Clay vs plastic

Robin Carrier robin@no1bird.com
Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:29:47 PDT

clear as mud(or should I say sand?), but thanks for trying> 
> In message <DD3EC18B0E12417BA14B0C565FABDA54@RobinPC>, Robin Carrier
> <robin@no1bird.com> writes
>>I'm sorry.  I've looked it up and still can't  find what a "plunge bed"
> is??
>>thanks
> 
> Like a large area of sand that you sink your pots in to provide a
> reservoir of moisture and temperature.
> 
> ISTR someone mentioned a few months back that as one can get black
> plastic sleeves to grow plants in, there's a version made of woven
> fibre, so a bit like plastic but a bit like clay because it breathes. I
> looked at the web site at the time and great claims were being made for
> it.
> 
> Does raise the question why are pots made black, instead of white which
> would be a bit more temperature stable or even metalised - as some
> decorative pots are.
> 
> 
> 
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