Hot pots - cool roots

Shmuel Silinsky gardenbetter@gmail.com
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 06:15:02 PST
This is inspired by Uli's comments on Pancratium in pots. I too am shocked
at how hot pots in the sun can become. (Here in Israel the summer radiation
is high).
Some techniques I use are:
1) Keep the pots close together so they shade / screen each other.
2) I put a board along the sun-facing row so the sunlight simply does not
hit the pots.
3) Plant a "ground cover" with the bulbs that will hang over and cover the
outer side of the pots. I like to use trailing succulents.
4) I put pots in among plants in the garden. A great way to showcase
growing plants and change off with dormant plants.
5) Sink pots in the ground or mulch. A great way is pots in pots.
Any other ideas are greatly appreciated.
Shmuel Silinsky
Jerusalem zone 9b
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