Trust Your Plants - They Know How To Grow!

Article by: Brian Dalton

I've done a lot of container gardening , Henry Doubleday Research Association over the years, and one thing is a given for potted plants: it's a life of constant change. , An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees Moving around from one part of the garden, , Pictures Of Landscaping - Using Other Peoples Ideas To Design Your Landscape patio , The Magic Plant Copier or sunroom , Patented Plants to another, moving indoors , Growing Palms and back outdoors , The Perfect Yellow Roses for Your Home or Garden again, and of course the inevitable periodic re-potting. It's a wonder that plants , Pictures Of Landscaping - Using Other Peoples Ideas To Design Your Landscape do so well given this life of constant upheaval, but the key seems to be to just tend to their basic needs and let them do what comes naturally.

When re-potting, it's a good idea in general not to disturb the root , How To Design And Build A Fish Pond ball too much, but many plants , Landscape Lighting actually benefit from having the outer surface of the root , Growing Hibiscus ball scuffed up a bit. This is particularly true of plants , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden which have become rootbound, exhibiting a tangled network of roots , Lawn Furniture around the outside , Rose Success of the soil, , Themes of Shade straining against the inner surface of the pot. , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden

When you place , Garden Statuary - Time for a Fresh New Look the plant , Working with Landscape Contractors in its new, usually larger pot , Patented Plants you will be surrounding it with a layer of fresh soil, , Patented Plants and of course you want the roots , Greenscapes: Energy Efficient Landscaping to grow , Landscape and Outdoor Lighting - Less is Definitely More into this new soil , Themes of Shade as quickly as possible in order to take full advantage of the added nutrients it provides. Scratching or scuffing these outer exposed roots , Ants! - 1,000,000,000,000,000 Invaders! will irritate and slightly damage them, which will trigger a healing response in the plant , Working with Landscape Contractors - it will cause the roots , Patented Plants to grow , Terrace Gardening And Landscaping Ideas with extra vigor in order to repair , Ants! - 1,000,000,000,000,000 Invaders! the damage and, lo and behold, the new root , The Use of Color in Your Landscape growth will go right into the new layer of soil, , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden which is just what you want! Caution must be taken, of course, not to do too much damage - just a light , Landscape and Outdoor ing - Less is Definitely More scuffing will do. Once the plant , Landscape and Outdoor Lighting - Less is Definitely More is in its new container with the new soil, , A Garden Bench: A Beautiful Addition To Any Garden water , An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees it in well and let the plant's natural , The Most Popular Flower Fragrances growing tendency do the work for you!

Another example of letting the plant's growing nature , Lawn Furniture work for you is when you separate plants , Growing Palms that have been growing , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 1 together in a single container for awhile. Last Spring, , Growing Palms I found a potted banana plant , The Most Popular Flower Fragrances on sale for $20 at a local , Henry Doubleday Research Association nursery - but in fact it was 3 banana plants , Easy Working With Cordless Lawn Mowers growing together in one 12" pot. , The Perfect Yellow Roses for Your Home or Garden

My first thought was "Wow, a 3 for 1 sale!" because I knew that I could separate them and have three plants , A Portable Perennial Garden for the price of one! The problem was that their roots , Finding Garden Benches: Get the Perfect Look for Your Garden were hopelessly intertwined in the soil, , Secrets To Beautiful Shade Gardens and because the pot , Landscape and Outdoor Lighting - Less is Definitely More was so small (for 3 banana plants, , Growing Hibiscus that is) they were badly rootbound. Not to worry - I simply yanked the whole mess out of the pot, , Garden Statuary - Time for a Fresh New Look grabbed a pruning , Tips about Flower Care saw and cut the rootball into three roughly equal parts, each containing one of the plants. , An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees Naturally this required chewing up the roots , Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants rather badly, and many folks would worry that such severe treatment would kill them, but I knew that with proper care they would not only survive, they would thrive in the newfound freedom of their own pots. , The Perfect Yellow Roses for Your Home or Garden

Each plant , Secrets To Beautiful Shade Gardens went into its own, roomy 16" pot , Growing Hibiscus (remember, they had all been sharing a 12" pot! , Secrets To Beautiful Shade Gardens !) and was packed all around with good 'ol garden , Secrets To Beautiful Shade s compost. As you would expect, they drooped their leaves for about a week, then Wham! All 3 started growing , A Guide To Residential Bridges and putting out fresh foliage like gangbusters!! This Spring, , Patio Swing Covers I'm looking at three very healthy , Landscaping - Put A Pond in Your Back Yard banana plants, , Lawn Furniture each fully twice the size it was when I got it, and each one with at least two budding young sprouts shooting up from the soil , A Garden Bench: A Beautiful Addition To Any Garden at its base! Three sisters not only surviving in their separate homes, , Are You New To Organic Gardening but already starting their own families! They couldn't be happier, and neither could I!

The moral of the story is that while you should always treat your plants , Water Pond Designs with as much care as possible, when the occasion arises that you must put them through some stress, don't worry about it - just do it. Make sure that they are nice and healthy , 10 Excellent Tips on Successfully Planting Your Trees and or Shrubs beforehand, use good gardening , Working with Landscape Contractors technique and common sense, give them all the water, , A Portable Perennial Garden food , Imagine Your Own Orchid Garden In A Pond and light , How To Design And Build A Fish Pond that they need, then just let nature , The Magic Plant Copier take its course. You can trust those lovely, leafy friends of yours; They Know How To Grow! , Landscape Lighting !

Brian Dalton owns and maintains the Springtime Gardens , Water Pond Designs website, and spends countless happy hours decorating , Growing Palms and maintaining his own patio , Lawn Furniture and container gardens. , 10 Excellent Tips on Successfully Planting Your Trees and or Shrubs

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