How to plant the entrance to the garden in the appropriate way
People often ask us how to
plant. This will help you plant annuals, perennial plants, and trees. These
steps will also help you plant shrubs, vines, and other plants.
Determine if the place
is safe.
There is full sun or shade in
your garden, morning sun only, or afternoon sun only. Plants that need a lot of
light will be the ones that work best. Providing a plant with the amount of
light it needs will cut down on half of its insect and disease problems.
Many smaller plants
will have to be put in if that is what is going on.
The entire planting area
should first be covered with the correct soil amendment. You can figure out how
much coverage/area you need by looking at the back of the bag. You can mix
native soil and other things as you dig holes. For bigger plants, it's easiest
to add the amendment to the soil's surface rather than mix it in with the soil;
as the hole is dug, the native soil and the added substance will be well mixed
together, which will happen. If water-holding granules are used, follow the
directions to be ready to use when they are called for.
When you dig holes,
make them as big or bigger than the container and as deep as it is.
In clay soil, be sure to
scour the sides of the hole, making small holes. Don't leave holes with slick,
impossible-to-get-into sides. Those holes bigger than 1-gallon should be filled
with water before they are planted. This will make sure there is water in the
root zone. This will also let you know how quickly your soil drains, which will
help you figure out how often you might need to rinse. If you live in a place
with sandy or loamy soils, you'll need to water more often than in clay soils.
Put a small mound of
the mixed earth at the bottom of the hole that's been drained.
Also, add a pre-plant
fertilizer in the way the directions say to. The mycorrhizae and humic acids in
these pre-plant fertilizers are good for the plant. They work together to make
a "nutrient web" around the plant's roots.
Remove the plant from
its pot by turning the pot upside down, then pulling the plant out.
Gentle tapping on the bottom
of the pot or squeezing its sides was also done by it. When you have a lot of
space, you can turn the container on its side and gently shake or slide the
plant out of it. Larger plants can sometimes "stick," but if you push
down on the sides of the container in a few places, the plant will often come
out. Plants should not be pulled out of a container by their stems or tops.
This could cut off the plant's roots and make it less healthy.
This next step is
very important.
To help the new plant's roots
find a good place in the ground. You need to "rough up" the rootball
to look more like a "fuzzy" ball of soil and roots or score the sides
with a tool, such as a transplanter or a root/sod knife. Circling roots at the
bottom of the ball should be pulled to be straight. Woody shrubs and trees may
have roots that can be seen to go around the rootball, like a ring. Pull on these to make them straight. This process may seem bad, but it encourages the
growth of new roots. Also, breaking up the rootball will make it easier for
future irrigation to reach and wet the root zone. Plants like Bougainvillea and
Daphne should not be cut with this method. This method should not be used on
these plants.