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This ceramic bowl hack will transform your indoor plants

Article by Your Home and Garden

Give your old ceramics a shiny new purpose with this simple, yet effective, plant pot hack. Your indoor plants will thank you for it

indoor plants plant pot hack

1 Glue the bases of your bowls together with Liquid Nails. Leave to dry.

2 Add potting mix to the top bowl and pop in a small plant. Place on your sideboard, bookshelf or windowsill.

Add some gravel to base of bowl to help drain moisture away from roots.
Three-quarters fill bowl with a succulent potting mix or 50:50 mix of potting mix and fine gravel/pumice. Do not pack soil down; it should be light and aerated.
Position plant and sprinkle potting mix to cover roots (a spoon is handy here).
Place in a sunny spot such as on a windowsill. Water sparingly and only when soil is fairly dry; waterlogged soil is fatal. Feed once a year in spring.
Every now and again, remove dust from leaves by watering with a hose outside; leave to dry before returning it indoors.
We’ve used succulents here, but herbs or other small indoor plants would be fine. Use good potting mix and do not overwater as there is no drainage hole.

Words by: Vanessa Nouwens. Photography by: Wendy Fenwick.

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