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| Sinningia 'Li'l Georgie' in leak-proof ceramic |
Story # 155,
Most houseplants cannot set in water
for any length of time without eventually dying.
In greenhouse plant production, a
big concern is media drainage.
Sub-irrigation with flood tables is a common practice but the water is
drained away after saturating the crop.
After having a perfectly grown plant,
the practice of adding a colorful pot cover evolved. Now we have no drainage.
The in between method is to place
the plastic grow pot into a pretty water proof ceramic pot with space in the
bottom to act as a water reservoir. With the pot bottom above the ceramic
bottom, there is little chance that the plant media can set in water for long.
The advantage ----- Now you can have
a pretty decorative water tight ceramic pot that doesn’t leak on your furniture
to hold your ‘Mini’ plant.
