Although it sounds so simple, mistakes are often made when planting flower pots. This causes the plants to wither, become sick or die. Find out below how to plant your flower pots step by step and what you should pay particular attention to.
How do you plant flower pots correctly?
When planting flower pots, you should choose a sufficiently large pot with drainage, pay attention to the correct location, first fill the pot with pebbles, pottery shards or expanded clay, then fill it halfway with garden soil and finally insert the plant with soil Fill up and water thoroughly.
This is what you should pay attention to when planting flower pots
- The pot must be sufficiently large.
- The pot must have drainage.
- Make sure you choose the right location! Some plants like it more sunny, others more shady.
- If your flower pot is placed on a saucer outdoors, this should be emptied after heavy rain.
The right size of the flower pot
When buying a flower pot and plants, make sure that the dimensions are correct: The flower pot should be large enough so that there is two to three centimeters of space between the roots of the plants and the edge of the flower pot. This also applies if you want to put several plants in the pot. The same distance between the individual plants must also be maintained.
Drainage in the flower pot
Waterlogging is highly dangerous for most plants and often ends with them dying. Therefore, good drainage is the most important challenge for plants to thrive in pots. If you make a flower pot yourself, for example from an old milk can, you should definitely drill one or more holes in the bottom.
Planting the flower pot step by step
Once you have selected the plants and flower pot, you can get started. You need:
- Good garden soil (€10.00 at Amazon)
- possibly some compost
- Pebbles, pottery shards or expanded clay
- A shovel
1. Place a piece of pottery or some larger pebbles over the drain to prevent it from clogging.
2. Then fill about a sixth of the flower pot with pebbles, shards of pottery or expanded clay.
3. Fill the pot halfway with soil. You can mix older or lower-quality soil with a little compost to enrich it with nutrients.
4. Place the plant(s) in the pot. Make sure that the root ball ends at least two centimeters below the edge of the flower pot so that there is enough space for watering.
5. Fill the pot with soil. Leave two to five centimeters of space between the soil and the edge of the flower pot.6. Water your plants thoroughly and place them in the desired location.
