The heat is starting to climb, so the early season stuff is starting to struggle a bit. Looks like terra cotta beats plastic and big beats small. There you go, empirical evidence of a fact everyone already knew: plants prefer the expensive pots
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I worked at a garden center for a couple of years and I always recommended terra cotta to our customers, for both indoor and outdoor plants.
Terra cotta breathes well and helps counteract overwatering, which is the #1 killer of houseplants.
For plants outside, plastic pots, especially the black ones, tend to get really hot in the sun, essentially baking the roots of the plant.