Variety types of pots or jars in merchant plants, indicating that the popularity of this plant containers are rampant. You interested? Check first tricks!

Along the centers of ornamental plants, rows or crock pots are now looks increasingly varied. Various basic materials, sizes, colors and models available to choose from. No doubt all of them suggests that the popularity of this plant containers are rampant. You are interested also to use it in the park? Consider the following tips first.

Different pots and jars
The word ‘pot’-derived from English and Dutch, with clear reference to an object that serves as a container plant. Container here can mean two. The first, ornamental plants grown in pots directly on it, after first pot filled with planting media. The second, the pot is just as “display devices”, in which the pot is only “wrap” the original container plants (usually bad). This is especially if the pot is an expensive item, rare or antique.

Meanwhile, container jar is usually made of clay-wide mouth. Although barrel labeled (high, narrow-mouthed), also belong to the family jug. Initially more jars serve as a container of water, but gradually also be used as a container plant. Just as pots, ornamental plants can be planted directly, or with the pot, put in jars. Generally more jars used for water plants, but is fine if used to grow plants using soil planting medium.

Basic materials and properties Plants
Variety of pots and jars are now offered is made from a variety of basic materials; clay, mortar, ceramic, porcelain, plastic, even wood. Finishing or finishing touches were varied. Left plain in accordance with the basic material color, ornaments were prominent (like profiles), affixed porcelain mosaics, pebbles. colored, and glazed. Everything is done to crock pot and look good in accordance with the tastes of each consumer.

But before buying, you should first consider the basic material properties and container plants that will be placed in it, especially if the container is planned to accommodate the planting medium and plants. For example pots or jars of clay has the character axis, causing rapid water seeping out so fast dry planting medium.

So for pots and clay jars to choose plants that require less water much like mirten, tah-tehan, and type of succulent. Or select where to place the pot a bit shady. If this trick that you choose, be sure to choose plants that like shade (for example type of semi-in – door).

If the container is used to water plants (jars and pots of clay high and wide mouth), the inside of pots and clay jars to first coated with grout to cover the pores of the wall.

To pot or jar of mortar, its also berporus but slightly more resistant than clay tebuat. Instead plastic pots / fiber is waterproof and air. Weakness or crock pot is a plastic spray evaporation of excess water that hampered the media too often the soil wet. As a result the roots of the plant will rot.

If you use plastic pots, make sure that the holes in the bottom of the pot quite a lot. And 1 / 3 the bottom of the pot should be charcoal, rock or pumice stone and enhanced with a buffer of brick or iron. Thus the excess water in the pot will easily flow out. Until now, plastic jars or rather buckets, often used as an ornamental plant traders container of water plants. But the water plant will usually grow more perfect when planted directly in the container, the amount of clay adequate.

Crock pot and a ceramic or porcelain is also airtight and water. Although both are made from natural ingredients, after the combustion process, the pores will close. Shown luxurious, expensive and heavy, this type is more often used as display devices.

Meanwhile, the pot is more suitable for timber plants using chopped fern planting media, such as maidenhair ferns, kadaka, elephant ears, or orchids, because the wood resist moisture well enough. Jars of wood (ravine), can also water plants for containers, provided the first inside coated with asphalt to waterproof.

Model and Size
Buying or crock pots require a wise consideration. In addition to the basic ingredients, the amount of the pot should be considered in order to be able to anticipate the growth of plants. After all this time, plant size and shape will change. That is taller and wider. Could be, containers and plants are appearing in the initial matching of planting becomes more disproportionate. The next container is too narrow will certainly inhibit the growth of plant roots, which in turn also reduces the appearance of perfection plants.

Physical form of the plant should also be adjusted to the shape and height of the container. For example, the plant canopy is rounded and broad match will show if the container is not too high and convex. While rising shaped plant requires a rather high containers are to appear balanced. Similarly to the nature of plants hanging down.

Model crock pot or not to be ignored, especially when these objects to be used as a decorative element of the park. Avoid choosing a model that is too crowded pots when the size of the park is very limited. The shape / model firmly underlined, simple in appearance, it will stand out when placed in the park.

Fixed empty Okay
In addition to display devices ornamental plants, pots and jars are now beginning to function as an aesthetic element in the garden. Although empty without plants, but if the materials, shapes, and colors selected container and tastefully placed, then the container will only appear ornamental and serves as a point of interest tamanyang charming.

For example, a small park that was already able to enchant the eye. Simply “capitalize” a keg, crock, or a high pots, some small plants in the legs, green grass, and a little pavement.

Similarly, if a few pots of terracotta or clay plain and simple, consisting of various shapes and filled with plants of the same type, arranged artistically in a group. The result will make you proud!



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