Ceramic Pot Wintering

You can sometimes find styrofoam pots.

Ceramic pot wintering.

While the coating on ceramic pots keeps the moisture out for the most part small chips or cracks will still allow some in. Definitely move ceramic containers indoors for the winter. Leaving terracotta pots out in the winter can cause damage. Your climate determines which types of pots will do best in winter.

Plus ceramic has no capacity for expansion and will likely crack as the soil it contains freezes and expands. In his usda zone 4 garden ray mims director of horticulture at the denver botanic gardens likes the look of his large terra cotta pots and wants to use them all. Much like terracotta and clay pots it is not a good idea to store ceramic pots outside in the winter. Ceramic being even more brittle than terracotta the slightest crack can quickly split the pot in two.

The goal is to eliminate the possibility of water being absorbed frozen and thus causing the pot to crack. Storing ceramic containers for winter. Winter doesn t mean you can t have plants in your yard but if you have potted ones on your deck or patio you should be careful which materials those containers are made out of. Untreated porous containers such as terra cotta and ceramic tend to crack and break with freezing and thawing.