. Peace Lily's? Anyway....advice on pots please? Pot rules: 1) Small pots dry out faster than big pots. A 12" high pot will dry out completely in the sun in about 4 hours. Know thyself. If you're gone at work for 8 hours a day, many of your plants will suffer in small pots, so buy the biggest you can manage. Up to your knees is about right, and keep them watered. 2) Most plants want their roots cooler than their tops. Even if the pots did NOT dry out, they still get quite warm. So, again, bigger is better, and light colors are better than dark colors. Try and group the pots to shade some of them, even if it means sticking a patio chair in front of the pots on the warmest days. 3) Red clay pots look great, but they're porous, so they dry out more quickly than materials like plastic. It's not always easy to find plastic pots that don't look tacky. One nice alternative is the half barrels sold at garden centers. They're big & unmanageable, and you wouldn't want them in the house. Buy smaller pots to use only in the house. 4) Styrofoam: You're right. Forget it. Besides looking lousy, they get damaged by garden tools. -- to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) |
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good 'cliff notes' on plant pots
Carl 1 Lucky Texan wrote:
I'm a man and a bachelor... so not a lot of knowledge of plants and gardening I have a small patio id like to 'class up" a bit by using pots and plants Question...many types of post to chose from. What is best type and material for low maint pots and plants? I'm thinking HARD plastic over the softer foam pots, right? I would also move these pots INSIDE my house in winter and grow low care plants in winter as well. Peace Lily's? Anyway....advice on pots please? Pot rules: 1) Small pots dry out faster than big pots. A 12" high pot will dry out completely in the sun in about 4 hours. Know thyself. If you're gone at work for 8 hours a day, many of your plants will suffer in small pots, so buy the biggest you can manage. Up to your knees is about right, and keep them watered. 2) Most plants want their roots cooler than their tops. Even if the pots did NOT dry out, they still get quite warm. So, again, bigger is better, and light colors are better than dark colors. Try and group the pots to shade some of them, even if it means sticking a patio chair in front of the pots on the warmest days. 3) Red clay pots look great, but they're porous, so they dry out more quickly than materials like plastic. It's not always easy to find plastic pots that don't look tacky. One nice alternative is the half barrels sold at garden centers. They're big & unmanageable, and you wouldn't want them in the house. Buy smaller pots to use only in the house. 4) Styrofoam: You're right. Forget it. Besides looking lousy, they get damaged by garden tools. HAH! sorry guys, meant to forward this to my middle daughter!!! please ignore oh - good, succinct post btw! Carl -- to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) |
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