Growing dry-loving plants in pots - what about the rain?
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:30 pm
Hi
I'm growing Goji berries in patio pots, and last year they developed mildew mould on their leaves.
I think this is probably because they got too wet (as it rained rather a lot last year), and I recently read that they can survive in rather dry conditions - and only need watering during very dry periods.
Am I silly in thinking that I should now be trying to protect them from rain somehow? Maybe an umbrella, or plastic over part of the soil surface (though I was thinking that plastic may just make conditions for mould worse).
Or maybe I am wrong and the mildew mould wasn't due to the wet conditions!
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Does anyone else grow plants outside which do not require much water?
Kranser.
I'm growing Goji berries in patio pots, and last year they developed mildew mould on their leaves.
I think this is probably because they got too wet (as it rained rather a lot last year), and I recently read that they can survive in rather dry conditions - and only need watering during very dry periods.
Am I silly in thinking that I should now be trying to protect them from rain somehow? Maybe an umbrella, or plastic over part of the soil surface (though I was thinking that plastic may just make conditions for mould worse).
Or maybe I am wrong and the mildew mould wasn't due to the wet conditions!
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Does anyone else grow plants outside which do not require much water?
Kranser.