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Article by: Michael J. McGroarty Spring means that the garden , Sports Maintained By Lawn Mowers centers are packed with people, and car trunks are packed with plants. , Do You Need Annuals or Perennials for your Garden Everybody has dirt on their knees, dirt under their nails, , Garden Ponds For Outdoor Design of Yard and is excited about gardening. , Are Your Houseplants Safe? To make certain that this excitement yields positive results, let's discuss the basics in this article of spring , Mosquitoes in your yard? Try planting these. planting tips. , Clear Clutter At Home With Baskets Installing new plants , Do You Need Annuals or Perennials for your Garden and having them grow , Designing & Decorating a Patio Today successfully is not difficult, nor is it as complicated as some would have you think. Is it as easy as just digging a hole and setting the plant , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Gardenville Pa. in? Yes, it certainly can be. I won't get into bed , Orchids – Growing Exotic Beauty At Home preparation, as I have covered that in other articles that are available at http://www.freeplants.com Let's start with B&B plants. , Tulip Care B&B is short for balled in burlap. Closely examine the ball on the plant , Roses - Creating Beautiful Cut Roses that you have purchased. Did the diggers wrap twine around the ball to hold the plant , Garden Supplies Are the Gardener's Paint and Brush secure? If they did, you should at least cut the twine and lay it in the bottom of the hole, or remove it completely. Pay close attention around the stem of the plant , Seed Sowing where it emerges from the root , Why You Should Consider Gardening For Your Children ball, as diggers often wrap the twine around the stem several times as they tie the ball. This is extremely important because if the string is nylon, it will not rot and will girdle and kill the plant , The "Minimal" Garden two or three years from now. When B&B plants , EnerGuide for Houses incentive: Are you eligible? are stored in the nursery for extended periods of time it becomes necessary to re-burlap them if the bottom starts to rot before the plants , The Lamps in Your Home! are sold. If the plant , Where Can I Find Information About ing Bulbs and Perennials that you buy has been re-burlaped it is possible that there could be nylon stings between the two layers of burlap, so check the stem carefully. As long as the nylon string is removed from around the stem of the plant, , Advice about the latest assistance witrel="nofollow" h reference to lightin it is actually harmless around the rest of the ball, and you do not have to remove it. Is the root , Black Haw Viburnums will grow in New Hope Pa. ball wrapped in genuine burlap, or imitation burlap made of a non-biodegradable plastic , A list of power tools that women should have in their toolbox for general home repair and emergencie material? Genuine burlap will rot quickly underground and does not have to be disturbed before planting. If you're not sure or suspect a poly type burlap, you don't have to remove it completely, but should loosen it around the stem of the plant , Pergo Flooring Is Perfect For The Home or Office and cut some vertical slices around the circumference of the ball. Now here's the critical part. What kind of soil , Roses - Creating Beautiful Cut Roses are you planting in? If your soil , Some benefits of Berger lamps! is heavy clay, I highly suggest that you raise the planting bed , Assessing Your Asphalt Shingles at least 8" with good rich topsoil. If you can't do that for some reason, install the plant , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Gardenville Pa. so that at least 2" or more of the root , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Gardenville Pa. ball is above the existing grade and mound the soil , Seed Sowing over the root , How To Decorate Your Garden With Blue Flowers ball. Keep in mind that plants , Assessing Your Asphalt Shingles installed this way could dry out over the summer, , Embellish Your Garden Trees with Movement, Music, and Light but planting them flush with the ground in heavy clay can mean that the roots , Mosquitoes in your yard? Try planting these. will be too wet at other times of the year. The "experts" suggest that when planting in clay soil , Containing Your Garden you dig the hole wider and deeper than the root , EnerGuide for Houses incentive: Are you eligible? ball