Avoid using soil in your wooden planters
Thursday 06 Nov 2008 - 17:19:25
Gardening expert Pippa Greenwood has advised gardeners to avoid using soil in their wooden planters.
In her new book 1,001 Ways to be a Better Gardener, Ms Greenwood suggests that soil has a tendency to lose its structure in a container, the Telegraph has reported.
As a result the plants often suffer from root rot, so the specialist recommends that permanent wooden planters should be half filled with soil-based compost and half filled with loamless compost.
This will give the plants greater staying power, she suggested.
Wooden planters provide an effective solution for most gardens and can be used to grow flowers, dwarf fruit trees and vegetables, a cost-effective solution in the current economic climate.
Teak garden planters are often seen as the most durable of wooden planters and can take most of what the varied British weather has to throw at them.
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