Plant friends plz share your wisdom. brought this plant home yesterday from the nursery. Re potted it in “Tropical Soil” by Miracle Grow. Realized that I put it in a pot with 0 drainage. What kind of pot should I purchase, or should I just buy a plastic pot with holes to put inside of this pot? And what kind of soil or mixture should I use? Should there be rocks at the bottom? Thank you for all of your guidance!
I have a plant just like that and it’s pot has zero drainage so I think it’s gonna be fine
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Your “a plant” is lucky and I doubt you could go buy a plant from a nursery right now, put it in a 0 drainage pot, and have everything work out all right. I’d bet money you’d kill it. Maybe if it was terracotta you’d be ok.. because that technically drains
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Yeah no drainage will eventually be a death sentence. If you’re not going to take the inner pot out regularly when you water, I would definitely add a 1”-1.5” layer of stones between the two pots so you don’t end up keeping the soil/roots waterlogged
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0개 좋아요 You don’t need 50lbs of it but something like this would work. Lowes/Home Depot has something smaller usually in the plant area
Thank you!
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I would drill a few holes on the bottom. Get someone to help you lean it and buy a specific drill bit off Amazon. I do it all the time!
좋아요 1개I had a similar issue and I just made holes in my pot that it came in- it was a flexible plastic one though so it wasn’t too hard. I’m not sure what your pot material is but if it’s plastic this might be easier!
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I know your post is about drainage, but just also wanted to point out that your plant will likely need a lot more light than what’s shown here as well. Good luck with everything, it’s a beautiful plant.
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