 | | Planting | | Adding Soil To Container Plants | When soil levels become so low within a plant container that more must be added, it is usually not advisable to add new soil above older soil. Instead, the container should be “stuffed”.
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 | | Planting | | Propagation By Root Cuttings | Specimens may be left in their nursery cans if the cans are placed into larger pots or containers, or nestled into shallow shrubbery or deep ground-cover. Containers and pots in which plants are grown in around the home should not exhibit the same uncomfortable characteristics of the nursery cans.
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 | | Planting | | Planting With Vegetable Seeds | These seeds should be sown directly into prepared soil in the garden. If seedlings of these vegetables in cell packs or six packs can still be found in nurseries, they are a scam. Six packs cost more than a dollar but only provide six groups of seedlings, which if not separated, provide only a few vegetables.
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 | | Planting | | Bulb Planting | Generally, earlier planted bulbs are the first to bloom in spring. Although bulbs as well as corms, tubers, rhizomes and tuberous roots are all considered to be perennials, many only bloom once and should be treated as annuals.
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 | | Planting | | Autumn Garden Planting | Autumn is a good time of year to plant just about anything, except plants which are frost sensitive or those planted bare-root in winter. Although most are dormant through winter, roots grow slightly during warm weather and get an early start in late winter.
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 | | Planting | | Potted Plants | Irrigation of potted plants either in the garden or home can be somewhat tricky. Roots are confined to relatively minimal volumes of soil and can not be as selective of environment as roots of plants grown directly in the soil.
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 | | Planting | | Container Grown Plants | For various reasons, many gardens include plants grown in containers. Pots and tubs are portable, so frost sensitive species which grow in full exposure from spring to autumn may be moved to sheltered locations prior to cold winter weather.
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