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container plants (post #19499)

fishercat on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 09:13
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Can someone tell me how to break the surface tension on the soil in a container? The water just sits on top and takes forever to soak in. Newly potted, with new potting soil. Thanks Fishercat

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wetting soilless mixes (post #19499, reply #1 of 1)

by KimmI in reply to fishercat [original] on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 03:26

This can be a problem with containers and soilless mixes, especially peat moss which does become hydrophobic if allowed to dry too much. I have found that when that happens with my containers putting them in a tub, larger then the container, and filling that with water, and allowing that to soak until wet helps. Best is to not allow the soilless mix to dry out that much.

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