Re: Clay
- Subject: Re: Clay
- From: Marge Talt m*@HORT.NET
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:05:01 -0500
> From: Sandy Connerley <sandy_connerley@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> Marge, thanks to much for the long and detailed information. I
think I had
> read that white pots tend to get coated with algae or such and also
let
> light get to the roots. It is easier to protect the pots from
freezing than
> overheating!
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You're most welcome. Well, that makes some sense...re: the white
pots. I don't tend to favor them because they always look dirty:-)
The article I read about using white containers said that one of the
plusses was that they helped prevent overheating. I think they also
encourage roots to grow down instead of around and that may be
because of the light, now you mention it. For the trees, they were
using a white grow bag sort of item because of the larger root
systems. Need to go hunt that article up again.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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