Flower Gardening in Containers

Posted on July 7, 2009 in latest news

Flower gardening in containers is a pleasant and enjoyable experience. It expresses your creativity and the beautiful flowers embellish your home, office or temple. This article details how to garden flowers in containers.

Flower Gardening in Containers
Following things are needed for flower gardening in containers:

The biggest advantage of growing flowers in container is that you can move the container to the place you want. You can move your plant to sunnier or shady spot to fit the cultural needs of the plant. Disadvantage of container gardening is that the whole feeding of plant depends on you as it has limited amount of soil with their roots restricted. They dry out much sooner need frequent watering.

First step to container flower gardening is to choose the container type. Common types include pots, hanging basket and window box. They can be of variety of designs and colors. Ideally, the pot should have a diameter equal to one third to half of the height of the plant. It should have sufficient holes drilled in the bottom to allow the surplus water to drain away the soil.

Secondly, you have to choose flowers. Some of the popular flowers for container gardening are:

Now put about an inch of broken pottery or stones in the bottom of the pot and fill about two-third of container with soil or potting mix. Take your flower plant and put in soil so that its roots get covered. Never yank the stem. Tighten the soil with your fingers. Put the container at your chosen spot and water it until water runs out the bottom.

Water your container every 2 to 3 days. In summer you may need to water everyday and even more often. Feed your plant with plant food every couple of weeks according to guidance of plant expert from local nursery. Remove spent blooms to encourage more blossoms and pinch off the tips of the stems to stimulate them to produce more branches.

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