and fill around and under the plant , Embellish Your Garden Trees with Movement, Music, and Light with loose organic , FLORIDA GHOST HUNTERS JOINED BY OHIO STATE TESTED MEDIUM, TI material. That sounds like a really great idea, doesn't it? Some of these experts also recommend that you dig the hole extra deep and put a few inches of gravel , How To Prevent Damping Off in the bottom for drainage. Where do you suppose they think this water , Designing & Decorating a Patio Today is going to "drain" to? Keep in mind that most B&B plants , Where Can I Find Information About ing Bulbs and Perennials are grown in well drained soil. , Clear Clutter At Home With Baskets That means that the soil , Orchids – Growing Exotic Beauty At Home in the root , The American Arborvitae Grows well in Troy Pa. ball is porous and water , How to Grow Red Oak Trees Near Quakertown, PA can easily pass through. Now imagine if you will, a root , Assessing Your Asphalt Shingles ball about 15" in diameter, setting in a hole 30" in diameter. All around and under that root , How To Decorate Your Garden With Blue Flowers ball is loose organic , An Edible Flower Garden matter. Inside , Roses - Creating Beautiful Cut Roses of that root , Embellish Your Garden Trees with Movement, Music, and Light ball is porous soil. , Roses - Creating Beautiful Cut Roses Now along comes Mother Nature , FLORIDA GHOST HUNTERS JOINED BY OHIO STATE TESTED MEDIUM, TI with a torrential downpour. There is water , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Gardenville Pa. everywhere, and it is not going to soak into that hard packed clay soil, , How To Do: HERB GARDENING so it is just flowing across the top of the ground searching for the lowest point. When it reaches our newly planted tree , Lawn Mowers Starting Engine Problems surrounded by loose organic , Designing & Decorating a Patio Today matter, it is going to seep in until the planting hole is completely full of water. , How to Grow Red Oak Trees Near Quakertown, PA (Remember my article on getting rid of standing water , Native Trees and Plants For Columbia County, PA and the French drain system?) By using this planting technique we have actually created a French drain around our poor little plant , How To Do: HERB GARDENING that cannot tolerate its roots , Mosquitoes in your yard? Try planting these. being without oxygen for long periods of time. Because the bottom of this hole is clay, even though we've added gravel , Where Can I Find Information About Planting Bulbs and Perennials for drainage, there is nowhere for the water , The "Minimal" Garden to go, and this plant , EnerGuide for Houses incentive: Are you eligible? is going to suffer and likely die. If you cannot raise the planting bed , The American Arborvitae Grows well in Troy Pa. with topsoil, and are planting in clay soil, , Handcrafted Garden Bridges Builds Traditional Arched Span Bridges with Modern Flair I recommend that you install the root , Assessing Your Asphalt Shingles ball at least 2" above grade and backfill around the ball with the soil , How To Take Care Of Weeds that you removed when you dug the hole. Backfilling with the clay soil , How To Choose The Right Television For You that you removed is actually like building , Palm Trees?– Uses And Locations a dam to keep excess water , Gardening Tips and Tricks for Late Autumn--Part One from permeating the root , A Guide To Japanese Gardens ball of your newly planted tree. , Designing & Decorating a Patio Today The plant , Some benefits of Berger lamps! is not going to thrive in this poor soil, , "DECORATING YOUR ENTRANCE FOYER" but at least it will have a chance to survive. Once again, raising the bed , A Guide To Japanese Gardens with good rich topsoil is the best thing you can do to keep your plants healthy , Clear Clutter At Home With Baskets and happy. No matter what kind of soil , Palm Trees?