![Skip the Drainage Layer Inside Houseplant Pots – NDSU Cass County Extension Horticulturist Don Kinzler Skip the Drainage Layer Inside Houseplant Pots – NDSU Cass County Extension Horticulturist Don Kinzler](https://growingtogetherwithdonkinzler.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/22.jpg)
Skip the Drainage Layer Inside Houseplant Pots – NDSU Cass County Extension Horticulturist Don Kinzler
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What's the best way to fill bottom of large planters to save on soil? Empty plastic bottles, old pots, rocks, styrofoam? The planters are 18 inches deep by 40 length and 18
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