Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Trouble


Winter rain can kill container plants. When the potting soil is frozen solid the planter's drainage hole is frozen closed, so rain saturates the soil and collects in a puddle on top. Then the puddle freezes, and the plant's crown is frozen in a block of ice. Hardy plants can take dry cold, but this is something else.

Try to tip the puddle out of the pot.

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