Potting Sentence Examples

Somewhat heavy loam y are best for potting pine apples, for melons and strawberries, fruit trees in pots, &c., and may be used with the addition of manures only; but for ornamental plants a loam of a somewhat freer texture is preferable and more pleasant to work.

When, however, a hard-wooded plant has to be repotted, the case is different; it may stand without further potting for one year or two years or more, and therefore much more care is necessary.

The potting must be done very firmly, using turfy loam with which a little mortar rubble has been mixed.

The importance of the root-fibres, or " feeding roots " justifies the care which is taken by every good gardener to secure their fullest development, and to prevent as far as possible any injury to them in digging, potting and transplanting, such operations being therefore least prejudicial at seasons when the plant is in a state of comparative rest.

This mode of potting does well for bulbs, such as hyacinths, which are either thrown away or planted out when the bloom is over.

In ordinary cases the potting soil should be just so far removed from dryness that when a handful is gently pressed it may hang together, but may lose its cohesion when dropped.

For potting or basketing purposes, or for plants requiring blockculture, the materials used are light fibrous peat, special leaf-mould, osmunda or polypodium fibre and living sphagnum moss, which supply free drainage for the copious supply of water required.

In potting the well-established plants, and all those of considerable size, the soil should be used in a rough turfy state, not sifted but broken, and one-sixth of broken crocks or charcoal and as much sand as will insure free percolation should be mixed with it.

Begin to propagate greenhouse plants by cuttings; also coleuses by cuttings in heat, potting them off as soon as rooted.

Sow tender annuals for succession, potting and shifting those sown at an earlier period; sow cinerarias for succession; and a few hardy annuals and tenweek stock, &c., for late crops.

Towards the end of the month many of the main stock of chrysanthemums will be ready for the final potting.

Continue the final potting of chrysanthemums as the plants become ready.

The supply of the nitric acid required to make up this loss is obtained in England by "potting" that is, by decomposing solid nitrate of soda by sulphuric acid in a flue between the pyrites burners and the chambers.

After removing the arils from the seed they should be sown onto a standard potting compost.

Obtain (or make up) a potting mix which you consider appropriate for growing bonsai in.

A detached stone built potting shed with a stone slate roof and timber casement window.

Most of my time was spent potting all the rooted aspen cuttings.

Prepare a potting media mix suitable for growing ferns in.

The best potting mixture is two parts coarse gritty sand to one part loam.

All potting soil should be thoroughly moistened prior to filling your containers.

The rear garden is landscaped and there are several timber outbuildings including a potting shed and workshop with power and light connected.

Fill your pots to the top with potting compost leaving a 25mm rim.

Her love of shape and fine potting mean her ceramics are particularly prized in Japan.

Small hollows can be dealt with by adding a light sprinkling of sifted soil or potting compost onto the surface of the grass.

In the potting shed a butler is said to have hanged himself from the rafters.

Fill the new pot with potting soil, make a dent for the plant to go in, and place the plant in the pot, being careful to cover all the roots but not heap soil on the stem of the plant.

In the wild, cats cover their feces with dirt so experts advise to mix the cat litter with a small amount of potting soil to make it more familiar.

Once the cat begins using the litter box, you can stop adding the potting soil.

Shoots should be kept in two inches of water (filtered water is best) unless they are planted in soil or sand; in that case, the potting material should be kept moist.

Their colors are adjusted during growing periods by altering the acidity or alkalinity levels of their potting soil.

The common white Christmas Rose is a favorite pot-plant, and if required for potting its foliage should be protected from injury.

After the plants are examined they may be potted or laid in a frame in some free sandy soil, and very fine specimens may be obtained by potting and plunging in a slight bottom-heat, keeping the top quite cool.

The bottom-heat, however, is not indispensable; for they will succeed if carefully and sparingly watered after potting.

If it was planted in potting soil, the nutrition has probably been absorbed from the soil over a two-year period.

Others feel it is better to use an organic potting soil.

You can opt to start your seeds in the potting mix and later transplant into the organic soil.

Cuttings can be placed into the non-soil potting mix and kept moist until roots form.

Most herb seeds are very small, so you can simply press them into the potting mix.

Fill the container with a mixture of potting soil and compost.

Try an organic potting soil for the healthiest plants.

Be sure the plant has good drainage; repot it if necessary, using a different potting soil and pebbles on the bottom of the pot to improve drainage.

Purchase sterile potting soil or a seed starting mix at the garden center.

For container-grown vegetables, a commercial potting mix enriched with fertilizer or compost works well.

That bare spot at the back of your property may seem like a perfect location for a utility or potting shed, but it may not be the best choice.

High quality compost is perfect to use as a potting soil.

Use a combination of topsoil, sand and compost to create a well-draining soil for your herbs or get an organic potting mix.

It covers everything from the potting shed and the compost pile to fences and sculptures.

Use an empty egg carton to plant seeds in potting soil.

The potting soil must be the same, the water must be the same, the size of the pot must be the same, etc. The only thing that is different in the course of the project or experiment is the independent variable.

Include seeds for flowers or vegetables that can be grown in your region, a bag of potting soil, and a pair of gardening gloves.

Paint or stain as desired and fill with seeds, gloves, and a bag of potting soil.