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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Potting Big Plants
QUOTE: One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener's own body.
A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support.
It is a way of rejoining the human race
- Wendell Berry
Big pots can make an impressive statement in any garden, particularly if they have big healthy plants in them.
Many trees will grow well in big pots provided they have sufficient room for their roots.
To ensure their good health you should always buy the best quality outdoor potting mix.
The bigger the pot you buy the better, within reason for the size of the plant you intend having in the pot and also provided your budget can stretch that far. This will ensure your plant won't out grow the pot too soon or at all.
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If you will need to remove the plant/tree as it grows bigger, you should take special care in selecting a pot that is shaped in such a manner that the contents will be able to be removed without having to break the pot.
Tapered pots will make this easier whereas pots that are wider in the middle than the top can present problems if the roots have spread out.
Don't fill the pot to the top with potting mix, as this won't leave any room for effective watering.
You should also feed your potted tree with some slow release fertilizer two or three times a year to ensure it is getting good nutrition.
Plants in pots can dry out and not get enough moisture so it is also a wise move to give them some water storage crystals and a wetting agent. This will help to maintain the moisture content in the soil.
If the pot is in the sun it will need more water, depending on the type of plant you have in the pot.
Darker colored pots will also attract more heat and this can affect the growth of your plant so you need to consider where the pot will be to ensure there is sufficient sun light and also enough water for it to survive.
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Thanks,
Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Consider A Potager
QUOTE: Any garden demands as much of its maker as he has to give. But I do not need to tell you if you are a gardener, that no other undertaking will give as great a return for the amount of effort put into it.
- Elizabeth Lawrence
Have you ever considered a potager? You can have the best of both worlds with a potager when you essentially have your cake and eat it too. With a potager you have your garden and eat it too.
Potagers are particularly good for people who live on smaller lots of land or only have room for a small garden.
They are also great for people who just don't have the time to tend a larger garden but like to have some color in their yard and fresh vegetables at the same time.
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So what is a potager?
Well some people have different definitions of what a potager is supposed to be and this ranges from an organized display vegetable garden to a combination of edible plants and display plants.
Essentially a potager is making use of the colors and textures of vegetables to create a colorful display garden with the added benefit of being able to eat the plants within, and that is why it is considered the ultimate garden by some.
It is pleasing to the eye and the stomach.
With many flowers finding their way into salads and other forms of foods as people become aware of the fact that they are edible, the potager has become more popular in recent years.
By adding sculptures, pots, specimen trees and anything else that you would add to a normal flower garden, the potager can become a focal point in any garden and your vegetables no longer need to be hidden away out of sight in some other part of your property.
Most potagers are grown in raised beds that allow better control over the drainage and reduce the chance of the vegetables from becoming waterlogged.
By planning in a structured manner and in close proximity to one another the colors of the plants and the combinations of one group contrasting another can make a display that will rival any flower garden.
It can be quite an exciting challenge to create an eye-catching potager. Try it and you might become hooked.
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Thanks,
Annie
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