Growing Rules In Outdoor Pots, Flowerpots, Pots

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Mobile planting is popular in floriculture. I will tell you about 9 rules for growing in outdoor pots and how to keep flower arrangements in an attractive form

Why summer residents grow flowers in pots and flowerpots

On a suburban area, street pots and flowerpots allow you to effectively decorate even a tiny area. With them, it is easy to organize additional gardening in passages, on the porch, open terraces, in the gazebo, in places where there is no land (paving, stone).

From several pots, you can create colorful compositions, divide the space into separate zones / areas. Marigolds, tuberous begonias, petunias, pelargoniums, balsam grow well in containers. For hanging pots, ampelous types are more often used: lobelia, verbena, nasturtium, fuchsia, surfinia, bacopa, etc.

9 rules for growing in outdoor pots

It is possible to maintain plants in blooming state without painstaking work. It is important to follow the basic points of planting and grooming.

Rule 1. Drainage

One third of the volume of the pot should consist of drainage. Before backfilling the soil, fine gravel should be laid on the bottom of the pot, expanded clay, crushed stone, and broken bricks are also suitable. This base is covered with coarse sand. The resulting layer should not exceed a third of the container height.

Rule 2. Land

The addition of a material that can absorb and release moisture helps to provide comfort for growth. The soil, intended for filling in a flowerpot / flowerpot, is mixed with agroperlite or hydrogel. Now there will be no problems with watering, since they will absorb excess moisture, and as the soil dries up, they will be given to the plants.

For looseness, you can add foam granules. By the way, this material perfectly protects the roots from overheating. For this, the inner walls of the container, during the filling of the soil, are laid out with pieces of thin foam.

Rule 3. Size

You can buy a flowerpot or flowerpot of any size. It is important that the manufacturer maintains the correct proportions. Choose a container whose diameter is 1, 5-2 times less than the height.

Rule 4. Stability

For tall plants, choose a stable pot / flowerpot, otherwise it will tip over from a gust of wind. The wide neck, heavy material makes the container massive, which is not afraid of the wind and withstands wind conditions.

Rule 5. Landing

When planting seedlings, avoid overcrowding. Density depends on the type of plant, their tendency to overgrow. For example, in a pots with a diameter of 20 cm, with a volume of land of 6-8 liters, you can plant 1 ampelous verbena or 2 petunias. The distance should be kept within 8-12 cm.

Rule 6. Color

Avoid variegation, the combination of buds should not be a flashy contrast. Harmonious landings will be obtained using the principle of the palette: 2-3 close tones are selected in the color range.

Rule 7. Conditions

It will not be possible to grow flowers in one pot that require different conditions of detention. Plant only one type of plant in one container, choosing from groups: light-loving, drought-resistant, moisture-loving, shade-tolerant.

Rule 8. Watering

If no hydrogel was added during soil preparation, monitor the soil moisture. In this case, you need to water at least 3-4 times a week.

Rule 9. Top dressing

Flowers growing in pots / pots require nutrition. If before planting, the "long-playing" complexes AVA (granules slowly dissolving in the ground) were not introduced into the soil, then feeding should be carried out every 10 days.

Liquid concentrates of the JOY, FlorHumat, Unifor, Organic Mix, Agricola Aqua-Fantasy series, Fertika, Tsitovit, Bona Forte are used. The good effect of stick fertilizers is not always achieved, so it is better not to buy them.

Flowers in pots, pots, flowerpots are a mobile flower bed that can "move" to different parts of the garden. She can decorate a summer kitchen, patio, veranda, gazebo. It is important to properly plant and properly care for plants in street containers, then flowering will continue all summer.