Does anyone have info on clay flower pots? I am looking for the name of the pot with holes in the side?

I am also looking for instructions on how to plant in this type of pot.. I saw it on TV once.

Does anyone have info on clay flower pots? I am looking for the name of the pot with holes in the side?
Clay pots with 'planting' entrances in the sides are called 'strawberry jars'. Better ones now have pronounced "balconies" to better hold potting soil and plants in. Layer the bottom of the container with drainage materials. Fill the pot with soil to the lowest 'window', insert your plant, then resume filling. Continue on that vein. As a little "cheating" technique, use a piece of loose leaf paper, rolled so that it is an inch or so in diameter. Fill the tube with pea gravel, or sand. Fill the soil around it. Now you have a means to get water directly to the lower portions of the pot.



Another clay pot with 'holes' in its side is called an orchid pot. These differ from the above in that the holes are like slashes, and are intended to allow water to escape and air in. They are used like traditional pots, the planting mix used is a fairly coarse pine bark as opposed to soil.



I hope that this helps

Good luck-
Reply:Ys, it's a "strawberry jar" and people have mentioned planting strawberries or flowers in it. But set your imagination free! I have seen a stunning one planted with different varieties of Hens %26amp; Chicks. Another great idea is to fill it with herbs and keep it on the deck or patio, close to the kitchen where you can always have access to fresh herbs. Think outside the box! (or the jar!)
Reply:Rumble Gate or Heaven's Gate.
Reply:Having not seen said pot I can only imagine that it is a strawberry planter. Put clay pot chards in the bottom or rocks then fill with planter mix and insert the roots of the strawberries in the holes.
Reply:You are probably talking about a strawberry pot.......the larger ones with the holes on the side....the smaller one with holes is for orchids (don't think this because they are only 6" pots).

I have always enjoyed planting the strawberry pots (found at any nursery in Texas) with any plant that drapes (like petunias, strawberries, etc) All you do is take a 4" plant, take as much soil off the 4" pot as you need to get the plant in the side opening (big pot already has soil with osmocote or slow release fertilizer in it).

You want those little plants that you are sticking in to the holes to really get their root system growing in the larger soil in the pot. (also add plants at the top of the big strawberry pot, so they can fall over and drape, too. After you are through with all of these, you might want to go back and add about a teaspoon of Osmocote in each little opening where you have added a plant.....good luck.....sand is great for strawberries, but not for flowers you want to drape.....use a good potting soil....
Reply:Sounds like a strawberry pot to me. I've been interested in trying one of these myself. Here's some info. I found on the web about it:



http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/35/Str...



Hope this helps!
Reply:Strawberry pots: http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/35/Str...
Reply:Sounds like you want a strawberry pot. They are available in most nurseries in the spring. I have seen them at Lowe's garden department many times. You can use them for a variety of trailing plants. They are beautiful on a patio or in a sun room.



To plant them, you fill the pot full of good, rich potting soil. Then you buy small plants (usually the trailing kind) and put them in the "pockets" of the strawberry pot. In the top you plant something tall in the center and smaller plants in the 12, 3, 6, 9 o'clock positions. Look at your garden center for plants that do well in your area and are the colors you need.