People plant a great number of young trees in the mountains.When the trees grow big and tall enough, they are cut down by workers and carried out of the mountains to the paper mill where fine paper is made from wood.Then it is taken to every corner of the country and used for differe...
Plant pothos in a general well-draining potting mix (or a soilless mix). If you have it on hand, feel free to mix in a few handfuls of perlite or coco coir to increase the drainage capacity of your potting mix. Pothos does well in a hanging basket to show off the vines or in a ...
“Plant Training” to Increase Yields (a time-tested technique) Can auto-flowering plants be “trained” in their short vegetative stage? And if they can be trained, does it actually provide any benefits? The short answer is “yes” to both questions (with one caveat). What is training?
Once the roots are healthy move sun plants back to a sunny location. Be sure the pot is draining. If no drainage holes exists add some or repot the plant into a pot with drainage holes. Do not allow the pot to sit in water, this will keep the soil too wet. If possible, create ...
All you need to do is occasionally trim back the stems when they become long and sparse. Potting and Repotting Pothos Unlike other plants that do well when they fit snugly in the pot, pothos should be repotted promptly when the roots fill the pot or grow out of the drainage holes. ...
Try to poke several holes into the soil, and then pour water over your plant. Let the water flow into the holes you have created. The water should go down easily into the drainage holes at the bottom of your potted plants. This will create more space in your potted plant and fix ...
If potting up, plant your hydrangea in a high-quality potting mix with plenty of organic matter and perlite for drainage, she adds. We recommend theorganic perlite from Perfect Plants Nursery. It's possible to change the flower color of varieties ofHydrangea macrophyllaandHydrangea serrata. The ...
How to plant: Loosen soil in the planting area and amend with compost or other rich organic matter. Provide good drainage. If plants are pot-bound, gently tease out the roots. Dig a hole twice as wide and slightly deeper than the root ball and place in the planting hole so the top of...
Container growing requires better soil drainage than in-the-ground gardening, so you shouldn’t use regular dirt from the backyard to grow your plants. As your plants absorb nutrients from the potting soil, you’ll need to re-up the nutrient levels by adding a little compost or organic ferti...
Beware the carnivorous plants! ©iStockphoto.com/Alan Lagadu When the soil is too poor to provide enough nutrients to sustain the plant, what's a poor flower to do? Turn carnivore, of course. The first published documentation of the American pitcher plant, a native of southeastern coast...