Instructions in 6 steps

Pay attention to this when planting flower pots

• The pot must be big enough.
• 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, it should be emptied after heavy downpours.

The right size of the flower pot

When buying a flower pot and plants, make sure that the dimensions are right: 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 are. 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 at the flower pot

Waterlogging is highly dangerous for most plants and often ends with the same. Therefore, good drainage is the most important challenge for plants to thrive in the pot. Make a flower pot yourself, e.g. B. from an old one

Milk can you should definitely drill one or more holes in the ground.

Plant the flower pot step by step

Once you have selected the plants and the flower pot, you are good to go. You need:

• Good garden soil
• possibly some compost
• Pebbles, pottery shards or expanded clay
• A shovel

1. Place a pot 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, pottery shards or Expanded clay.(€ 16.35 at Amazon *)
3. Fill the pot halfway with soil. You can mix older or inferior soil with some compost to enrich it with nutrients.
4. Put 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 up the pot with soil. Leave two to five inches of space between the soil and the edge of the flower pot.
6. Water your plants thoroughly and place them in the desired location.