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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Water Logging Your Plants
QUOTE: In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.
- Kozuko Okakura
If you give your plants excess water or have poor drainage you will run the risk of water logging them
This will cause the leaves to go a yellow or brown color and they will usually drop off. When plants start getting waterlogged the leaves at the bottom of the plant will be affected first.
By the time the upper leaves of the plant start turning yellow and brown you have a real problem.
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The problem arises because of the fact that plants need air as well as water around their roots to survive and with excessive watering the air pockets in the soil are filled with water. Without this air the roots of the plant will begin to die and as the roots are needed to supply the plant with the necessary nutrients to survive, the plant begins to die from the bottom up. That is why you see the lower leaves getting affected first.
To remedy the situation you will need to allow the soil to dry out to reduce the water content. If the plant is in a container you will need to check to see whether there are sufficient drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
If the soil has become compacted from all the water it is best to remove the plant and give it some new soil.
Often when plants begin to wilt they can appear to be lacking water when the opposite is the case so it is best to check the moisture content of the soil before assuming the plant needs more water.
When watering the plants allow the soil to dry out completely, or partially between watering to reduce the chance of them getting waterlogged. Try to improve the drainage of the soil for plants in the garden and even consider raising the garden for better water control.
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Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Choosing Plants That Are Healthy
QUOTE: Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.
- Russell Page
When you are buying or receiving plants from someone there are a few things that you need to look at before deciding to plant them in your garden.
You will generally get a better quality plant from a garden center and it will be less likely to have disease or other problems that could spread to other plants in your garden.
There is still the possibility that the garden center plant might not be the healthy specimen that you might expect so you should still check it out before parting with your money.
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The first thing you need to do is look at the plant and see whether it looks healthy. This might seem very obvious but we often assume that buying from a garden center will assure us of a healthy plant when in actual fact even garden centers can have problem plants and you don't want to be the new owner of their problems.
Plants are very good at showing any signs of distress so a plant that doesn't look healthy, generally isn't.
Check the conditions of the leaves, stems and roots of the plant where possible. You should also look at the condition of the soil that it has been growing in, as this will have had an effect on its health.
If you are buying flowering plants it is always best to buy the ones that have yet to flower, as they will withstand the trauma of transport and transplanting better than those that already have flowers. If there is no alternative but to buy or receive plants that already have flowers then many people suggest that you should remove all the flowers to give the plant a better chance of survival. While you might be reluctant to do so, you will probably have a better plant that will produce more flowers in the future.
If there is anything on the plant that concerns you seek advice or decide against having that plant in your garden.
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Thanks,
Annie
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