Before planting any plant in pot why do we check if there is a small hole at the bottom of the pot??

Answer 1

It has to have a hole for drainage, otherwise you get root rot.

Answer 2

We check pots for a hole for proper drainage of water. That is true for large planters and window boxes, also. Unless a plant is aquatic like a water lily, it will not do well if the soil is too wet. On the contrary, it will die

When you pot or repot a plant, first put in a broken piece of pot or a stone big eneough to partially cover the hole so the dirt does not fall out. The secnd thing that goes into a pot is rough gravel like the stuff used for planting bulbs like hyacinths and paperwhite narcissus indoors.. If you wish, and if there is room, you can put in a thin layer of sand, and then the soil.
Since the earthenware saucers that you can buy with an earthenware pot become moist and will ruin your tabletops and windowsills, buy plain glazed tiles and place your pots and their saucers on top of the tiles. Since the glaze is impermeable to water, the moisture from the pot and saucer will not ruin anything underneath..... still you will need to clean and dry under the tile, too .... but it really does protect surfaces......What kind of tiles? Ceramic tiles used for the kitchen near the sink, say .. or a counter top. There are a lot of pretty painted tiles, but they are expensive and you don't want to hide them underneath a pot, unless of couse they really are extra or you don't realy want them......p.s. You can glue felt or cork, or something similar to the bottom of tiles to keep them from scratching the surface of a wooden or glass table top..
They really should make saucers that are the same terracotta but with a glaze, at least on the inside of the saucer Sometimes you can find pots that are glazed, and have holes that empty out onto a saucer .... those are ok, but you need to check to see if the saucer is overflowing, in case you have given too much water. And then, there are glazed planters that have no holes so you may slip into them a potted plant.

p.s. I fyou are gifted as a potter, you might make pots and saucers. One of my mother's friends was a potter. She made beautiful things which she glazed all sorts of lovely dull earth tones that set the plants off beautifully.

Answer 3

There are a few plants that love lots of water, but in general, most plants will die from sitting in water.

Place some gravel or Styrofoam peanuts in the bottom under the dirt and over the hole. This allows for good drainage.

Answer 4

Previous answers are correct: without drainage, the soil will stay boggy and rot the roots of the plant.
You may use a pot without a drainage hole, if you provide needed drainage "room", by adding a layer of gravel/rock at the bottom of the pot before soil is added. Still, with this drainage application, you'll need to be careful not to overwater.

Answer 5

If there IS a hole, it'll leak all over whatever you put the pot on. If there ISN'T a hole, the plant may get too wet and the roots will rot.

So what you need is a pot with a hole and without one. Since a pot of that kind isn't typically available in our reality, I suggest a pot with a hole in it, set in a saucer or pan without a hole in it.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I know why I do...but the "we" in your question implies that you check also...why do you check if you don't know the reason?

Where would the water go, if there was no opening to let it out? Potted plants don't have the entire earth to drain into like plants in the ground do.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The excess water needs to drain, otherwise the plant will drown from lack of oxygen needed and root.

Answer 9

Yup, the water you put in will go Stagnant. Stagnant water will rot the soil and eventually the plant will give up and start to rot as well.

Answer 10

The plants roots will rot, if they sit in water all the time.