[Nfb-krafters-korner] Question about garden mats

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Sharon.
I'd recommend putting anything out there into a self-watering pot.  Water
helps the plant stay cooler, and self-watering keeps you from having to
water it all the time.
Gardeners Supply sells some very nice ones, though they're not cheap. 
gardeners.com, or Amazon.  Their pots are self-watering and have thick
walls.  Mine have lasted for years.  Other self-watering pots I've seen
have much thinner walls.

Stevia is always listed in the herb section of catalogs, so I always
pictured it as something small, not a tree.  But I could be totally wrong
about that.  The catalogs claim it's happy living inside, too.

Could you rig a bit of shade for a pot?  I'm thinking tying a bit of cloth
to the deck railing in such a way that it hangs down and protects the pot
from the sun when it's hottest.  Just a thought.
Tracy

> Hi,
>
> I’m thinking of growing a potted plant on the deck of the house I’m
> living in.  The problem is that it was built on the wrong side, which
> makes it very hot in the summertime.  It’s so hot that when I step onto
> it, I can’t go barefoot until I move toward the swing.  If I need to
> place it in that hot area, how much would a double thick plastic mat
> insulate the pot?  The house owner says that all the plants she tried to
> grow out there died.  I want to grow stevia, which I learned is a tropical
> and subtropical tree, so I figure it can stand the hot sunlight shining
> down into it.  Any shielding feedback?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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