With regard to succulents, you may be interested that the Garden has just started a massive repotting of our cactus and succulent collection in the Arid House (over 2000 accession) The decision was made to switch from traditional clay to black plastic. While there are several reasons, one is that the plastic does not dry out as fast. The longer retention of water is considered an advantage since the plants are not put through as rapid a wet-dry cycle. Of course it also reduces the frequency of water which is a considerable time savings for this kind of colleciton. Amaryllids are not included in this collection. Paul Licht, Director Univ. California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 4/2/2011 5:19 PM, santoury@aol.com wrote: > I find that Terra cotta (read: Clay) pots are a MUCH safer way to grow Hippeastrum/Amaryllis. In plastic, they are so much more prone to rotting from the bottom up. I've NEVER had this happen with a clay-potted Amaryllis. > I suppose this is true for most succulents as well. > > > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > = > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >