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Posted: May/10/2009 4:08 AM PST
When container gardening, couldn't you use smaller containers to grow plants than is generally recommended, as long as you were very diligent about watering and feeding your plants. I don't have sufficient room to use the large multi-gallon containers recommended for some plants, but I can ensure that daily watering occurs. If a plant becomes root bound, does it matter, as long as it receives sufficient water and nutrients? Thank you.......Bruce |
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Posted: May/10/2009 6:55 AM PST
Hey, again. I just answered this in the Introduction section. We're glad to have you in our garden. I hope that others will see your question here and help you with it. I'm not the world's greatest container gardener. |
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Posted: May/10/2009 9:47 AM PST
I know you can over plant a container to get a really full look. If a plant is root bound though, that is not good. You can trim off up to 1/3 of the roots though and replant. The plant will rest for a while before actively growing again but it will be healthier in the long run than leaving it root bound. |
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Posted: May/10/2009 8:13 PM PST
I guess it would depend on what you are trying to grow. Many plants will grow in a too small container, but you won't get optimum results. What "are" you trying to grow? |
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Posted: Sep/14/2009 4:56 AM PST
I am new to this forum and need help on a northern plant that grows in the north like in north carolina south carolina virgina pennyslavia and so on.ok i live in alabama and wanted to know if i could raise a sweet fern shrub known as comptonia peregrina in a pot in the south in alabama.And i know this plants are hard to transplant into the ground also but i was thinking about a pot.i live in plant zone 8 but the plants are for a zone 3 to 7 but im just one more up at 8 would it still work in my zone in a pot. |
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