| Container gardening is a method of growing portable | | | | been in its pot for too long. Spots and speckles on |
| plants that might otherwise be impossible to cultivate | | | | the leaves may indicate damage from pests and |
| because of unsuitable soil or climatic conditions. | | | | diease. |
| Container gardening caters to your imagination | | | | 2. POTBOUND ROOTS |
| because it asks that you combine plants of all colors, | | | | Ensure that the roots of the plant are not packed in |
| shapes, and textures toegether to enhance an | | | | a tight mesh because buying it. Plants packed in a |
| existing garden. There are virtually an unlimited | | | | tight mesh will take longer to establish itself in a |
| number of pots and plants that you can use to | | | | container display. Check this by lifting the plant out of |
| create your canvas, which means that every taste | | | | the potted container. |
| and style can be catered to. | | | | 3. YELLOWING LEAVES |
| One of the keys to a successful container display is | | | | This is a sign that the plant is undernourished or has |
| the choice of healthy plants. Healthy plants make for | | | | root problems. Once a plant has used up all the |
| longer-lasting, lower-maintenance, and more vibrant | | | | nitrogen in its potting mix, nitrogen will be carried |
| displays. Therefore, before you head off to your | | | | away from the older leaves to the younger ones |
| local garden center, you need to know what types | | | | (causing the older ones to turn yellow). |
| of plants you're looking for, and you need to know | | | | 4. LEGGY STEMS |
| how to distinguish between the healthy and | | | | If plants do not have access to sufficient light, their |
| unhealthy plants. To follow are some tips that can be | | | | stems will extend in an attempt to reach a light |
| followed on how to pick out healthy plants for that | | | | source. This may lead to growth which the plant is |
| perfect display. | | | | unable to support because the stems will become |
| 1. GENERAL CONDITION OF PLANTS | | | | weak, easy to break, and susceptible to fungal |
| Avoid plants that do not look healthy on first | | | | attack. |
| inspection. The moss and weeds growing on the | | | | This gardening tip was made available from |
| surface of the potting mis indicate that the plant has | | | | GardenSuperMart. |