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Old 20-04-11, 03:09 PM   #19
munkygunn182
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Default Re: Anyone into gardening(not the flowery type)

Hey dude, I work in the biggest plant nursery in Scotland, we tend to find that plants if left in "ideal" conditions, in our case, temperature controlled polytunnels, with automatic irrigation, will grow too quickly and become leggy and unable to support their own weight. After this point, its very difficult to do anything about it, so what we tend to do is as the plants become reasonably established, we move them outside, the cold and the wind helps to harden them up and produces a stronger plant. In terms of keeping stuff in pots, keep it wet, and remember that there's limited nutrients in a pot which aren't being replenished naturally, you'll need to provide a feed manually!
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