Beginner Gardening: More help!!, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
That's right - the roots are in the pot. I don't remember if any escaped through the drain hole or not but I doubt there was many since it is now indoors and looks mighty comfy. Some pots do send roots to the ground but often it is the other way around - tree roots invade the pot so I need to break the bond and rotate the pots every few weeks to keep tree roots out.

During the hot summer I often have to water every other day if we aren't getting any rain but in early August we were gone a week without any irrigation and it and its sister came through with flying colors. These are under tall trees without a lot of low branches.

Here is a bird eye view of it July 1 and some surrounding plants