Evening all,
I was out attempting to plant my small strawberry plants into bigger containers and, remembering what my nan used to do, I put stones (of various sizes) at the bottom of the pot to help with drainage, then filled the pot with a mix of loam soil (60% approx), vermiculture (30% approx) and multipurpose compost (10% approx). I then preceded to water the pot only to find that drainage was so slow I decided to take the young plant out in fear of causing the roots to rot. The pot had around 4 drainage holes in it (arrange corrisponding to the 12, 3, 6, and 9 on a clock) and the layer of stones was around 5cm approx).
I was just wondering if the drainage was really poor due to the lack of drainage holes, the layer of stones (I have read both good and bad about stones and drainage) of various sizes or the mix of soil or a combination of both?
Thank you for your help,
Samuel
I was out attempting to plant my small strawberry plants into bigger containers and, remembering what my nan used to do, I put stones (of various sizes) at the bottom of the pot to help with drainage, then filled the pot with a mix of loam soil (60% approx), vermiculture (30% approx) and multipurpose compost (10% approx). I then preceded to water the pot only to find that drainage was so slow I decided to take the young plant out in fear of causing the roots to rot. The pot had around 4 drainage holes in it (arrange corrisponding to the 12, 3, 6, and 9 on a clock) and the layer of stones was around 5cm approx).
I was just wondering if the drainage was really poor due to the lack of drainage holes, the layer of stones (I have read both good and bad about stones and drainage) of various sizes or the mix of soil or a combination of both?
Thank you for your help,
Samuel
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