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Grow your garden in dainty containers
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Flower pots with their economy of space are not only suited for apartments but are also preferred in gardens, writes Swathi. V
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— Photo: V. Raju
Indoor beauties: Growing plants inside apartments or houses needs lot of attention and care.
Owning a house with spacious courtyard where one can plan a garden of one’s choice is everybody’s wish. But very few city dwellers are fortunate enough to afford that luxury as the pressure on land is increasing at a phenomenal rate by the day. Nevertheless, the passion for plants will not let one to breathe easy unless one fosters a dash of greenery at home. Flower pots with their economy of space are the immediate alternative in such cases. Even where a garde
n exists in full scale and scope, owners prefer to have flower pots lined up in front of their house just for the beauty of it.
Varieties
When it comes to choosing a flower pot or a planter many go by their respective tastes and whims.
One should be fully aware of the purpose for which it would be used. One can not spend a fortune on brass containers just to have seasonal saplings in them. Or end up buying huge clay pots to grow indoor plants.
Market offers a variety of containers in clay, terracotta, cement, plastic, stone, metal and ceramic in different price ranges.
“Cement planters will give a decent appearance to outdoor settings while those made of ceramic are meant for indoors,” Raj Tilak Singh, who runs a nursery on the banks of Musi at Chaderghat says. He has different varieties and sizes of pots in ceramic with prices ranging from Rs.20 to Rs.2,000. Brought from Khurja of Uttar Pradesh the pots are either painted or engraved and some are available with beautiful ceramic stands with water outlets in them.
“It is important to check for water outlet when buying a flower pot. If none is provided, the plant will rot before it begins to grow,” says Raj Tilak.
Clay or terracotta planters, though they look plain, are suitable to all kinds of plants as they are porous and allow better aeration and water absorption, says B.R. Kurdukar, an expert in Agri-Horticultural Society.
“Non-earthen pots of any material should be used only for decorative purposes. They are not porous in nature and do not allow moisture and air. An option is to keep the clay pot containing the plant inside the ornamental one,” he says. Another thing to keep in mind while buying a pot is its portability.
Plastic urns are quite easily moved from one place to other while it is a humongous task to move the cement ones. Indoor plants which need to be shifted into the sun for a few hours every day should be grown in portable urns.
All said and done, a planter is the abode where the plant will live and it is equally important to ensure that the occupant feels ‘at home’ in it. Plant urns should be bought after specificities are finalised about what kind of plant will grow in it.
One can not have a plastic pot to grow a palm sapling or waste a metal bowl for a relatively smaller plant.
Height of the planter should be in proportion with the height of the plant.
Future growth potential of the sapling should also be kept in mind while deciding on the size of the planter.
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