watering question

sequento

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• Jun 30, 2007

• #1

am i better to be watering my plants and letting it run out the ends of the pot or water it in a saucer/ tray and let it use all its water ?

 

the widowman

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• Jun 30, 2007

• #2

200ml every 48 hours for indoor plants over 1ft.

 

Pseudonym

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• Jun 30, 2007

• #3

Let it run out the bottom of the pot, or else you'll invite root rot, mold, mildew, bacteria, etc.

 

babygro

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• Jun 30, 2007

• #4

sequento said:

am i better to be watering my plants and letting it run out the ends of the pot or water it in a saucer/ tray and let it use all its water ?

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You should always allow for about 5-10% run off out of the pot. This helps remove plant wastes and stale oxgygen-less water out of the soil. Just make sure you throw away this run off water and don't let the plant soak it back up.

You need to shoot for a fine balance between a little run off and too much run off which will start leaching nutrients from the soil.

 

babygro

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• Jun 30, 2007

• #5

the widowman said:

200ml every 48 hours for indoor plants over 1ft.

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I find it curious as to how you can be so precise about how much and when to water indoor plants over 1 foot tall.

Makes me wonder why my plants over 1 foot get through about 1Litre of water each about every 3-4 days.

Watering plants a little but often is probably the worst thing you can do to them.