The pot does look a bit deep, I realize, but I should have included that probably the bottom 1/3 of the container is filled with pea sized river gravel. I did that to help provide more drainage since the pot only has one hole in it. To be honest, there isn't a whole lot of potting type medium in it at all. I've used the Miracle Grow Palm and Cactus soil for the bulk, and just recently added a tiny bit of regular MG soil to it to fill up the pot due to wind erosion...I guess you'd call it that. I water very sparingly nowadays and take it inside if I suspect rain at all.
The top rim of the pot is simple terra cotta, but the bottom 2/3rds are a baked on glaze. It was the only pot at the time that I had that was available to use. I'm on a fixed income (disability) and money is extremely tight, so I buy what I can when I can find it deeply discounted. Makes for a lot of plastic greenhouse pots and only a few nice clay ones when you consider that I have 100+ plants in containers overall. It's a bit overwhelming at times...sigh. I have a BEAUTIFUL Bonzai pot, but alas, it has no drainage so I didn't even consider it for this even though it is available for use right at the moment. With it's water issues, I don't even want to attempt that particular pot! LOL!
I don't have it in Full sun. We get 12 hrs of full, excrutiatingly HOT sun down here and I've sunburnt the plant in the past too. Right now it only gets about 2-3 hours of full morning sun where it sits. It's healthy green now, which it hasn't always been in the past... So is this a mistake to do that? It's been there for most of the year now. The first year it was in full sun and looked miserable! I just don't know what to do down here because the humidity is also so very high...usually 60-100 percent humidity. Does that factor in at all?
We still have about a month to eight weeks of growing season here. Should I just put off changes until next year?
Thanks again folks...I'm filing all of this away in the back of my mind. Glad it's here to come back and reference though!
