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Using Beans for Flowerpot Drainage?

Is it possible to use dry beans for drainage in the bottom of a pot?

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April 25, 20150 found this helpful

You can certainly place dried beans in your flower pots, if you like bean sprouts with your flowers.

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April 26, 20150 found this helpful

Use small stones for drainage.

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April 27, 20150 found this helpful

I think the beans would eventually soaken and may even take nutrients from the plant you are growing...
They won't sprout if buried that deep though.

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You can use lots of other things around a house from pebbles on the side of the road, marbles, broken pieces of pottery (check your recycling bin if you have one) OR even Styrofoam peanuts or pieces from packaging!

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April 27, 20150 found this helpful

I think you're talking about dried beans from the grocery store since seed beans would be an expensive way to go. I doubt beans for cooking would sprout. But they would soak up a lot of water. Then they'd rot. I doubt that would be healthy for your flowers, but who knows? The next step after rot would be disintegration, at which point they would not be effective anymore.

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April 27, 20150 found this helpful

Beans for cooking will sprout. My kids used them for "science" projects when they were in kindergarten and first grade. I'm not sure the plants would climb all the way to the top of the soil but I am sure they would set up a dreadful odor.

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I would suggest packing peanuts, a few small rocks or if all else fails a layer or two of buttons you don't plan to use for anything else.

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