Keeping Pot Roots Moist

Green peppers, onions and now purslane are kept moist with center bottle. (Charlotte Ekker Wiggins photo)

Keeping Pot Roots Moist

Record hot temperatures in mid-Missouri last year. Plants will go into survival mode and may drop their leaves. If you can keep their roots moist, they should be able to recover once temperatures cool off.

To keep roots hydrated. I add plastic bottles with holes poked in them. I bury the bottles either in the pot center or along an edge at an angle so the water seeping through them still gets to roots.

Watering from the top of the pot in 100F temperatures may not reach roots due to evaporation.

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Charlotte