Hello, I am new here and I work at a farm and garden center. I have a couple questions since I do not know much at all about plants and get sick and tired of telling customers that I don't know the answer to their questions. 1- How much water should be given to a plant? Is there different amounts from when you just buy it or replant or does the amount always stay the same? 2- We sell plants in the containers, is it smart to re-plant the flowers or keep them in that container? What are the advantages and disadvantages to doing that? 3- Is there a special website I can go to to get more general info. about plants and plant diseases and stuff? 4- Should anything be used to help grow the plant? Throwing fertilizer on it...etc etc. Would anything harm it. 5- Right when you re-plant a plant, should you take a precautions? 6- What is the right way to re-plant a plant? Some of these questions might have made you laugh, but I am a baseball player not a gardener Cool Thanks in advanced!
1. Some plants must never dry out. Others must absolutely dry out between waterings. The amount given depends on how big the plant is, how wet it already is and how wet it should be, and how long since you last watered. Fingers are the best gauges for when to water a plant. 2. I never re-pot flowering plants. Re-potting stops the plant in their growth for a while. But again, that depends on how large a plant and how densely packed the roots are. Some plants need repotting every year, some never. 3. I'm sorry. I don't know. 4. Almost all plants need fertilizer when they're growing or flowering. It's their food. 5. I never repot plants from small to very large containers. I only increase the pot one or to sizes. Most plants will need some time to recover from repotting. We have disturbed its roots. 6. Probably. But this is what I do: I remove old soil from the clump of roots, and try to straighten the roots a bit. They grow round in the bottom of the pot. I remove dead roots if I see any. Then I put a thin layer of soil in my new, not too-big pot, place the plant on top and fill soil around the sides and on top. I never repot the plant deeper than it was, but having scraped off old top soil it needs replacing. I then water and leave the plant out of sunlight for some days until I see it stretching again. I never fertilize a couple of weeks after repotting.
Hello, thanks for your reply. We sell mainly "mums" and "kale" Any specific things about those? When to replant, how to treat them, should they be replanted? (replanted in another pot, or planted in the soil in front of your house). Should you fertilize them right away? Tell me everything possible so I can sound smart. And when you said to determine if it needs water by your finger, stick your finger in the soil and if its moist don't worry about watering? If it's dry water it? LOTS OF INFO PLEASE! hehe Thanks
I have little or no experience with chrysantemums and kale, so I feel I'm not the right one to give you spesific advice on how to tend those. Hopefully somebody else can. You guessed right about the finger.
