How pleasant it is after a busy, noisy day, spent in working days, to find yourself in your personal small garden, blooming at any time of the year. And that in your life such joy could exist, the life of the plants themselves must be carefully monitored and maintained at the necessary level of their living conditions.
Not only people, but every plant needs a home. For house flowers their house serves as a pot. Be it a small or large plant, it needs its space. In our time a huge selection of houseplants, growing popularity and pots for them. After all, each individual plant requires a pot of a certain size, shape and even material. Some indoor flower can grow well both in a plastic pot and in a clay pot. Another, more capricious, will begin to die if you plant it in a pot made of piece materials.
Manufacturers of flower pots more often than other materials use plastic and clay. Naturally, clay pots are much more expensive than plastic pots, but such a significant difference in price is quite justified. Clay is a natural material, so it is more suitable for the life of a houseplant. The main advantages of the flower pots made of clay are their stability, porous structure and, as a rule, a large drainage hole. Stability clay pots get at the expense of their weight, because clay is a fairly dense material. Knowing that your pot of flowers will not turn over, even if it's hurt by children, you'll be more at ease for your favorite flower. The porous structure of the pot allows the plant to breathe, not only through the upper open ball of the earth, but also through the walls of the pot. In addition, thanks to the pores of the clay pot, the process of gas exchange and evaporation of excessive moisture is more active. Like all that has advantages, clay pots also have a number of minor flaws, which, in fact, do not harm the condition of indoor plants at all. For fans of refinement and originality clay pots will not become a find, as usually their appearance is slightly simple and laconic. All clay pots have a natural color and are not covered with synthetic varnishes and paints, in order to preserve their original structure.
Despite the advantages of clay in front of plastic, plastic pots are the most popular among indoor plant owners. First of all, their main advantage is a low price. This is understandable, since plastic refers to cheap materials, resulting in the cost of plastic flower pots is negligible. Speaking of plastic pots, the first thing worth mentioning about their shortcomings. Plastic is an artificial material, which implies its low ecological compatibility. Through the walls of the plastic pot, the roots of the plant can not breathe, since plastic is a continuous material that does not have a porous structure. Choosing a plastic pot for indoor flowers, you will have to loosen the ground more often, to provide the necessary gas exchange for the earth, to saturate it with oxygen, necessary for the life of the plant. Drainage holes, as a rule, are too small in diameter and do not allow plants that need large amounts of water to additionally absorb moisture from the pan. The roots of plants that need a little water can start to rot, since plastic is a sufficiently moisture-consuming material and one must be very careful in watering flowers. Often, plastic pots for indoor flowers have sharp edges. This fact can be negative for those plants that have dangling shoots, the fragile structure of which may be damaged. There are not so many positive sides that plastic pots have, but they do exist, although for the plant itself they represent absolutely no benefit. Most often, buyers are attracted by their low price and what is plastic, unlike clay is an extremely washable material that does not require special care.
Another material from which pots for indoor flowers are made is ceramics. It is considered to be the most inappropriate material for pots. High decorative, original design of pots and unconventional rich color scale - this is the whole range of advantages of ceramic flower pots. This is achieved by applying to the surface of the clay a variety of varnishes and paints, which contradicts the notions of a good state of plants that live in such pots. Synthetic materials make it impossible to access air and moisture through the surface of the pot, which is a very unfavorable factor for the plant. Ceramic pots are suitable only for undemanding and fairly hardy plants, but the assortment of these pots is very wide. They come in different sizes, shapes and colors, often painted on them manually, which explains the high price of ceramic pots.
For plants that need significant and constant saturation with moisture, glassware is perfect. But most often, this kind of materials are chosen by people whose main goal is to compose unusual compositions, painting on the surface of the pot. In everyday life, glass pots are completely useless and not convenient.
If you are tired of your old flower pot, you can hide it with a pot (from the French - a hidden pot). It is often confused with a flower pot, but it is only an element of decor used in the design of indoor flowers. Kashpo is a container that affects both the shape and the material from which it is made. It can be in the form of objects, animals made of clay, ceramics, wood or wicker from a vine. In pots, put a pot or container with a plant, with the expectation that it does not look out of the pots. Working with pots, the flight of your imagination has no boundaries. You can, without fear, experiment with the shape, material and color of the flowerpots. As a result, you get an original, unique, having its own style element of decor for your houseplant.