Plant your own planters and save money!
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Use good dirt.
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Use potting soil. It often has fertilizer and moisture retaining ingredients in it.
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Buy healthy plants
Plants that look unhealthy will not improve in a short period of time.
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Will plants be in the sun or shade?
Read the tags! They will tell you if they are sun or shade plants!
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Check if plants are root bound.
You can tell if the roots are filling the pot and growing around in circles.
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Rough up the roots
If they are root bound, I rip roots off the bottom and rough up the sides.
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Thriller
Plant a tall plant - known as a thriller
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Filler
Plants that mound and fill the space are called fillers. I've been using marigolds again!
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Spiller
Plants that spill over the sides of the planters. Sweet potato vine was a favorite of mine for years!
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