Top watering causes the top part of the soil to stay moist for a long time and that causes mold accumulation and potentially fungus gnats. Plant soil is a major source of mold spores even if you can't spot it with your eyes and mold spores are toxic to humans. Bottom watering or self watering is ideal to prevent this problem.
If you are top watering, and the water is running out the bottom, but much of the soil is still dry. You don't have a watering problem, you have a soil problem. It needs to be repotted in fresh soil, because your soil has become hydrophobic.
i mean yeah bottom watering soaked the ground more cuz u left that in longer. dripping water down until it came out the other way just means as soon as water slipped out, you stopped watering. if you had kept watering regardless of if water came out, you would eventually achieve what bottom watering does. watering the top works for some people. it doesnt for others. whatever, thats fine. if you ran a real experiment there would be better testing and controls. but i dont believe it when you say bottom watering works when you're not even applying the same variables for this experiment.
You just said everything I wanted to say after watching this video. I use both techniques and it all depends on what plant I’m watering, if I’m currently dealing with pests or how often I fertilise the plant. Done properly, both techniques can soak the soil completely, so it’s never the "why" when I choose a technique.
That's what I was thinking. I saw that happen this morning with my potted lettuce. If the soil is pretty dry, the water can easily escape through the sides and drip out before saturation is achieved. I had to do a few pours until every hole in the bottom was dripping.
With the way you're describing, you could cause waterlogging in the soil and that can potentially drown the plant because it can't get enough oxygen because of too much water in the soil. Waterlogging the soil leads to mold and fungus gnats.
I thought this was excellent Other people have said that it's flawed, but I have heard a lot of plant channels say that bottom watering is good because... It allows the plant to suck up as much water as it needs. Also it promotes healthy root growth, because it encourages the roots to grow towards the source of the water. So it encourages the roots to grow downwards. This is the information that I have watched over and over.
No. This “experiment” is flawed from the start, sis! Bottom watering is great for soil that is so dry or so old that it has become hydrophobic, which is exactly what you have. Just water and repot your plants appropriately and you don’t have this problem. In general, bottom watering is unnecessary at best and contributes to salt build up and perched water effect at worst - both of which will damage roots.
For beginners I think it's Great! Beginners usually are water happy and with bottom watering the plant drinks Wht it needs. People should let their plants completely dry out if unsure. Better too dry thn too wet.
What if u do both? I put a tray under, top water and let soak up what it wants.
Top watering causes the top part of the soil to stay moist for a long time and that causes mold accumulation and potentially fungus gnats. Plant soil is a major source of mold spores even if you can't spot it with your eyes and mold spores are toxic to humans. Bottom watering or self watering is ideal to prevent this problem.
Bottom watering seems like a health hazard. The aedes aegypti would be all up in that mess😨🤢
Huh?
If you are top watering, and the water is running out the bottom, but much of the soil is still dry. You don't have a watering problem, you have a soil problem. It needs to be repotted in fresh soil, because your soil has become hydrophobic.
Top watering is safer and faster
i mean yeah bottom watering soaked the ground more cuz u left that in longer. dripping water down until it came out the other way just means as soon as water slipped out, you stopped watering. if you had kept watering regardless of if water came out, you would eventually achieve what bottom watering does. watering the top works for some people. it doesnt for others. whatever, thats fine. if you ran a real experiment there would be better testing and controls. but i dont believe it when you say bottom watering works when you're not even applying the same variables for this experiment.
This!
You just said everything I wanted to say after watching this video. I use both techniques and it all depends on what plant I’m watering, if I’m currently dealing with pests or how often I fertilise the plant. Done properly, both techniques can soak the soil completely, so it’s never the "why" when I choose a technique.
That's what I was thinking. I saw that happen this morning with my potted lettuce. If the soil is pretty dry, the water can easily escape through the sides and drip out before saturation is achieved. I had to do a few pours until every hole in the bottom was dripping.
With the way you're describing, you could cause waterlogging in the soil and that can potentially drown the plant because it can't get enough oxygen because of too much water in the soil. Waterlogging the soil leads to mold and fungus gnats.
What I just got done doing. Bottom Watering my snake plant. That and division of said plant.
I thought this was excellent Other people have said that it's flawed, but I have heard a lot of plant channels say that bottom watering is good because... It allows the plant to suck up as much water as it needs. Also it promotes healthy root growth, because it encourages the roots to grow towards the source of the water. So it encourages the roots to grow downwards. This is the information that I have watched over and over.
This was like watching a bad infomercial, but with plants, but selling an idea that is flawed, instead of product.
add some yucca to your water. It is a natural wetting agent.
The crucial piece of info is that soil need to have at least 25% oxygen in the saturated Column roots need oxygen more than water
This can work with both methods if the soil in the soak method has some porous air pockets
I thank you for sharing your experiment. It's good to know. God bless!🙏
No. This “experiment” is flawed from the start, sis! Bottom watering is great for soil that is so dry or so old that it has become hydrophobic, which is exactly what you have. Just water and repot your plants appropriately and you don’t have this problem. In general, bottom watering is unnecessary at best and contributes to salt build up and perched water effect at worst - both of which will damage roots.
Agreed I bottom water the plants that i let dry completely and stay dried out for multiple days until I water them
For beginners I think it's Great! Beginners usually are water happy and with bottom watering the plant drinks Wht it needs. People should let their plants completely dry out if unsure. Better too dry thn too wet.
@@indigobeauty1 hi do you know if a eucalyptus tree branch can self propagate?
She probably could have used more water for top watering
@Joëlle Weetjewel I agree!