You'll run into the same thing Steve talked about above. The clay absorbs the water and any disolved minerals in it. Eventually the minerals start leaching back out of the clay/ceramic pot and into the soil your plant is in. It may take longer with this pot, as the minerals will have to work through from the outside, but down the road a few years you will end up with the same thing.[b said:Quote[/b] (jjhall @ Jan. 08 2004,08:09)]I was at Lowes the other day and they have these pots that are glazed ceramic on the outside, have an inner ceramic pot that is not glazed. The idea is to put water in the outer pot and the inner pot will slowly absorb it. Has anyone tried these for a VFT? It would definitely keep the soil moist.
Jeremy
I am using purified water with my VFTs as I don't trust my tap. Would this be OK in my situation? I'm thinking of getting one of the pots for a spider plant or two, but I use tap to water those.[b said:Quote[/b] (BigCarnivourKid @ Jan. 08 2004,18:43)]You'll run into the same thing Steve talked about above. The clay absorbs the water and any disolved minerals in it.
you have never heard of a spider plant before? I'm in shock over here. They are like the most common house plant on the planet, lol... or at least I thought they were.[b said:Quote[/b] (SnowyFalcon @ Jan. 09 2004,13:26)]Clay comes from the ground, so it starts out with minerals, salts and other garbage. This makes it unsuitable for CPs. Spider plants on the other hand (and I have no idea what those are, all I know is that they are not carnivorous) may be able to take a higher concentration of minerals, and do fine in a pot like that.
SF