Pro's & Con's of Clay Pots with Orchids - Watch this before buying them!
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Today we talk all about clay pots and my pro's and con's when it comes to growing Orchids in them!
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A few years ago I had all my Orchids in clay pots and it didn't work out that great. There were things I liked and things I didn't • Clay pots with Orchids...
The main attraction for me is the evaporative cooling effect en.wikipedia.o...
But at the same time, they dry so fast in summer. I chose to use them with my cooler growing orchids and see how things go!
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I like the holey clay pots for my cattleyas. I keep most of my orchids outside for 8 months of the year. Also, my climate is hot and humid for most of the year. The rainy season goes from May to Sept/October. The extra ventilation holes help with the wet/dry cycle that catts like.
Thank you once again for excellent information. I use both clay and plastic, I have discovered orchids such as Phals with their thick roots can get stuck and pinched in the plastic pots with slits , so I use plastic for orchids with thin roots.
Clay pots are great here for things like cattleyas here in my part of Florida. The hottest part of summer coincides with the rainy season. So, they get to enjoy tropical downpours and then dry out before next one (and stay cool). You do have to water more in April and May where it’s hot but still dry. You’re right, it’s all about your particular climate and growing conditions. Thank you so much for your videos, your experiences are so helpful for many of us!
I have 32 phalenopsis in clay pots and they are SO happy. If I need to repot I just take a hammer and gently tap until the pot breaks. They are so economical where I live, that for me they are disposable.
I have some cats and bulbos in holed clay pots and they love it too. But I am a fusser. I water almost daily with a mister, as I have a lot of mounted types also. So I am definitely sold on clay pots in south Ga USA
I am considering going the clay route. Have you seen any mold build up? Thx
@@burstallpass4394 not unless I set them inside a decorative pot. But even then, it wipes right off.
Thanks you for your reply!@@brendatraub1161
You have a lot of experience and knowledge, thanks for sharing.
My climate is similar to yours but even hotter (35 C or above) and drier (sometimes down to 7% RH) in the fall. Growing outdoors, terra cotta pots worked best; spray down all the orchids in the morning (with tap water), which kept them cool during the midday and also kept them from being dehydrated. By nightfall the pots are dry so I don't have to worry about the bark medium rotting too quickly. During the cooler months just water less frequently. Yes, the roots do stick to the clay, but if soaked well before repotting I found most of the roots did ok - I just break the pots to get out the orchid, given the orchid is the valuable thing and the pots are easily replaced.
Oh that’s why my plants love these clay pots as soon as I loved them into them, because of the cooling effect. I live in FL and the part of my apartment that I have them in bc of the natural light doesn’t get much ac. Makes so much sense now.
First of all I want to say that I use clay pots because I like the look of them as opposed to some of the other pros you've mentioned in your video. However, I did find, as you mentioned in your cons, that there was quite a bit of drying out that wasn't working for me either. Especially with the new root tips that would grow to the side of the pots near the top. So, I've sprayed the outside of my clay pots with Polyurethane spray. I use a flat/no gloss so it still looks natural. Also, by using a very light coat the pot is still porous to some extent but it does not lose as much moisture as if it wasn't sprayed and I can add another coat if I want it to be even less porous. There is still some of the wicking effect on the inside of the pot as well but not as much if not sprayed at all and there is still the cooling effect. Of course I don't spray pots I am using for Cattleyas or orchids that like to be on the drier side, only for orchids that don't need to dry out as much. I've also started experimenting with spraying the inside a little too, especially the top, inside rim so that the roots don't stick as badly and also the clay doesn't suck moister from the new root tips and desiccate them. However, I'm not sure if the polyurethane will harm the plant itself so I've just started experimenting with this. It does seem, as long as you let the polyurethane dry completely, that there has been any ill affects to my plants so far. This has also cut down on the salt accumulation and the algae growth.
I hope this helps someone trying to use clay pots.
Thanks for sharing, I'm curious how it will work on the long run :D
I tried using clay pots, but I soon realized that clay is a true salt magnet. After just two months the top lip of the pots started secreting these weird dry crystals, and I determined that they were salt. I don't use them anymore, I use glazed pots.
I wipe mine down with a paper towel soaked in vinegar.
The benefits of the clay is sometimes more important than a little bit of occassional maintenance.
Just wondering, if the clay pots pulled the salt out wouldn’t that be a good thing?💚🙃
Judy McKerrow the risk is that the pot concentrates the salts in the walls and roots will be damaged if they come into contact with it. I find it can be overcome by soaking the plants in plain water every few waterings.
