Plant Gardens 101

Take the time to prepare the spot, condition the soil and support them. Doing so will help the plants for time to come.

Before you stand your new bushes, find out the pH rank of your soil. Soil suffering kits are swiftly available at most greenhouses and nurseries. With some exceptions, most plants will bloom when the pH degree is wherever between 5.8 and 6.5. It’s tough for plants to get the nutrients the hardship if the degree is too high or too low. To adjust a pH point which is too high, worth the soil is alkaline, add aluminum sulfate. If the soil is acidic and the pH turn too low adding emerald will start more kind planting conditions. (more…)

A technique for pruning pines and other conifers by snapping off the new shoots, or “candles,” after they elongate but before they harden. This produces a more compact but natural-looking specimen.