How To Support The Small Plants For Growth 

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Supporting involves the provision of a post, stake, or framework to which weak stems can be attached. Strong winds can rock a tall plant if its roots cannot anchor it firmly in the ground. A newly-planted specimen does not have this anchorage so that it can be dislodged or blown over.

Staking is the answer; it is a job you should do at planting time and not after the damage has been done. Inspect your tires regularly and adjust them as the stem thickens. Some herbaceous plants are also staked at planting time.

Stout bamboo canes usually are used. Tie the stem to the support as growth proceeds; use soft twine or raffia. The single-pole method is suitable for plants with spire-like heads, such as Delphiniums. The stake must be tall enough to support the flower head in these cases.

Help To Healthy Growing 

However, tying to a single stake should be avoided in most cases. With bushy plants, an ugly 'drumstick' effect is produced and is the sign of a poor gardener, the all-too-familiar sight of a tight group of stems attached to a cane and a splayed out spray of flowers above.

Unfortunately, weak-stemmed plants, tall varieties on exposed sites, large-headed flowers, and climbers all need support, and stakes, wires, canes, etc., are not things of beauty. The answer is to choose the type of support with care and put it in a position when the plant is relatively small so that the stems can grow through to hide it.

For many plants, all you will need is brushwood or pea sticks pushed into the soil around the young plant when the stems are about 1 ft high. For more robust and bushy herbaceous plants, insert 3 or 4 canes around the stems and enclose the shoots with twine tied around the canes at roughly 9-inch intervals. You can buy circular wireframes inserted into the soil and produce the same effect. In all cases, follow the golden rule - never leave staking until the plant has collapsed.

Best For Fruits & Vegetable Plants 

The only plants which regularly require staking in the vegetable garden are Beans and Peas. Peas can be supported with twigs when young but may require plastic netting when fully grown. Runner Beans are best grown against stout canes, either arranged as a wigwam or as a double row joined at the top by a horizontal holding bar.

Install new plants to help can grow its stake, it may still need support. It can provide by fixing a collar to the middle of the trunk and then securing it to the ground using three strong wires. Some shrubs with lax spreading stems may require support after a few years. Follow the principles described above for bushy herbaceous plants. Use 3 or 4 stakes with a band joining the top of each stake; never rely on a single pole and twine.

Add a general or specialist Mycorrhizal soil to the soil at the dosage recommended on the packet. Work into the soil around the planting area with a fork. A slow-release organic fertilizer is best. Water the plant in the pot.

Dig a hole that is much wider than the root ball. The hole should be next to free-standing support or at least twelve inches from a wall or fence and angled back towards the support.

Prevent Moisture As Well 

Stand the plant in its hole and place a cane across the hole to check that it is at the same level. Take the plant from the pot or cur the bag away. While holding the plant steady, you need to fill in the soil. Firm as you go with your hands.

Train the stems of the climber up individual canes to their primary support. Tie the stems in with string or plastic ties. Even twining plants or plants with tendrils will need this initial help. Spread them out to ultimately cover the whole of their support.

Water the climber thoroughly. The plant helps preserve moisture and prevent weed growth. Do not pile mulch up against the stems of the climber, however. It is good practice to plant clematis about three inches deeper than other climber types so that the stems' bottoms are below ground level.

Then, if the clematis suffers from wilt, which kills all top growth, it will be able to produce new shoots the following year from unaffected buds at the base of the stems underground.

Many climbers are the soil in containers. Look for solid growing plants with plenty of shoots arising from the base of the plant. Small plants with fewer stems are sometimes available. They are usually cheap but will probably need good aftercare to establish themselves properly. Check the root system by sliding the plant from its container.

If the roots are congested or tightly coiled around the pot, reject the plant. The root system of the plant is in good condition. Some cultivars do not shed their flowers as they fade and will need deadheading regularly.