Salt from where? Is it from fertilizer,or lime (hard water)deposits from tap water.
so what I do is that I use a clay pot as the decorative outer container and plastic inside to get the best of both worlds. For me, it's all about the evaporation to increase humidity around my Miltoniopsis which is sprouting four new growths right now. Such a proud dad HAHA
I waned to use clay pots with lecca, but when an arial root stuck on the clay pot next to it and it just broke when I moved the pot I decided not to. I used clay pots for african violets and they work very well.
100% useful!❤️Thank you! I'm also in a hot clima and you just solved all the problems/wonderings I had in my mind!
As I said I'm a beginner and your reason for using plastic pot makes very good sense to me. However, I am passionate about our environment and more plastic eek not good. This is one time I had to bite my tongue and buy plastic. With many things to learn seeing the whole plant is a sensible one.
I totally agree about the high evaporation rate! One of my oldest phals almost died when I put it in a clay pot - I just could not keep water in it! It was ridiculous. In a glazed pot now and things are much better.
Here in Brazil the clay pots for orchids have ventilation holes.
Great info, terrific help. Pro's and cons were very useful.
I agree that for orchids, clay pots are not the ideal thing, you do highlight some very good points! I personally have all my orchids in a mix of leca and moss, in customized plastic pots with ventilation holes, and from now on (almost 2 years) everything is well. Given that I live in the north of France, not a very warm climate (at all...), I feel lucky not to have problems with growing orchids...But I like to grow an variety of plants, and for cacti, Crassula, and other succulents, clay pots are absolutely essential! So, yeah, you're right, clay pots are both useful and harmful, depending on how you use them...
Hey Danny, I've always used clay pots for my plants and some orchids seem to be ok with it but others I can see are suffering from all the salts the clay pots absorb from the fertiliser So I think I'm gradually going to phase over to plastic.
Clay pots also don't come in all the shapes and sizes that plastic pots come in, and as they're not transparent we can't observe the roots of some plants we want to keep a close eye on... minor disadvantages but still :)
Hi Dany please give some tips on Ground Archids, my plants give one or two flowers in one stick,
I really don't like how roots attach to clay pots, you end up damage the roots when repotting
So whats the point in clay then? You will close all pores :\
True some features are lost, so it depends what you want to use it for ☺️
I personally prefare plastic pots especially when repotting, easier u squeeze the orchid out of the pot 😊
You can get some cool macrame to hang claypots in. I love the look of earthy base, bushy green plant and woven cotton. I've been acquiring plastic pots since watching your videos. They're working well for me, but I do have mostly baby orchids, once they get bigger clay could be the way to go.
Hi Danny, I have had a large phalaenopsis orchid that I got from a botanical garden for several months. I've repotted it with bark chips and clipped it's very long stem after it was clear it was no longer blooming. It is in an east-facing window where it receives a lot of sunlight in the early day. It's leaves are a bit droopy but it has a new root growing out of the top. I've been giving it a little extra water, but haven't seen the leaves perk up yet. Any suggestions?
do you know what the white slimey deposits on the clay pots are ore where they come from? i thougt it was chalk in my case, but you use osmose water where there can't be so much chalk in it? i have this problem since i have tried to use clay pots. with all plants. if you do not wash your pots it gets uglier and uglier. the reason why i can't use clay pots at all even if i would like to use it for some special plants because of the other advantages.
Evaporative cooling works because water is an excellent heat transfer medium, and carries a lot of thermal energy (high specific heat). Warmer water molecules wick away & carry away heat
Great video. Thanks. I just invested in 8 Cattleya plants. (I grow predominantly Paphs/Phrags). When I received the Cattleya plants in the mail, most of the plants were in clay and looked like they had been there awhile as the roots looked 'stuck' to the pot. I have no idea how I'm going to be able to repot these cattleya. Have any ideas?
What is your opinion about tevaplanter? Do you think it will be a good option for orchids?
What do you think about using a clay pot as a mask for a Miltoniopsis in a plastic pot? I think that it might be cooling as well as supply humidity.
Hi, me I m use plastic and clay pots. I a young boy and i need to see what happened inside with the roots or media. I make extra ventilation holes. I live in a « cold » country and i have trouble with fungus and mold isses. So I can’t use clay pots but i utilize as decorative containers because I love the shape and the color.
First! Thanks for the informative video!
