Is there a way to track watering & care of a miniature su...
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
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@BeeBalm to clarify what you indicating; you leave the succulents in individual pots but place them all into a single container/larger pot/dish?
@AvidGerbera15 I think your succulent garden *should* be ok left in the pot as it is, as long as you're very careful about watering. A few things to keep in mind:
• Glazed clay pots are non-porous, so they hold onto moisture a lot longer than terracotta pots. Succulents don't like sitting in damp soil, which can lead to root rot.
• These type of succulents (echeveria, sedum) have very shallow root systems. I can't tell how deep the pot is due to the angle of your photo, but a pot that's more wide than it is tall is ideal for plants with these kind of roots.
• Most succulents prefer to be quite snug in their pots. It actually encourages them to grow more and produce offsets.
So, what the other commenter described as far as putting them in individual pots and then placing those inside another pot—that's usually done with a single plant in a standard plastic nursery pot, which is then placed inside a more decorative pot (called a "cache pot"). Nursery pots have lots of drainage holes and the thin plastic allows more airflow to the soil, helping it dry out faster. But they're not very pretty to look at 😛 That's where the cache pot comes in. It's a much better set up than putting plants directly in decorative pots, for all the reasons I described above.
If you want to keep your succulent garden in tact as opposed to splitting them up into their own individual pots, I'd highly recommend going with a shallow terracotta pot instead (the smallest one that will fit all four plants) 😊
• Glazed clay pots are non-porous, so they hold onto moisture a lot longer than terracotta pots. Succulents don't like sitting in damp soil, which can lead to root rot.
• These type of succulents (echeveria, sedum) have very shallow root systems. I can't tell how deep the pot is due to the angle of your photo, but a pot that's more wide than it is tall is ideal for plants with these kind of roots.
• Most succulents prefer to be quite snug in their pots. It actually encourages them to grow more and produce offsets.
So, what the other commenter described as far as putting them in individual pots and then placing those inside another pot—that's usually done with a single plant in a standard plastic nursery pot, which is then placed inside a more decorative pot (called a "cache pot"). Nursery pots have lots of drainage holes and the thin plastic allows more airflow to the soil, helping it dry out faster. But they're not very pretty to look at 😛 That's where the cache pot comes in. It's a much better set up than putting plants directly in decorative pots, for all the reasons I described above.
If you want to keep your succulent garden in tact as opposed to splitting them up into their own individual pots, I'd highly recommend going with a shallow terracotta pot instead (the smallest one that will fit all four plants) 😊
I put all my succulents in 1 long decorative pot & placed them in my kitchen window. I added them individually to this site & it has me give them each 1/8 c water every 2 weeks. They are doing Great!