Clay pot. On the advantages and disadvantages

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Clay flower pots are an essential element not only for any grower, but also for an ordinary housewife who wants to make her home cozy and beautiful. Choosing one or another version of a clay pot at first glance seems to be a very simple matter, but in fact, there are some features here.

Clay pot preferred by most flower growers. It has a number of undoubted advantages. Firstly, such utensils for flowers perfectly pass not only water, but also useful substances and oxygen. In addition, porous walls are able to evaporate excess moisture, thereby saving plants. If a clay pot is placed directly in peat soil, then the flower can not only be moistened, but also receive a certain proportion of the substances necessary for its development and growth. This method is especially good if the plant owner needs to be away for an extended period of time.

However, a clay pot, along with advantages, has disadvantages. These include the possibility of rapid loss of moisture nearheater, battery or any other heat source. Rapid evaporation of water leads to cooling of the earth, which can be detrimental to some representatives of the flora. Lime deposits often appear on ceramic pots. Sometimes a clay pot is "decorated" by unicellular algae. In order to get rid of the above problems, it is enough to wipe the surface of the dishes with potato peels, then rinse thoroughly. Before using a new pot, you must first wet it well. If not new dishes are used for planting flowers, it is advisable to pre-wash them.

To make a pot at home, you will need a knife, clay for modeling, baking paper, a stick and a template for the desired dishes. It is better to use polymer clay, since it does not require additional drying.

Step 1. Roll out the clay into a plate, the thickness of which should be approximately equal to 1 centimeter.

Stage 2. Cut out parts of the pot according to the previously prepared stencil.

Stage 3. Connect the edges of the dishes with a smoothing stick, cover up the cracks.

Step 4. Let the product dry (if polymer clay is used) or send it to the oven (there is usually an instruction on the clay package).

Stage 5. Check the pot for integrity. If everything is in order, start planting plants.

You can beautifully decorate flower pots with your own hands, make an ornament orpaint with paints using a pre-prepared stencil. It is better to choose shades that will be in harmony with the flower itself. Because clay absorbs water so well, you need to apply the design several times.

So, to decorate an ordinary clay pot, you need to prepare a centimeter tape, a ruler, crayon, paints (it is better to use acrylic), paper tape, stencils.

Step 1. Measure the perimeter of the edges of the dishes and divide all the walls into several equal parts.

Step 2. Apply paper tape so that the empty surface presents a special pattern. Apply paint, and in several layers. After the pattern has dried, the tape is removed.

Step 3. Use the stencil to add more images to the clay pot.

If you have certain skills and talent, you can easily do without templates.