Hi Danny! I loved this video! Just moved to a warmer climate and I'm researching ways to keep my cattleyas outdoors in the summer. I think I'm going to try a couple of clay pots to see how they do, but I'm also interested to know how I might keep them in plastic pots and care for them in the heat. (Temps can get above 37°C here, and it's pretty humid, too.) Do you have any videos that go over your outdoor cattleya setup? (I've been looking, but you have quite the video library here, and it's taking me some time to get through them all. 😂)
I hope you see this message & I’m sorry but, I could SWEAR that in one of your videos you mentioned a systemic antifungal you use. I cannot find the video now. Can you point me to the video or to the product (was it Bayer?)? Thank you!
Hi, sorry I don't think it was me, I don't use fungicides or pesticides 🤷
Maybe it was The Orchid Room. I tend to watch your old videos, though. I’ll figure something out. 😀
I found it! It was another channel. I’m sorry. If you’d prefer, I can delete this so as not to dilute your brand.
No problem glad you figured it out 👍
I saw this and your old video of the orchids staying hydrated in clay pots without a medium. I was thinking about trying it in San Diego (low 70s and low humidity). I think it would be easy to just keep the saucers topped up with water rather than a more involved process of pouring, draining, and repeating that I use. Would spraying the roots with the fertilizer water I use be a convenient way to keep them fed?
Hi, not sure I understood properly, but if you are refering to keep the pots without medium and pouring water only in the saucer, I think you'd have to do that very frequently. Spraying fertilizer is ok I guess, I would much rather soak in fertilizer, let the plant have time to get her nutrients ☺️
Hi Miss Orchid Girl-- I am wondering if you think any of your concerns apply when using clay pots as a cover for slotted plastic pots?
You wont get as much of the wicking affect. If you can create a surface tension between the substrate and the clay pot, it will wick some through capillary action (basically that's what wicking is).
@@3_up_moon I might try using clay pots as cover for plastic pots for my cool growing masdevallias this year. Might work just for cooling the direct environment for the plants.
@@martinafaust4851 if you use a plastic pot, you will not get the cooling effect. It is the evaporation that cools the plant and plastic would prevent the clay from evaporating the water into the substrate.
Hi, I think that used as decorative pots you won't benefit as much from the pros (ventilation, moisture transfer, even cooling to some extent) but you won't have some of the cons either (roots stuck). Depends what you are looking to obtain :)
@@3_up_moon I probably would get some cooling in the vicinity of the plants and that's what I'm trying to achieve.
Have you ever tried attaching an epiphytic orchid to the outside of a clay pot? I've seen products like the Terraplanter where the roots are attached outside the vessel and the inside is filled with water. I'm wondering whether this would be a good way of getting plenty of air to roots, but allowing them to absorb moisture that wicks through the pot.
Hi, here's my experience with a similar product ua-cam.com/video/TWYIgV0Uofc/v-deo.html
Excellent pros and cons of clay pots
Hi,
I have weird areas on a few leaves. Does anyone know how I could send her the photos to ask her what the problem could be?
Thank you!
I'm trying to find out the same thing. I've posted on forums but no one knows what it is. I've cut the leaf and its come back. It's getting really close to stem of my paphiopedilum. I need help, really would like to ask Danny
She has a video on different types of leaf spots
How do you make holes??
if you put clay shards in a tumbler could you make your own ceramis?
Hi, I don't know I don't have a tumbler 🤷
Hello Danny, im wondering if your trying a zygo in a clay pot?
Hi, no I am able to grow them fine in plastic pots at the moment :)
As someone in a very dry environment, clay isnt great if a plant needs more water...
But clay does look pretty
What is the species of orchid you have featured in this video? Namely the long thin stalked one?
the tag is readable in one shot: Dendrobium "Victoria-Regina"
It's Dendrobium Victoria Reginae
yes miss Danie how to repot orchids in clay pot that full of roots?
Hi, just like you would in a plastic pot. Or did you mean unpot?
@@MissOrchidGirl i wanted to change the media but the pot are covered with roots.are they still be good after repotting?
As I was saying in the video, it's important to soak up the pot and roots well before repotting, this will make it a bit better. Also wait for new roots to start appearing. But I still think many roots will get damaged, it's how it is with clay pots sadly.
With me, its careful eye observation and touch. Thats how i know what they nèed.
Actually terrestial also needs ventilation . their roots are succulent and can rot in bad ventialtion
I love the color and look of clay pots. BUT I do not like the fact I cannot see the roots 🥰
Hi Danny can you do also water culture orchied suggests thank you
Len Orchid Dani does not speak on water culture - or at least that was her stance in the pay 😬
Haha I speak about it it's not tabu, it's risky but that's different. But I find many things that just don't go with my way of doing things, 'so for those reasons I'm out' 🤣
Clay pots are much less expensive.