Too much water is just as bad for plants as not enough. Learn about the symptoms of poor drainage in pots and what to do about it. thanks to pennlive.com for the thumbnail!
I have buckets with 6 to 8 holes each, and they just hold onto moisture to the point that anything I put into them dies. Not sure what to do to fix it.
SG and General Awareness, yes having water stagnate in your pot will kill most plants. The roots will just rot away. So you will have to get to the bottom of it. What about the planting medium, ie the soil? That also has to be very light in a pot and supply good drainage. If you take heavy soil out of the ground and put it in a bucket it won't drain very well. Most plants in pots really need a potting mix. You can buy that at nurseries or you can make it up out of bark, peat, sand, compost, coir, perlite vermiculite, etc. That will allow the water to drain properly.
@@Gardenosophy This is 40%-50% Perlite and the rest is potting mix from the store. I just planted some other things in it and they drown too YET I never even watered it (was moist). In a few weeks the plants drown. I am at a total loss. I have 9 holes on the bottom but the soil never drips out, it just retains the moisture like a sponge after the first watering.
Well you have me stumped General! Keep investigating since too much water will definitely harm most plants. Or you could surrender to it and plant bog plants in it! Do get back to me if you make a breakthrough.
I have a bucket with 2 holes in it and its still stagnant with water. It has some flower bulbs in it and it started to look dull. How to solve this?
I have buckets with 6 to 8 holes each, and they just hold onto moisture to the point that anything I put into them dies. Not sure what to do to fix it.
SG and General Awareness, yes having water stagnate in your pot will kill most plants. The roots will just rot away. So you will have to get to the bottom of it.
What about the planting medium, ie the soil? That also has to be very light in a pot and supply good drainage. If you take heavy soil out of the ground and put it in a bucket it won't drain very well. Most plants in pots really need a potting mix. You can buy that at nurseries or you can make it up out of bark, peat, sand, compost, coir, perlite vermiculite, etc. That will allow the water to drain properly.
@@Gardenosophy This is 40%-50% Perlite and the rest is potting mix from the store. I just planted some other things in it and they drown too YET I never even watered it (was moist). In a few weeks the plants drown. I am at a total loss. I have 9 holes on the bottom but the soil never drips out, it just retains the moisture like a sponge after the first watering.
Well you have me stumped General! Keep investigating since too much water will definitely harm most plants. Or you could surrender to it and plant bog plants in it! Do get back to me if you make a breakthrough.
@Gardenosophy I lost over 8 catnip plants with two barely hanging on in that potting mix, and Catnip is a plant that is hard to kill, or get rid of.
How is the tree doing? Did it survive?
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Sound like a Kiwi