Indoor plants grow well. In addition, abundant greenery can be a wonderful style in your home. However, this depends on how you grow your plants. The right containers will not only help your plants thrive, but also help to beautify your space.
"There are so many beautiful plants to bring into your home," says author and indoor garden expert Hilton Carter in his latest book, Living Wild Life, published by Syco. "So many different colors and sizes, leaves and flowers, and growth patterns.
But sometimes the plant cannot cope with all the hard work by itself. It needs more sauce to show its taste. I suggest finding the perfect plant.
Knowing what to look for in a pot is one of the keys to success in indoor gardening and growing plants in your home.
What should I look for in a potted plant?
"To be honest, it's impossible to create the perfect implant style without a perfect implant," Hilton adds. "A plant is to a plant what a shirt is to pants or a skirt is to shoes. Yes, both are good on their own, but when combined, designed as one outfit, they create perfection.
1. Choose the best material for your factory
Of course, aesthetics are important, but when choosing the best plant, the needs of your plant should come first. If you are taking the plant out of the pot and transplanting it directly into a pretty pot, find out if it prefers dry or moist soil, as this can be affected by the potting material.
Plants like figs and figs to dry out after being watered, Hilton says. Therefore, they prefer terracotta, clay or cement tiles. Plants like peperomia, however, prefer moist soil, so these materials retain moisture and are ideal for growing in ceramic, metal or plastic containers.
"This is one of the basics of plant care, and once you do it, you can enjoy shaping," Hilton said. "Trust me, there's nothing funny about planting a beautiful plant in a good planter only to have it die because you misplaced it or your planter was made of the wrong material."
2. Make sure the pot has water drainage
Plants need to drain and grow well, and all popular indoor garden pots need drainage holes. This allows excess water to drain.
"The most important thing is that the container has drainage holes," says Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, indoor plant expert and author of Bloom for Cool Springs Press. “If your container doesn't have drainage holes, it's easy to fix with a diamond tip drill or rock drill. Both types of drills allow you to drill into any material, so you can have drainage.
Alternatively, the pot can be used as a "plant" (French for "hidden pot"). Put the plant in the pot, put it in the pot and remove it from the water, let it dry and put it back in the pot.
3. Choose the right size and shape
If you plant the plant directly in a pot, pay attention to its shape and size. This gives room for roots and growth.
"The most common container is a regular-sized pot," says Lisa. This means that the diameter at the top of the pot is the same as the height. You'll also see azaleas in pots three-quarters the diameter of the pot.
“Potted Azaleas are recommended for plants that do not have extensive root systems, such as cacti and succulents. However, choose a plant that you like and that suits your plants.
The gardener avoids liza round pots, which are wider in the center at the top and bottom, because it is difficult to replant the plant when it grows. "Trying to get the plant out of the tuber pot is an almost impossible task," he says. "To uproot a plant, you often need to cut the roots."
4. Determine contrast or coordination in your space.
The plant you choose is a compensation for the plants you choose in a certain part of nature. Therefore, consider the situation and what surrounds your garden as well as its appearance.
"After I understand the lighting conditions and choose the type of plants, I look at the colors and textures of the neighboring plants and choose a plant that is suitable for those plants," says Hilton.
"You can imitate the texture or color of plants or create a cool clash between the two. For example, the soft and rough leaves of the rubber tree (Ficus elastica) look like a perfect combination in a cracked clay pot.
Or imagine a Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerei) in a Japanese nerikomi-style pot. Mixing colored clay with thorns will be divine.
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