Re: CULT - Pot culture
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- Subject: Re: CULT - Pot culture
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:29:37 -0600 (MDT)
John Montgomery wrote:
>
> At 02:09 PM 9/17/97 -0600, Lynn Woosley wrote:
> >
> >Actually, the purpose of broken crockery, rocks, etc. in the bottom of a
> >pot is to keep your dirt from being washed out the drainage holes. For
> >this purpose, it works.
> >===========================================
>
> I bet it does work in that way but many, many books state that it will
> improve drainage. It in fact hampers drainage.
Could someone please explain to me how it hampers drainage?
Thanks
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
