My flowers die when planted in clay pots, can anyone help me understand why?

As mentioned earlier the clay pots let water evaporate from the whole pot. When planting in any pot you must be careful to maintain moisture levels. Water crystals are a good idea, and you can also buy a bitumen type paint especially made for porous pots. You just paint inside the pots up to a level which will be covered by the potting mixture. Let dry for the prescribed time and replant. Use a good quality potting mix (some come with water Chrystal's.)





Try and use a reasonable size pot, small pots dry out too quickly.

My flowers die when planted in clay pots, can anyone help me understand why?
It depends on what kind of flowers you plant. Some need to be planted outdoors...like annuals. If they are indoor flowering plants they should get lots of light and need special houseplant soil. There has to be good drainage and the pots should not be too small. And clay pots are better than plastic pots as clay will "breathe" and plastic won't. And flowers need to be watered more frequently. If you use old clay pots clean them first as old pots might have diseases from previous plants. Otherwise clay pots are fine.
Reply:no reason why specificly unles.... that type of plant needs to deep root,, someting is in the clay of the pot like a cleaner or bleach, are you watering enough (clay pots dry out real quick)


or are you over watering because you heard clay pots dry out quick?. With out more detail, its hard to tell,,,, if its lack of water plants will brown and die crisp, if its contamination or over water , plants tend to wilt over for a few days and get soft like an old banana
Reply:as you have not given sizes of pots or types of plants..... you need to fill the bottom quarter of the pot with large stones and gravel this helps drainage. i have found that on warm days i have to over water the plants as the pot soaked up water too. hope this helps
Reply:Clay pots suck the water right out of the soil and then it evaporates into the air. Put some Soil Moist water crystals in your pots with the soil to help hold moisture or pot your flowers in plastic or styrofoam-type pots.
Reply:here is a great tip for you the next time you transplant . BEER . hot and flat . your plants will love you for it . it is the best growth treatment for plants .
Reply:Are they getting enough water? Clay pots dry out very quickly and often need to be watered daily, especially if you live in a hot climate.