I enjoy working outdoors, among greenery. In my home garden there are colorful beds with annuals and perennials. I also plant a lot of plants in pots. There is a lot of soil in , which makes them heavy and not easy to move. A few years ago, I came up with an interesting solution - I put polystyrene at the bottom of each container, instead of traditional drainage. I fill about ¼ of the volume of the vessel with it. Such a pot is lighter because there is less soil inside. I did not notice any negative impact on the plants, on the contrary - they all grow beautifully. I just have to remember that for tall specimens - such as two meters long nightshade - the bottom of the pot should be about 10 cm into the ground.Thanks to this treatment, the flowers are more stable and the wind will not knock them over.
Janina Dudek
