Caring for Flowers Before Planting
Today, the editor will elaborate on the small green plant care tips before planting flowers, and the specific related content is as follows:
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On the contrary, we should pay more attention to maintaining the integrity of the original soil ball. Of course, it also depends on the situation.
Handling Method for Herbaceous Plant Seedling Repotting
For example, we often buy small flower seedlings online, and I often purchase plug trays of herbaceous flowers. These seedlings are very small, and after receiving them, they need to be transplanted into a larger pot for cultivation.
Plug tray seedlings, especially smaller ones, usually come with the original soil ball and are directly planted into the new pot. The roots of herbaceous flowers are dense, and the plug tray seedlings generally do not handle the roots due to the small size of the soil ball, but there will be some differences with the nutrient pot seedlings.
Nutrient pot seedlings for larger ones, usually a little bit of treatment is needed before planting. Have you noticed that the root characteristic of nutrient pot seedlings is that the roots tend to circle at the bottom of the nutrient pot?
Caring for Flowers Before Planting
For such roots, Green Plant Enthusiast Network suggests that you remove or disperse the circling roots, just the circling roots, not the soil ball. Breaking or removing these roots is more conducive to stimulating the growth of new roots and can help them root faster.
Repotting Method for Woody Flower Varieties
The above mentioned herbaceous flowers, but for woody flowers, the situation will be different.
The cultivation soil of woody flower seedlings is often clayey, which is quite different from the soil used by our flower enthusiasts at home.
In this case, the Green Plant Enthusiast Network suggests that you determine the repotting method based on the nature of the original soil of the seedlings.
If the soil ball brought by the seedlings is not much different from the soil we mixed ourselves, then it can be planted directly. If the original soil is heavy and our mixed soil is loose and light, the Green Plant Enthusiast Network suggests that you wash the roots or at least remove 2/3 of the original soil ball to expose healthy roots before planting in the pot.
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