Rob

I believe the pot should be held without tipping it diagonally - so water will drain thru drain holes.

For my 6" orchid terra cotta pots that have slits on the side to the bottom, I do angle them 45 degrees to drain the perched water from my gritty mix.

It's about 15ml, which is about 1% of the total pot volume. On a hot full sun summer day, that amount will evaporate in about 3 hours (from the pot as a whole).

For most plants, this probably doesn't matter whatsoever.

Here is a thread that has more details:

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/short-soil-temperature-study-dsvw-vd~3251482

I read a tip on this forum about using a wick made of microfibre towell.

I 'm testing it now and very impressed with the material. I cut a small strip of a towell and hanged it over the edge of a glass of water.

Now it's dripping at the speed of 10 drops a second! It's almost a ray of water.

This will be in my containers hanging out of the drainholes. I also tested viscose kitchentowell but that drips much slower.

Try it, works very well.

I did this too! I used a rayon mop for a wick. By the time I went out to the store, found the right material, cut it up at home, and figured out how to poke it up the tiny drain holes... I could have made a proper mix instead.

Which I ended up doing anyway. =P

In my experience, if you just tilt the pot and shake it up and down, that gets rid of more excess water than just a wick. So it kind of defeats the purpose! I suppose it all depends on how far you want to go and what you have easy access to.

Do you have to put a video on YouTube in order to get it on here ?

I found an easy way to wick water out of some pots, using just a dish towel, or wash cloth.

Rob