It's also important to choose the right pot if you want to plant a good flower

Speaking of flowerpots, what kind of flowerpots are you most familiar with? The first thing that comes to mind is the red, white, black plastic basin that is most common in the flower-and-bird market. Yes, that's right, it's the kind of plastic basin that costs a few cents! It is not beautiful, and it can be said to do more harm than good to plants. So why do most of the potted plants sold in the flower and bird market choose this kind of plastic pot?

Plastic pots have several characteristics that are most favorable to flower owners, such as cheapness, which is very important. in fact, many flowers are planted in the field and then transplanted into flowerpots before they are sold on the market. there is no problem with plastic pots for short-term planting, and it is very light, which is helpful for florist to move up and down and move around.

Now you know, besides being cheap and light, the plastic pot used by the florist is actually not breathable, and it will certainly not work for long-term use, so when buying flowers, the boss will let you buy another non-plastic flowerpot and put it on. You can make an extra profit.

So what are the most commonly used flowerpots suitable for long-term planting? The common ones are wooden basin, stone basin, glass container (mainly water), porcelain basin, pottery basin, purple sand basin and so on. Among them, porcelain basin and pottery basin are the most commonly used, purple sand basin is more expensive, glass basin is the most important for hydroponic plants, wood basin is perishable for a long time, while stone basin is relatively bulky.

The advantage of porcelain basin is easy to make shape and design color, pattern, many styles, rich color, high ornamental value; the disadvantage is less stomata, general air permeability and less water absorption. It is suitable for some plants that are resistant to moisture, high water demand, not easy to rot roots or strong ornamental, such as green pineapple, copper money grass, asparagus, tortoise back bamboo and orchid, etc.

Pottery basin has the advantages of many pores, good air permeability, large water absorption and relatively cheap price, while its disadvantages are easy to crack, poor durability, short service life and poor frost resistance. It is suitable for some plants that are resistant to drought, need moisture but can not accumulate water, rot roots easily (succulent roots) or do not require high ornamental value, such as cactus, succulent plants and so on.