![]() ![]() Black or brown, mushy roots are a sign of over-watering. If the plant isn’t doing well, gently remove it from the pot and take a look at the roots. Depending on your space, and your own over-or-under-watering tendencies, your plant may thrive or be miserable in a pot without drainage. We prefer to pot plants that appreciate being rootbound into these pots without drainage: Hoya, Jungle Cacti, Tradescantia, Epipremnum. This is especially true with no drainage holes, since, without root mass filling your pot, all that soil will stay soggy for even longer, leading to inadvertent over-watering. We never recommend moving a plant up to a larger pot more than 1 or 2 inches in diameter. More soil means more moisture for longer. You need to micromanage the amount of water going into your pot if it get’s drenched in a downpour, all could be lost. If you don’t have a drainage hole in your pot, you probably shouldn’t use it for an outdoor plant, unless the plant will be sheltered from rain. Yep – Hold the soil back with your hand, and gently tip your pot to the side (or upside down, if possible) to allow the excess water to spill out. Activated charcoal has natural microbial properties, and can help deter those harmful bugs. This means that a shallow layer of activated charcoal at the bottom of your pot is actually able to remove some of that excess water, which makes your plant very happy in the case of over-watering.Īnother issue that arises from over-watering is fungal and bacterial disease. The little bits of porous rock and bark help give water more passageways to hydrate your plant's roots.Īctivated charcoal has been heated at high temperatures, which increases its naturally absorptive properties. When soil without amendments dries up, it often repels water and makes houseplant care more difficult. Common additives include perlite, pumice, vermiculite, orchid bark, and horticultural charcoal. Not only do these amendments provide aeration, but they help water disperse more evenly through the soil. Soil additives keep your houseplant's soil from being compacted and repelling water. And watering slowly helps the water evenly distribute through the soil without pooling at the bottom. ![]() Every drop of water you add to the pot is going to stay in there. We normally recommend fully saturating a plant and allowing excess water to flow out the drainage hole, but when a plant is in a pot without drainage, you want to ensure that you water sparingly and slowly. Rules for Planting: Pots Without Drainage Holes Here are a few things to remember about keeping plants in pots without drainage. Drainage holes allow excess water to seep out of pots after watering, ensuring that water does not pool at the base of a pot, protecting sensitive roots from rot, fungus and bacteria. And yet, over-watering is the most common (and perhaps quickest) way to kill an indoor plant. ![]() What is the purpose of a drainage hole? All plants need water to survive. Is it possible to keep your plant in a pot without drainage holes? Our answer is yes, but with caution. Some people say not to do it at all, arguing that drainage holes are crucial to plant health. We field a lot of questions about how to plant in pots without drainage holes. It’s a pretty straightforward distinction, and yet that little hole at the bottom of your pot means a world of difference in terms of potting, plant care and maintenance. Below, we rounded up some plant stands we like - along with a few bookshelves, end tables, step stools, art-supply carts, wooden crates, and more things you can also definitely put plants on.Some pots have drainage others do not. No matter what kind of “stand” you choose, though, you’ll want something that has an open design to let in light and that can support a decent amount of weight and hold up to the occasional water spill. If you have a medium-size plant teetering off the edge of your windowsill, why not put it on top of a stool instead, or a bar cart, or floating shelves? If you’re a bit of a plant hoarder, with every square inch of floor and table surfaces covered, you can use rolling utility carts, shoe benches, or bookcases to better organize your collection. Thankfully, a plant stand can really be any object you can place a plant on, and one sweep of the internet will reveal that you can put plants on lots of things. Both styles can be good-looking and super-functional, but they’re also a bit limiting. Traditional plant stands seem to come in two styles: those mid-century-modern ones that stay low to the ground and fit just one big pot, and the more bookshelf-style bamboo units with a few shelves that can hold a bunch of smaller plants. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist Photos: Retailers ![]()
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