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Author: reggaefan Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:40 am (GMT 0) One tip keep them checked for leaf rollers _________________ Richard "What me worry" Alfred E. Neuman.
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Today’s featured photo of lovely blue crocuses were taken by Alfred Borchard of Germany:
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Moving Plants
QUOTE: Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are
- Alfred Austin
While winter is the ideal time to move plants they can be successfully moved at any time throughout the year provided care is taken.
Smaller plants, under three feet high, are the easiest to move. The first step is to trim the plant by about one third.
The next step is to dig the plant out ensuring that the root ball is approximately the same diameter as the plant.
The plant can then be transplanted in the new position in the garden and the soil around it firmed.
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The procedure with bigger plants in the 3-foot to 5-foot range is much the same but will take a little more time.
Once you have dug around the plant to a depth of approximately 1 to 1 1/2 feet, you should leave it for a week before finishing the removal. After a week ease the plant out by digging under the roots and trim off long or damaged roots before transplanting.
For bigger plants and trees the procedure gets a little more involved. The first step is to dig down deeply on two sides of the plant, through the roots at the drip line. The plant should then be left for a week or two before the same procedure is repeated on the other two sides of the plant. As with the smaller plants you will need to trim the plant back by about one third before starting. After having dug around all sides of the plant you should wait another couple of weeks before digging under the roots. Again, you will need to trim off long or damaged roots in preparation for the transplant.
Let another week or two pass before removing the plant and wrapping the root ball with Hessian to protect the roots.
You should have already prepared a new hole that will be slightly bigger than the root ball of the plant you are replacing. Add compost, mix and slow release fertilizer before transplanting the plant. Top up the soil and water it well. Provided you have taken good care along the way the plant should settle in to its new location without any problems.
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Annie
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by Worldchanging Austin local blogger, Heath Rezabek As we know from reading the containers of dishwashing detergents, something can be called ‘Green’ and not help to heal a tattered landscape or bring more life to an ecosystem. …
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Long stem roses are widely considered to be the most popular roses for all occasions. What many people think of as classic long stem roses are in fact Hybrid Tea Roses. A mixture between the Hybrid Perpetual and Tea Rose from China, …
Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
How roses can be easy to grow
Many people ask whether roses are hard to grow. The answer is, no. Roses are really quite easy to grow and require little more care than any other perennial plant. All you need is a little bit of the right knowledge and you can grow beautiful, healthy roses. Here is an overview of the planting, care and maintenance of roses.
Planting Roses
Soil preparation for roses is extremely important because roses use a lot of nutrients. Preparing the soil bed for roses using 100% organic compost is a very good practice, not only for the nutrients that the compost provides, but also because compost will drain well and still retain plenty of moisture. While Roses require a well-drained planting bed, they also require plenty of water.
Maintaining Your Roses
Because roses bloom throughout the growing season, they are heavy nutrient users and will require regular fertilizing. Feed your roses in the spring when the leaves begin to bud out and again in late summer or early fall, depending on the part of the country you live in.
Dealing With Diseases That Effect Roses
Roses are susceptible to fungi and mildew, as well as insect infestation. Many of these diseases can be prevented and all of them can be controlled with regular applications of fungicides and insecticides. There are also several beneficial insects that can be imported into your garden to help you control insect infestations without the use of chemicals.
Winterizing Your Roses
If you live in a warmer climate you will not need to do much in the way of preparing your roses for winter other than a good layer of mulch. In climates where temperatures regularly go below 25 degrees Fahrenheit , you will need to protect your roses with additional mulch. Building cages around your roses and filling the cages with mulch after the first freeze will ensure that your roses make it through the winter to bloom again in the spring.
At our page Gardening Made Easy you can find lots more of the right and useful advice about roses. There is also a very user friendly guide called Old-Fashioned And David Austin Roses and you can read more about it at our page.
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