Pot "dirt"
A while back I commented how impressed I am with the progress of Ma's Debutante that I repotted. I believe this plant was looking poor and I stuck it in some planting medium and hoped for the best....
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Jan, I've often wondered about this topic. Violets do seem to like being a bit pot bound since they do grow in rock crevices in the wild. I keep my plants slightly pot bound, I don't plant in a...
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When I used to take in about 30 plants to show, most of the 12 inch plants were still in 3 inch pot, each had to be repotted or double potted. These plants did well with tight shoes. The danger...
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I am not referring to pot size with this thought. I use small pots for small plants, and gradually increase the pot size as needed. My point is how much planting medium you put in a 4 inch pot for...
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Jan, I am not completely tracking. Do you mean the soil is not to the top of the pot, but say 2/3 or 3/4 of the way? It sounds like you're setting the plant deeper in the pot.Are you using the...
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I plant my violets in soil 'right up to the rim'. Maybe not quite that close, but there is no way you could top water with anything but an eyedropper. I do this for one reason... if I leave the soil...
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Like Balderdash, I'm not entirely grasping the concept here. My plant would be in a hole. I know TPTB have decreed that violets like squatty pots and I bought some and I do use them. However, I grew...
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Jane - you are correct in that I am referring to planting in only 2/3 of the pot - a standard 4 " pot. I did not do it intentionally - I think I just ran out of mix on that repotting. But I liked...
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Hmmmm.......interesting....but I just can't see how less potting soil would be responsible for the improvement in your plant's growth. Success with one that didn't get a full measure of soil in it's...
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Have always filled pots to the top with soil until recently. Since I try to pot single crowned plants in the fall for show by the time of show in the spring many bottom leaves are usually removed...
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