Lightening your load

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8 yrs ago

If you have a very big pot and want to lighten the load, cover the hole in the pot, for me usually a much used scourer (I glue mine down, so nothing escapes and it doesn't move.)

1. Place a thick layer of Peat moss or cocobark in the bottom, it holds the water before it escapes.

2. Put a pile of corks (have to drink a lot to do this) or alternatively a heap of polystyrene beads.

3. Fill the pot with dirt and then plant.

4 comments

Abby

8 yrs ago

Some very good ideas Sandi

...especially one about the corks LOL

My big pots do not get moved .. at least not by me these days

.... they go into their situ and get filled on the spot.

I also add water crystals in the bottom.

Wouldn't plugging the hole affect drainage Sandi

Denzel

8 yrs ago

How on earth will you flush ?

Sandi (SA)

8 yrs ago

Pete you obviously don't wash up. Scourers are used to clean pots and pans and are porous.

Not many bottles with corks these days Abby, by the time you finish the bottle you will realise that it didn't have a cork, so you need to drink another one.

Abby

8 yrs ago

For Pete :)

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