Create a Potted Plant Oasis

3 Steps to A Potted Plant Oasis

PREPARE

The better the soil, the better your plants will grow. Healthy soil is especially important when growing in a limited area. When planting in pots or containers, choose a potting mix that is free draining and is suited to what you are planting Tui All Purpose Potting Mix is specially formulated to give the best start to your indoor and outdoor plants in pots and containers.

Choose a container that is a suitable size for your plants. Ensure the container has enough capacity to
house the ‘roots’ of the crops you want to grow. Drainage is also essential, so look for a pot that has drainage holes.

PLANT

Indoor plant options:

• Larger options: fiddle leaf fig, monstera, weeping fig, rubber tree, drasena maginata, mother in laws tongue, alocasia.
• Smaller options: string of pearls, maidenhair fern, ivy, Boston fern, goldfish plant.

Outdoor plants:

• A useful system is to plant a ‘Feature’, ‘Filler’ and a ‘Spiller’ in larger pots. e.g. a fruit tree as the ‘Feature’, lavender as a ‘Filler’, and then a flowering plant which will ‘Spill’ over the edge of the container.
• Outdoor plant options: dwarf fruit trees (apple, lemon, peach, nectarine) , ficus tuffy, benjamina, shrubs, grasses, pansy, petunia, cyclamen and calendula.

Directions for planting:

• Soak plants in a bucket of Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic and allow to drain. This will help prevent transplant shock.
• Partly fill your container with Tui All Purpose Potting Mix.
• Gently take the plant from the current container, loosen the root ball and remove any loose or dead plant material and roots.
• Position the plant in the centre of the new container.
• Fill with Tui All Purpose Potting Mix up to 3cm from the top.
• Gently firm the mix around the plant. The mix should be at the same level on the plant as it was in the previous container.
• Water plants well after planting.

Plants grown in containers require regular watering. The finger test is the best indicator. Touch the surface of the mix with your index finger and if it feels dry, water. It’s best to water deeply twice a week rather than a little each day.

NOURISH

Feed your plants and they will reward you. Plants use nutrients from the soil as they grow. A controlled release fertiliser within Tui All Purpose Potting Mix will keep feeding for up to six months.

Continuing to replenish nutrients will ensure your plants remain healthy. Use Tui Enrich Pots & Containers controlled release fertiliser to promote optimum growth through its specialised triple action formula that feeds both the soil and plant.

Well watered, well nourished plants will have a better chance of keeping insect pests and diseases at bay.

As mix in containers dries out quicker than soil in the garden. Apply Debco SaturAid granular soil wetter every season to enhance water absorption and retention.