Tips and Care For Your Potted Plants - Home Improvement
Growing tomatoes is an art. In fact in some neighborhoods, even a status symbol. Getting it right is not always easy and many theories have been propounded about the best methods to use. Hopefully my many years experience in the gardening and nursery industry may help to offer the best advice according to yours truly.
GETTING THE SOIL RIGHT
Tomato plants love food and water. They are quite greedy plants. Start the soil work at least two weeks before planting by turning it over, then add composted waste, aged chicken or cow manure and turn it over again. Try to avoid sheep manure as they often pass undigested seeds. This could lead to unwanted crops of just about anything they have eaten. You should know prepare the garden bed into furrows and mounds. Eventually, tomatoes will be planted on mounds.
You need to put some fertilizer to the soil from time to time. Your potted plant needs the fertilizer to replenish lost nutrients to the soil. If you are unsure of the right time to nourish your plant, look for the flower. The best time to fertilize your plants is when they are in bloom.
You also need to care for the root since it also needs oxygen and water. Make sure that the soil is not too firm due to dryness. Check the soil and water the plant as needed - some herbal plants requires frequent watering and the same goes to the plants that you put in the open. Since the soil available in the container is limited (compared to the one on the ground), you need to change the soil from time to time. This is part of the process to ensure proper drainage and enough nutrients to the plant.
CARE & MAINTENANCE
Tomatoes grow fast and constantly like to eat and drink. They are greedy plants. Water them daily, usually in the cool of the evening, and liquid fertilize once per fortnight. Use a fast acting liquid fertilizer high in potassium and phosphor. This will aid flowering and fruiting. Too much nitrogen will produce a healthy, vigorous plant but with few tomatoes.
The plant will grow suckers between the main stem and main leaves. Although these look healthy and fresh, they should be removed. These will cause a mass of foliage an the plant will tend towards over production. This will lead to poor quality tomatoes. Check plants constantly for any signs of disease and pest infection, removing sick or infested leaves. Tomatoes don’t like their roots disturbed. Do not trample on or dig around roots. Walk along the furrows and not the mounds.
For those of you who cannot spend too much time looking after your plant, but for some reasons you are keen to keep some potted plants, look out for the types that does not require too much attention. You may consider to adopt cacti or dracaena fragrans (also known as corn tree) since they do not require too much maintenance. And they can be planted in pots
Resource Author Francisco R. Higueras
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