Watering tips
Water your plants gently!  Remove your top pot and throughly water.  Next, WATER INDIRECTLY.  Using the shower position on your water hose, water the sides of your pots starting at the top.  By spraying the 6 inch pot for a few seconds, the water will run in the 8 inch pot and also around into the 10 inch pot below it.  Then water the 10 inch pot and the water will run into each of the 10 inch pots.  You can water inside the 12 inch pot because it remains flat.  Move up and down your pots until you are satisfied that you Plant Stand has been throughly watered. 
 

How can I keep my clay pots from drying out so fast?
Before planting spray the inside of your clay pots with a quick drying clear coat spray paint.  This will help seal the inside of the clay pots.  Cut and place a dense one inch sponge in the bottom of the clay pots and place a coffee filter on top. Use only gray coffee filter because they are not bleeched.  The sponge will hold water and allow the plant to draw the water back into the roots.  The coffee filter holds the potting soil.  Another suggestion is to fill the bottom half of the clay pots with the white shipping peanuts.  They will also hold moisture and can lighten the top half of the Plant Stand.  Diana, Pittsburg,KS uses mulch around the top of her plants to help control the loss of potting soil.  Darlene from KS, uses the Aqua Pods from the Park Seed Co., South Carolina.  The pods are placed in the bottom of her clay pots. They swell up when watered  help holding moister in the bottom of the pots. Rose, send me some infomation about the fine screen you use? Another idea is to use marbles in the bottom of your top 3 pots to help with preventing the loss of potting soil.