Annual Manual - How To Grow Annual Flowers & Plants

Discovering Annuals, by Graham Rice

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From Bedding Plants

Compost/Potting soil

Loam-based, peat-based and coir-based composts can all be used to raise bedding plants but each has its own special requirements. Try to avoid using more than one type at a time as this makes it more difficult to give each the care it needs. I avoid loam-based composts for bedding plants as the quality is very unpredictable, and a poor loam-based compost is difficult to improve.

Peat-based composts are less variable and also lighter in weight, and bedding plants grow well in them. Coir (cocofibre) composts and other peat substitutes are relatively new and vary noticeably from brand to brand. My advice is to stick to one brand and get used to it. The one thing all coir composts seem to have in common is that the surface dries out quickly while underneath the compost remains moist, so careful watering is necessary.

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The advantages of a greenhouse
Raising plants on a windowsill
Using a propagator or heated mat
Choosing pots and trays
Seed sowing technique
After sowing the seed
Pricking out the seedlings
Looking after seedlings
Planting out

 

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