Hey #GregGang! Self watering terracotta planters?
So all of my plants are either in plastic nursery pots or orchid pots nestled inside planters. I wanted to switch a few of my plants over to self watering terracotta pots, more specifically my #CalatheaOrbifolia, #CoffeePlant and maybe my #BirdOfParadise. Does anyone have any experience with these types of planters and these specific plants? The planters below are what I’m thinking about getting. I know terracotta absorbs water from the soil but one of my concerns is these pots don’t have drainage holes, they just draw the water from the outer pot into the soil. #thanks!
10” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
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Wow, I’ve never seen this type of self watering planters. That’s fascinating, I’ve been wanting to look into a self watering for my calathea orbifolia as well. I’d be interested in what others have to say as well. My immediate thought is that it would work with the plants that like constant moisture.
@babyfiretiger13 I can’t speak from experience with this pot, but I completely feel ya on the busy life and don’t have time to keep up with the specifics of the needier plant. Totally worth a try, I say. Keep me updated!
I have a pot very similar and I put a Stromanthe Triostar in it. I can't remember what type of water I used, it could have been tap, or filtered tap water, either way it absorbed into the pot and the hard minerals started to collect around the rim on the inside of the terracotta and on top of the soil.. Which led to some kind of mold. I obviously freaked out and transplanted the Stromanthe triostar into a different pot immediately. I cleaned out the terracotta pot really well and now I just have a Jade in there without the glass and I water it as needed. So maybe just use distilled or rain water with it? @AMG what kind of water do you use for your asparagus fern?
@babyfiretiger13 maybe try it out on one plant first to see if you like it. That’s what I did and then ended up getting more.
@babyfiretiger13 I did previously on my rattlesnake plant but I’ve upgraded it to my ikea greenhouse cabinet where it’s thriving :)