WHY you should not add GRAVELS to Pots: Busting an Old ...
For too long, gardeners have been covering the bottom of containers with gravel, pieces of broken pottery, Styro packing material and the like. Do not do this. only the potting mix should be put into a plant container. Instead of water draining immediately through the soil, then into gravel or other material and on out the drainage holes, water will completely saturate the soil so that ...