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| Please help~ I bought a small Rosa Bianca Eggplant, transplanted into 3 Gallon container last month. It's been getting full sun and a deep soaking by hand, every other day to every 3 days, whenever the top two inches dries out. There are some big leaves now, and it seemed to be doing great. The terra cotta container had small cracks, and recently, a big piece of it broke, so I'm repotting it into a bigger container by Plant Spa. This pot has to be watered from below, has lots of drainage vents, and a reservoir under it. I'm not an under watering expert, it was all that was left in the size I wanted. How should I water it when transplanting? Most tips - for traditional containers - seem to suggest watering the plant first, and putting it into moist potting soil. But this container is for watering from BELOW. I don't want it to get waterlogged, but it already seems like the soil is drying out from the original broken container. |
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| Just because a pot is self-watering from below doesn't mean you can also water it from above and just let the water drain into the bottom of the pot. Put a couple inches of new mix in the bottom of the pot packing it into the wicking chambers in the pot, wet it well, set the root ball of the plant on it and pack fresh potting mix in all around it, water it well, firm down the new mix and add more if needed. Add more water from the top until it drains out of the drain hole provided. Then set the plant out of the direct sun for a day or so until it recovers from transplanting. Mulch the top of the soil well and from now on just keep the bottom resivoir filled with water as needed. Dave |
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