Why ceramics are used for flowering pots instead of glass?

Well in fact it is about moisture content. Un glazed clay pots most closely resemble soil. The water is not contaminated and flows properly around the soil, also it is less expenseive and more traditional--glass wasn't commercailly feasible until the last couple hundred years--clay pots have been used since atleast 10000BC.

Why ceramics are used for flowering pots instead of glass?
because the ceramic has pores that retain water and continue to give water even in between waterings
Reply:it costs less
Reply:They're pretty durable and if they get pretty dirty, which they will, it won't matter much.
Reply:ceramics allow water to soak into them, which keeps the plant from getting too wet or too dry. Its also much less dangerous if you drop one.
Reply:mostly cause they will stay cooler in the sun than glass,,,,will also hold the moisture in the soil better than glass.
Reply:So you don't see the dirt and roots and things.
Reply:at dirt,mud and brownish isn't so pretty.. ceramics hide that
Reply:Ceramics pots have traditionally been easier to make than glass.





"Oh look, I have some mud...why don't I leave it out in the sun to dry and soon I will have a pot!"