@joesgarden: Today we are back and I am showing you one of my top tips when it comes to watering your potted or container plants. 📣 Announcement: My brand new book Garden To Save The World is out next week and is available to pre order by following the link in my channel bio. I’ve included all of my top gardening and plant tips and tricks, as well as recipes, preserving, nature and wildlife advice. Thank you so much for every single pre order! I really do appreciate every single one, as pre orders are so important for new books 😊🌱💚 Watering your potted plants from the top like this while we all do it, might not be the best idea. Plastic, wooden and metal containers will all have a gap between the soil and the side of the pot. When you water, it will travel through the path of least resistance, which is often this gap down the side of the pot, and out the drainage holes in the bottom. This can leave the middle part of the soil bone dry, especially with cheap compost mixes. Instead try sitting your pots and containers in a large tray of water. (The bowl in the video was more for show, I use a large tray where I can place 10 or more pots in at a time). The soil will absorb up the water making sure it gets to the plants roots. For large containers this isn’t possible, so simply bury a smaller pot in the middle and water into this. That will make sure the water is delivered to the middle of the soil helping to prevent a lot from running down the side of the pot. (If you are using fibre or natural cloth pots then you don’t need to worry about water running down the sides) Obviously you can water from the top (I often do myself) it is just important to make sure the water has penetrated down into the soil before moving on, this method is ideal for people who may only have a few plants 😊🌱 I hope you are all having a lovely week so far, and I love you all, Joe 😊🌱💚 #watering #ecotips #zerowaste #Sustainability #gardening #gardeningtips

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