You may also already have suitable containers that you can fill with potting soil and bare-root strawberry plants. Strawberries are easy to propagate, so think ahead and prepare for the time when your strawberry plants send out runners. These are the fledgling strawberry plants just about ready ...
My top tip would be to always water with room temperature water, never cold as this can shock the plants. Rainwater is great but most of us don’t have access to a clean supply so ideally fill a jug the night before you water and leave it to stand for at least 12 hours. This will...
For a teapot planter, cover the bottom few inches of the pot with small rocks like you would use in the bottom of a fish tank. Top that with soil to fill the rest of the pot and then add the succulents. When you do have to water the plant, the gravel allows excess water to drain...
Use planter boxes.A planter box works well if you only want to plant a few vegetables, flowers, or a small herb garden. This can be placed on a balcony, porch, or patio too. Elevated garden beds.I mentioned this earlier, but awood-raised garden plantercan be helpful if you struggle w...
Zucchini is a vigorous grower.While each plant will produce several squash during peak season, you’ll typically find that one or two zucchini plants will produce a “bumper” (unusually large) crop, leaving you to give the squash away to neighbors or bake lots of zucchini bread!
Zucchini is a vigorous grower.While each plant will produce several squash during peak season, you’ll typically find that one or two zucchini plants will produce a “bumper” (unusually large) crop, leaving you to give the squash away to neighbors or bake lots of zucchini bread!
Now, repeat the same steps for the other side of the tall "L" shape, and for the second 12-inch-high planter box. Image Credit:Ashley Mayes Because there is no way to nail through this side of the tall box, use wood glue on both ends of the box to attach it to the large box....
1. Different species in one large planter 2. Several flower varieties in one pot 3. Container balcony garden 4. A spring-inspired container garden 5. Quirky plant containers Check out this list of otherquirky plant container ideasto liven up your garden. ...
If you have a really large planter and want to use less potting mix, turn smaller empty containers upside down and place them on the bottom to take up some of the space. Then fill around them with potting mix until your container is two-thirds full. Before filling your container, you ...
Add enough of your pre-prepared acidic soil to the planter so that when you set your plant on the soil, the top of the plant is just below the level of the top of the planter. Then fill in around the edges with your prepared soil. You don’t need to add any extra soil over the...