Post by billredlionpa on Feb 21, 2015 13:31:03 GMT -5
I've been interested in growing Drosophyllum Lusitanicum for a while, and Mike Wang's thread:
sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/608/drosophyllum-lucitanicum-dewy-pine
inspired me to take action. I currently have healthy seedlings growing indoors, and my goal is to plant them outside this spring after danger of frost has passed.
I want to grow them in tall terracotta pots, placed inside a larger planter, so I can bottom water them all summer, and still have the ability to haul them back indoors this fall. I worked on figuring out how many pots I should fit into the planter, and what diameter each pot could be... went a little crazy with it in this thread:
sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/1884/pot-math
I decided to try 3 terracotta pots, and chose a size that should give me a little extra leeway: 12" high, 7" wide at the top, and 5" wide at the bottom. I didn't find any for sale in my area near this size, and buying online appeared to be extremely expensive. So, I tracked down a local potter and had them made:
I'm planning on filling the planter with quartz sand, placing the terracotta pots in at the desired height, then backfilling around the pots. The soil mix inside the terracotta pots will be 1/4 each of: peat, sand, perlite, pumice.
I'm really interested in your opinion on a final detail: What height should the pots be placed at inside the planter, so the plants get adequate moisture, but don't get waterlogged and rot?
My preference would be to have everything level with the planter lip, and keep water in the saucer at all times. A fallback plan would be to stagger the heights, figuring at least one of the plants will be happy and live
sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/608/drosophyllum-lucitanicum-dewy-pine
inspired me to take action. I currently have healthy seedlings growing indoors, and my goal is to plant them outside this spring after danger of frost has passed.
I want to grow them in tall terracotta pots, placed inside a larger planter, so I can bottom water them all summer, and still have the ability to haul them back indoors this fall. I worked on figuring out how many pots I should fit into the planter, and what diameter each pot could be... went a little crazy with it in this thread:
sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/1884/pot-math
I decided to try 3 terracotta pots, and chose a size that should give me a little extra leeway: 12" high, 7" wide at the top, and 5" wide at the bottom. I didn't find any for sale in my area near this size, and buying online appeared to be extremely expensive. So, I tracked down a local potter and had them made:
I'm planning on filling the planter with quartz sand, placing the terracotta pots in at the desired height, then backfilling around the pots. The soil mix inside the terracotta pots will be 1/4 each of: peat, sand, perlite, pumice.
I'm really interested in your opinion on a final detail: What height should the pots be placed at inside the planter, so the plants get adequate moisture, but don't get waterlogged and rot?
My preference would be to have everything level with the planter lip, and keep water in the saucer at all times. A fallback plan would be to stagger the heights, figuring at least one of the plants will be happy and live