Rocks For Indoor Plant Drainage at Rebecca Malloy blog

Rocks For Indoor Plant Drainage. Many people put stones, rocks, or shards of broken pottery in the base of their plant pots, thinking this will help with drainage. Others say yes—it is possible to successfully grow plants in pots without drainage holes, but only if you follow a certain process involving layers of gravel, pebbles, broken pottery, or. Although it depends on the species, as a general rule the best drainage for indoor plants is mixing perlite or vermiculite with the plant’s soil to help pull water out of it and release it back. Placing rocks at the bottom of a planter when repotting, will reduce the size of the drainage hole which would prevent excess soil from washing out any time the plant is watered. There’s an old gardening myth that it’s best to put a layer of gravel or rocks at the bottom of a plant pot to improve drainage, but how true is it? Can the practice actually harm plants more than help them?

Can the practice actually harm plants more than help them? Although it depends on the species, as a general rule the best drainage for indoor plants is mixing perlite or vermiculite with the plant’s soil to help pull water out of it and release it back. There’s an old gardening myth that it’s best to put a layer of gravel or rocks at the bottom of a plant pot to improve drainage, but how true is it? Placing rocks at the bottom of a planter when repotting, will reduce the size of the drainage hole which would prevent excess soil from washing out any time the plant is watered. Many people put stones, rocks, or shards of broken pottery in the base of their plant pots, thinking this will help with drainage. Others say yes—it is possible to successfully grow plants in pots without drainage holes, but only if you follow a certain process involving layers of gravel, pebbles, broken pottery, or.

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Rocks For Indoor Plant Drainage Many people put stones, rocks, or shards of broken pottery in the base of their plant pots, thinking this will help with drainage. There’s an old gardening myth that it’s best to put a layer of gravel or rocks at the bottom of a plant pot to improve drainage, but how true is it? Placing rocks at the bottom of a planter when repotting, will reduce the size of the drainage hole which would prevent excess soil from washing out any time the plant is watered. Many people put stones, rocks, or shards of broken pottery in the base of their plant pots, thinking this will help with drainage. Can the practice actually harm plants more than help them? Although it depends on the species, as a general rule the best drainage for indoor plants is mixing perlite or vermiculite with the plant’s soil to help pull water out of it and release it back. Others say yes—it is possible to successfully grow plants in pots without drainage holes, but only if you follow a certain process involving layers of gravel, pebbles, broken pottery, or.