Rain Bird - Tips for Potted Plants

This episode is all about potted plants - from choosing the right plants to potting, watering, proper placement - and more. Michael even has a tip that will keep your plants from staining your patio.

A common assumption is that the secret to having a green and healthy yard is water, water and more water. Nature is struggling to meet our ever-increasing demands for water and we are facing drought conditions with water rationing in some parts of the country. Simply put -- there is a limit to how much water we can consume without ever-increasing consequences.

With summer here and the height of the watering season upon us, it is time to make sure all of us are doing our part to conserve water and at the same time keep the water bill down. Michael Glassman is an award winning landscape designer and in this weekly podcast series offers tips on how to save water and still have a great yard. Michael has twenty years of experience in the field and has been featured in such publications as Sunset Magazine, Fine Gardening, Better Homes and Gardens, and Landscape Architecture. He is designer and co-host of the Discovery Home Channel program Garden Police.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• potted
• plants
• watering
• irrigation
• sprinklers
• home
• garden
• landscape
• green
• environment
• conservation

[johndela1]

@toweringtunes

did you read my post? I don't talk agaist holes, I am saying adding beads or gravel slows drainage. you can easily measure this with two pots one with one without (rocks or gravel not holes)

then get a clock and you can see the gravel slows drainage, just the opposte of what this idiot is saying..

or you could get a science book and read about capilary action and how changes in medium hinder flow

this is somethng that has been observed and recorded in science books for years

[toweringtunes]

The drainage hole in pots is important I think. I have had many a beautiful plant in a lovely pot with no drainage holes get over saturated and then they did not do well at all. Not certain about every aspect but I am a passionate flower gardener and I do agree that plants are temperamental about location and watering needs.. Luckily Spring is finally arriving :) and we can discover ourselves the things that work best for our own particular, individual green and flowering potted plants.

[johndela1]

don't trust everything you hear from this guy, broken pots slow drainage. It is a myth that broken pots or gravel help drainage. (they do the opposite)

This is something you can see by using a measuring glass and stop watch... Or you can read any science text on how changes in medium hinder water flow.

rainbirdcorp, the name says it all, what more would one expect from a corporation... why bother getting the facts right when your main goal is to sell product

[toweringtunes]

I found this video to be informative and helpful. Green and flowering potted plants are wonderful additions to both our indoor and outdoor environments. Thank you for the inspiring tips!

Regina Wrenfield