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Watched my neighbor's cherry tomatoes burst after a heavy rain and realized my pots had no drainage holes.
It was last Tuesday during that big storm we had. I looked over and saw her plants just sitting in water, then pop, split right open. I ran out and checked my own balcony boxes. Sure enough, I had drilled holes but they were clogged with dirt. Used a screwdriver to clear them out and added some gravel at the bottom. Has anyone else dealt with pots getting clogged up like that?
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wyatt5134mo ago
Yeah anthony_wells is right, I learned that the hard way too.
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ryan_kim634mo ago
lol yeah gravel layer is a total myth. learned that one the messy way too.
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anthony_wells5mo ago
Wait, isn't gravel at the bottom actually a myth though? I saw some gardening channel say it just raises the water table and makes the root rot worse lol.
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nora_campbell665mo ago
Not gonna lie @anthony_wells, I used to swear by the gravel layer but that actually makes a ton of sense (and explains a lot of my past plant failures, ugh).
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