Tips for Selecting Containers for Growing Plants at Home


Container gardening is quite popular these days. While adding versatility to gardens— large and small— it also serves a practical purpose in terms of providing a convenient spot for hobby gardeners to grow their favorite plants, flowers, herbs and vegetables.

The success of container gardening heavily relies on some foundational principles, the most important of which is the selection of the container.
Choosing the right container is essential to ensuring healthy growth of plants. Quite often, gardeners select containers as per their personal preferences, ignoring the needs of plants. Ultimately, their plants grow weak and unhealthy and easily die.
This article will share some useful tips with home gardeners for selecting containers that will allow their plants to grow healthy and beautiful. 

Selecting a container for growing plants at home

Plant growth is influenced by three important container specifications:
· Color
· Size
· Shape


When it comes to color, light colored containers work best for container gardening. They keep things cooler and moister, providing ideal conditions for plants to grow.However, there is a small irregularity in this rule.
If you have heat-loving plants at your home, we’ll advise you to transfer them to darker colored containers in fall and winter to maintain their health. Heat loving plants need warm conditions for healthy growth and lack of sunlight during these months can hurt them. By planting them in light-colored containers you can make their problem worse.
Container size is another very important consideration to keep in mind when you’re choosing a container for container gardening.
Different plants need different sized containers for healthy growth. For instance, vegetable plants need deep containers to grow. On the other hand, leafy greens grow well in shallow containers.
It’s important to size your container appropriately to ensure your plants can grow healthy and beautiful.
Last, but definitely not the least is the container shape.
As a general rule of thumb, you should use square, rectangular or cylindrical containers. That is because these containersretain moisture better. Tapered containers should be avoidedas they cause the soil to dry quickly.

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PremiumVials is a leading supplier of glass and plastic containers for domestic and industrial packaging needs. The company stocksa wide variety of containers that areavailable in different sizes and colors. Call 888-545-3117 for more details or email at support@premiumvials.com.  


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