When caring for potted plants indoors, it is not only important to choose the right pots, they are not only for ornamental purposes but also to make the roots of the plants grow better. Using the right pots will make the plants grow healthier and better for ornamental purposes. You will learn about Ceramic Pots Red Ceramic Pots and Plastic Pots Which are The Best in the RunSun article.
If you don’t choose the right pot, such as a poorly ventilated or drained pot, you will be prone to yellow leaves and rotten roots when raising plants, and the plants will definitely not be raised well. There are different types of flower pots, including the material used, size and shape are different. The choice of which pot to use to raise flowers depends on the plant’s preference for moisture, the requirement for air permeability of the pot, and the size of the plant.
If you cultivate succulents or other drought-tolerant plants, you need to choose some well-drained soil and pots, preferably pottery, tile, or alabaster pots. And for some plants that like a humid environment, you can choose plastic pots, metal pots, or glazed ceramic pots.
Before planting plants, it is best to learn more about the growth habits of the plants, at least to understand, what kind of environment the plants need to be planted in, and whether they like moisture? What are the requirements for pots and soil permeability and drainage?
If you want to choose the right pot for the plant, you should also know the size of the plant. The most taboo thing when it comes to caring for potted plants is to use too big pots to plant smaller plants, to make the plants bloom better, the plants grow better, we should avoid using too big pots if the pots are a few sizes larger than the plants, it is easy to cause too much soil, the roots of the plants are prone to rot and yellowing of the leaves.
Here also mentioned in passing, the first just bought home potted flowers, if there are still buds or is in bloom, it is necessary to avoid changing the pot, otherwise not only will fall buds, and easily lead to yellowing leaves and plant withered, because the plant needs a period of time to adapt to the new environment, at this time to hurt the roots and move the soil, the impact on the plant is particularly large.
If the plant can be directly transplanted with soil, it can be changed to a pot of the same size and then re-potted after the flowering period. For potted flowers, changing pots during the flowering period is very taboo. The best time to change pots is after the spring warm-up before the plants are ready to sprout new shoots.
The advantages and disadvantages of different flower pots:
1. Ceramic pots
Ceramic pots will look better than red clay pots, their permeability and drainage are not as good as red clay pots, and there will be glazed on the inside and surface of the pot. The advantage of ceramic pots is that the decorative nature is better, looks more exquisite atmosphere, but also a variety of different sizes colors, and forms.
Ceramic pots will be more durable than red pottery pots, not easy to break, generally with decades are no problem. Ceramic pots inside the soil drying rate will be slower, for more like the soil often moist plants will be more suitable.
The disadvantages of ceramic pots are also there, after being filled with soil, ceramic pots will become particularly heavy. Some specifications of the larger ceramic pots, the price will be more expensive, in addition, if the bottom drainage hole is not large, the potting soil is easy to block the drainage hole, resulting in excessive soil moisture, which can easily lead to rotten plants.
2. Red ceramic pots
Red pottery pots are made of various clay, through high-temperature firing, in the firing process, the surface of the pot will form a very large number of pores, so its permeability and drainage are particularly good, after watering the red pot, the surface of the pot will become moist, that is, you can let the water better drain out. Red pottery pots are more suitable for planting orchids, succulents, and other plants with high requirements for drainage and permeability, red pottery pots also have large drainage holes at the bottom, and can also be used with trays.
There are a lot of advantages of red pottery pots, its tone is red-brown, and can be well integrated with the surrounding plants, pots have a variety of different sizes, height, width and narrow, their prices are very cheap, there are also some expensive pottery pots, most of the pottery pots with a few dollars can be bought. For some plants that prefer to be dry and have high permeability and drainage requirements for pots, you can use red clay pots, which have a certain weight, and planting plants will be more stable and not easy to topple over.
Although the red ceramic pots also have many shortcomings, is that the soil dries out particularly quickly, if the plant is more like water, try not to use red ceramic pots planting, because this will require more frequent replenishment of water to the plant.
Larger red clay pots, filled with soil will become particularly heavy after raising, it is more difficult to move, and red clay pots are also easier to break if accidentally dropped or bumped into hard objects, are easy causes the pot to break, in the winter if the temperature is a few degrees below zero, the soil residual moisture. Also easy to cause the flower pot to crack.
3. Plastic basin
Plastic pots are the most common kind of flower pots, it has a variety of different colors and styles, and their size varies, they can be made to imitate stone or imitation wood texture, which looks like a natural sense of beauty.
Plastic pots have many advantages, it is relatively cheap, in the same size pots, plastic pots are particularly cheap, plastic pots are particularly light quality, easy to move, and is more resistant to fall, even if dropped from a higher place, it is not easy to break. When planting plants in plastic pots, the water in the soil is not easily lost, and for plants that like water more, planting in plastic pots is a good choice.
Some of the cheaper plastic pots will fade after a period of sunlight, and become more fragile and break when pinched. When planting plants in plastic pots, if you accidentally water too much, it is easy to cause root rot and yellowing of the leaves.
4. Wooden flower pots
Wooden planters have a very unique texture and are generally made of cedar wood (cheap), and some use mahogany (expensive), they can also last for several years. Nowadays there are many wooden planters that will have plastic film padded inside so that they can prevent damage by water. Many people will be abandoned wooden boxes, wooden bracket pots, etc. transformed into wooden planters, looks like it will be more high-end, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, they are easy to rot, in a humid environment is also easy to breed mold.
5. Other flower pots
There are many pots of other materials, such as metal pots, they have a metallic luster, looks also have a certain sense of beauty, some metal containers at home can be transformed into flower pots, but be careful to drill holes in the bottom or side.
However, the disadvantages are also relatively obvious, as long as the metal containers are likely to rust, but also become particularly bulky, if it is in the environment of high sunlight temperature, but also easy to cause the potting soil to overheat, the growth of plants is certainly a bad influence. There are also some containers made of glass, they look very light, some are transparent, can be used for water culture care plants can also add some more granular soil, cultivate some more like water ornamental plants.
To sum up
No matter which material you choose, make sure the container has good drainage unless it is used for hydroponic plants. Another thing is not to use too big pots to plant plants, the vast majority of plants like to have a certain sense of urgency in the roots, which can promote flowering, but also make the plants grow healthier, unless the roots grow full of potting soil, only then need to change the pot in time.
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