– Uses And Locations you have, be careful not to install your plants , Flowers of Red Violet in Dramatic Display too deep. They should never be planted any deeper than they were grown in the nursery. Planting too deep is a common problem, and thousands of plants , Tulip Care are killed each year by gardeners who just don't understand how critical planting depth is. Staking newly planted trees , Black Haw Viburnums will grow in New Hope Pa. is always a good idea. If your new tree , How To Do: HERB GARDENING constantly rocks back and forth when the wind blows it will have a very difficult time establishing new roots , Pool Table Lights Guide: How To Light Up Your Game into the existing soil. , Assessing Your Asphalt Shingles Stabilize the tree , How To Do: HERB GARDENING with a stake. You can use a wooden , Clear Clutter At Home With Baskets stake, a fence post, or for small trees , Embellish Your Garden s with Movement, Music, and Light I often use 1/2" electro magnetic tubing, (conduit), available at any hardware , The "Minimal" Garden store. You can secure the tree , Embellish Your Garden s with Movement, Music, and Light to the stake with a single wrap of duct tape. In about six months or a year the sun , Inspecting Your New Home - 17 Areas You Must Inspect Before will dry the glue on the duct tape and it will fall , Why You Should Consider Gardening For Your Children off. Check the tape to make sure that it has fallen off. You don't want to girdle the tree , The American Arborvitae Grows well in Troy Pa. with the tape. Container grown plants , Clear Clutter At Home With Baskets are much easier. Follow the rules for depth of planting as described earlier. Before gently removing the plant , Do You Need Annuals or Perennials for your Garden from the container check the drain holes in the bottom of the container for roots , Garden Supplies Are the Gardener's Paint and Brush that might be growing , Tasteful Home Decorating Changes Your House Into a Home out the holes. If so, cut them off so they will not make it difficult to get the plant , How To Choose The Right Television For You out of the container. The easiest way to remove the plant , Why You Should Consider Gardening For Your Children from the container is to place , Pool Table Lights Guide: How To Light Up Your Game your hand over the top of the container and turn it completely upside down and give it a gentle shake. The plant , A Guide To Japanese Gardens should slide right into your hand. Examine the root , Palm Trees?– Uses And Locations mass as you hold it in your hand. Sometimes when plants , Gardening Tips and Tricks for Late Autumn--Part One have been growing , EnerGuide for Houses incentive: Are you eligible? in a container for a long time the roots , Garden Gnomes to add whimsey to your garden start to grow , Where Can I Find Information About Planting Bulbs and Perennials in a circular pattern around the root , How To Take Care Of Weeds mass. This is not good, and you should disturb these roots , How To Take Care Of Weeds before planting so you can break this circular pattern. You can take a knife and actually make about three vertical slices from the top of the root , Do You Need Annuals or Perennials for your Garden mass to the bottom. This will stimulate new roots , "DECORATING YOUR ENTRANCE FOYER" that will grow , Advice about the latest assistance witrel="nofollow" h reference to lightin outward into the soil , Black Haw Viburnums will grow in New Hope Pa. of your garden. , Lawn Mowers Starting Engine Problems Or you can just take your fingers and loosen the roots , How to Grow Red Oak Trees Near Quakertown, PA that are circling the root , Pergo Flooring Is Perfect For The Home or Office mass and force them outward before you plant , Why You Should Consider Gardening For Your Children them. What about fertilizer, bone meal, peat moss, and all those other additives they are going to try and sell you at the garden , Embellish Your Trees with Movement, Music, and Light center? Raise your planting beds , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Gardenville Pa. with good rich topsoil and forget about the additives. Be very careful with fertilizers, they can do more harm than good. I landscaped my house , Lawn Mowers Starting Engine Problems 14 years ago and I haven't got around to fertilizing the plants , Pool Table Lights Guide: How To Light Up Your Game yet, and have no intention of doing so. They look great. As far as bone meal and all those other soil , Lawn Mowers Starting Engine Problems additives are concerned, don't get too caught up in all that stuff. The only thing that I know for sure is that they will make your wallet thinner, but I don't think you'll see a difference in your plants. , Seed Sowing Over the years I've landscaped several hundred homes , Pergo Flooring Is Perfect For The or Office with fantastic results, and I never added any of these additives to my planting beds. , Assessing Your Asphalt Shingles Did I mention planting in good rich topsoil? 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