SylvaGrow® Tub and Basket

Potting containers, tubs and troughs • First, ensure that the plants to be potted have been well-watered. If dry, immerse the roots in water for half an hour • Fill the pot, tub or other container with SylvaGrow Tub and Basket • Make holes large enough to accommodate the items to be potted and insert, taking care that the growing medium is at about the same height on the stem as previously • Gently firm the SylvaGrow Tub and Basket around the plants and water thoroughly • Ensure that the SylvaGrow Tub and Basket is kept moist but not over-wet at all times but avoid too much run-off as this can leach the nutrients away • After four weeks, regularly apply a liquid feed, following the manufacturer’s instructions. Alternatively, at the time of potting, incorporate controlled-release continuous-feed fertilizer granules according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Planting up hanging baskets • First, ensure that the plants to be potted have been well-watered and if dry, immerse the roots in water for half an hour • Stand the hanging basket on a wide, sturdy plant pot to keep it stable• Put the hanging basket liner in place and place a circle of plastic or plant pot saucer at the bottom to aid water retention. • If planting trailing plants through the sides of the hanging basket, fill up to the required height with SylvaGrow Tub and Basket and then put the plant in place taking care not to damage the roots or foliage. Fill with more compost working up in the same way until the hanging basket is full. • Make holes large enough to accommodate the plants to be potted at the top of the basket and insert them, taking care throughout that the growing medium is at about the same height on the stems as previously •Gently firm the SylvaGrow Tub and Basket around the plants and water thoroughly but avoid too much run-off as this can leach the nutrients away • Ensure that the SylvaGrowTub and Basket is kept moist but not over-wet at all times. Hanging baskets have a particularly high water requirement and may need watering every day in warm weather • After four weeks, regularly apply a liquid feed, following the manufacturer’s instructions. Alternatively, at the time of potting incorporate controlled-release continuous-feed fertilizer granules according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Lime-hating, ericaceous plants SylvaGrow Tub and Basket is not suitable for raising lime-hating, ericaceous plants in containers although it can be used as a planting out medium for an ericaceous soil at rates of 1 part SylvaGrow Tub and Basket to 4 parts acidic soil.

For ericaceous, lime-hating plants in containers use SylvaGrow Ericaceous