drainage!

phan11

Active Member

• May 23, 2007

• #1

yo im starting out in bigger pots becuase im terrified of transplanting later on. i realize that this creates some issues with water drainage... so should i put some gravel or something at the bottom of the pot (under the soil) to promote better drainage? any other ideas?

 

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UserFriendly

New Member

• May 23, 2007

• #2

big pots drain just like smaller pots. your soil is the real issue here.

 

the widowman

Well-Known Member

• May 23, 2007

• #3

1part perlite or(grity sand) and four parts muti compost.

 

phan11

Active Member

• May 23, 2007

• #4

my question was whether rocks at the bottom of the pot would promote better drainage but keeping the holes completely unclogged...?

 

phan11

Active Member

• May 23, 2007

• #5

i already have perlite and all that

 

duhmat

Active Member

• May 23, 2007

• #6

you can put gravel or sand in the bottom.

 

beenthere donethat

Well-Known Member

• May 23, 2007

• #7

userfriendly touched on the real concern but didn't elaborate.

rocks/stones..etc are not needed if the soil mix is light enough to adequately drain all the way through without compacting over the length of the grow.

30% perlite is a good place to start.

good luck

bt dt

 

Mark.

Well-Known Member

• May 24, 2007

• #8

hi ive already transplanted my plants alls good but there seems 2 b water building up in 1 of them any way 2 fix this

 

videoman40

Well-Known Member

• May 24, 2007

• #9

Short of adding more pearlite, try adding some more drainage holes.
Peace

 

babygro

Well-Known Member

• May 24, 2007

• #10

phan11 said:

yo im starting out in bigger pots becuase im terrified of transplanting later on. i realize that this creates some issues with water drainage... so should i put some gravel or something at the bottom of the pot (under the soil) to promote better drainage? any other ideas?

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By starting out in pots that are simply too big for small seedlings you're creating far more problems for yourself further down the line than worrying about transplanting which is something you're going to have to do at some point if you hope to grow anything at all - so learn how to do it now and stop pissing about with gravel at the bottom of the pot - which isn't the problem.

Learn how to repot sucessfully.
(It's not my favourite thing to do either, but it has to be done, and it gets easier with experience!)