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Planting a Part-Shade Container for Our Front Porch!

Planting a Part-Shade Container for Our Front Porch!

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Planting a Part-Shade Container for Our Front Porch! Garden Answer Susannah: We have very hard water also. I also black and dark gray planters. I prefer the self-watering ones for most of my plants in our sunroom/conservatory. With the few planters that I have self-watering, such as window boxes and the ones along the long paved drive I've changed them to suit my needs. Lechuza self-watering planters have screw-in plugs on the underside. The instructions are to remove the plug if you are using them outside, this is to prevent over-saturation of the planting. Men here never read instructions and never listen to a woman. So the first year I lost all the exterior plants held within those planters because the screw-plugs were not removed. The second-year the overflow worked great so I didn't fear for my plants with the coming of the rainy seasons. The problem was the overflow was spilling out onto the drive. My solution was to replace the screw plug and then drill a hole at the overfill line as your pot has. It worked really well but that wasn't going to solve the problem of ice on the driveway (driveway is 12-feet by 1/4-mile and all paved. The solution has worked really well. From the outside I placed a tube into the hole, the tubing is slightly larger than the hole so tension held it in place. I connected the tubing from planter to planter with T-connectors and finished up nearer the house where it is collected in an underground cistern. For the most part it has worked pretty good with the only exception being that it did freeze a couple of times. It doesn't stay frozen long because of the paving and the planters being black. Any nutrient loss is fed right back to the plants during the months that I would be watering them. Now my problem is that the squirrels that like to hide their acorns in the planters. What a simple problem to have. This is a lovely solution also because there are no hard water stains on our expensive black planters and the solution is not really visiable.
Date: 2022-07-16

Comments and reviews: 9


I wonder if prior to planting you marked the water line of the item inside the pot then removed it, filled with water and then poured the water into a vessel to measure the amount then it might give you an indication of the capacity before overflow. If this is a good indicator you would need to fill by use of a watering can for accuracy and it may be time consuming but if you have just a few pots and a concern for water damage in an area such as yours it may be helpful.
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I appreciate folks sharing their experiences with different kinds of self watering pots, and I think everyone enjoys those experiences. But can we please not ever accuse Laura of making a recommendation based on sponsorships? Shes already clearly stated that she does not do that. No one tells her what to say, not Proven Winners, not Espoma. no one. Laura has a long and honorable track record, and I think she deserves more respect than that.
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This has inspired me to put a combination of dark heuchera, ruffled hosta, and lobelia for my front porch pot this year. With a container as tall as yours, I'm was surprised to see that you didn't add something that would trail over the edge. I'm thinking of adding some variegated English ivy to mine to fill that spot. Anyways, lovely lovely lovely and enjoy both your skills and your bright personality so much! And the cats! And the kids! :-)
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6. 58 Pansies and violas are the sweetest. Once I was high up on a Greek mountain (700m) and my 6 year old daughter sat down and next to her there was a little rock and she says to me Mum look, an orchid And I go very
close to it to see what it is. Can you believe it? It was a wild viola, Viola scorpioides the flowers of which were as big as my daughter's nails.
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When she is using all different varieties of flowers In so many pots you know the costs? Today I spent over 250 dollars. for less the amount she is using. I was shocked and I think I never do that again. I can donate that money for someone who in need. Crazy expensive without soil even.
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Hi Laura! I'm hoping someone answers this. Did I hear you correct that all of them were perennials? So I can leave the planter out all year and they'll come back? I'm new to outside planter gardening and want to do this exact arrangement in a pot i plan on never moving.
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I love way you are explaining steps by step you are doing so good inspiring me to do gardening I have nice big yard I want to put some flowers pots issue I have Squirrels coming and eat my plans!
Can you give me a Tips how I take care this issue.
Thank you
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Great planter I am going to look for one. Don't cut your hosta blooms, they are so pretty and feed bees and hummingbirds. As a gardener myself, I would never cut blooms off any plant until they fade. It was a gasp moment for me. nooooooo
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So inspiring! Just remembered my purple container and immediately ordered: Hosta Fragrant Blue, Heuchera Forever Purple, Viola Odolata, Ajuga Reptans Black Scallop, Athyrium Nipponicum Metallicum. It will be a fragrant beauty
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