My German daughter-in-law showed me a neat trick for planting in pots. She put a coffee filter in the bottom of the pot then we went around the yard picking up little twigs and leaves. She broke the twigs up small to drop in the pots and crushed or tore the leaves. She put about two inches in the pot then put in the potting soil and the plant. There are three benefits from this method:
I have done this all summer and really like it better than having to wag around a pot full of heavy rocks.
By Elaine from OK
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This is a cool idea and I just chopped up my old Christmas tree to use as filler in my pots. However, you want to make sure you have plenty of room for the roots. If they grow too close to the twigs, it could be bad. Decomposing matterial uses up nitrogen during it's decomposition process and this can suck away nutrition from plant roots.
This is good. I put 'rough stuff' in the bottom of my pots, too. Rather than coffee filters, I cut circles of landscape material to place in the bottom of the pots. I have some that has been in place for twenty years and show no signs of deteriorating.
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Wonderful idea... I will be doing that from now on!
This is one of those "why didn't I think of that?" moments. Great idea! I'll make good use of it.
Twigs and leaves at the bottom of the pot is a good idea.
I use pine cones. Before using them, I rinse them in vinegar water to remove any bugs or bug eggs that might be in them.
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