- Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:18 pm
#72971
Hello all !
I potted a few days ago my plants in pots from the brand Integrated plastics.
They are self watering and so far it seems to be amazing.
There are no wicks or anything like that, just a hole at the bottom of the pot which brings air in to decrease the chance of root rot.
It's 6 inches wide and about 6 inches high. There is a piece of plastic (basically the hidden bottom of the pot) over the water reservoir and the holes are fairly small. There is than a very much slowed down absorption as opposed to have a pot which stands in a saucer of water, which kinds of pushes the water up and soaks the media like crazy. It makes that the water will evaporate more gradually and moistens the media.
Since the CP likes it moist most of the time, I found that the media was not mushy at all, it seems to have the perfect moist level.
The VFT mix that I used was Perlite (about 30%), horticultural sand (20%) and peat at about 50%. For the cephalotus, I used more of an airy mix with more sand and perlite.
So far, both seem to work extremely well for that pot depth.
Great 3$ investment per pot if you can grab one of those
Have a good one guys
I potted a few days ago my plants in pots from the brand Integrated plastics.
They are self watering and so far it seems to be amazing.
There are no wicks or anything like that, just a hole at the bottom of the pot which brings air in to decrease the chance of root rot.
It's 6 inches wide and about 6 inches high. There is a piece of plastic (basically the hidden bottom of the pot) over the water reservoir and the holes are fairly small. There is than a very much slowed down absorption as opposed to have a pot which stands in a saucer of water, which kinds of pushes the water up and soaks the media like crazy. It makes that the water will evaporate more gradually and moistens the media.
Since the CP likes it moist most of the time, I found that the media was not mushy at all, it seems to have the perfect moist level.
The VFT mix that I used was Perlite (about 30%), horticultural sand (20%) and peat at about 50%. For the cephalotus, I used more of an airy mix with more sand and perlite.
So far, both seem to work extremely well for that pot depth.
Great 3$ investment per pot if you can grab one of those
Have a good one guys