DIRTY POTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 13

DIRTY POTS.

The careful gardener knows full well the value of clean pots. If there is nothing else to do on wet days all \>ots should be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. Very early in the spring the demand for pots begins, and it continues in ever-increasing numbers until well in the middle of summer. It is annoying to find the stack of pots dirty when they are wanted, and besides it only wastes time. It should not be necessary to emphasise the danger of using dirty pots. Their use can only mean unhealthy and unsatisfactory plants later on. Pots that are covered with dirt or green slime lose their absorbent powers, and admit no air. Lack of air quickly produces in the soil sour condition, and the roots refuse to run or thrive freely, where such conditions exist. Therefore clean all pots thoroughly, using a stiff brush for scrubbing them, and do not be satisfied until all the pots are red and fresh looking.