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Plant Care and Propagation

How to Pot up Seedlings

Once your seedlings have filled the modules or pots with roots they will need some more room to continue to grow strong and healthy.

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Time Length: 1 hour

Time of the Year: Any

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Fill individual 3-inch (7.5cm) pots with John Innes No 2 Potting-On Compost. Make a hole big enough to take the roots in the compost in each pot using a dibber or pencil.

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Gently loosen the plants in the modules or pots and then dig them out with a dibber or pencil, holding onto a leaf and not the delicate stem.

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Drop the roots of the plant into the hole in the compost tap the pot to distribute the compost evenly around the roots. Water using a watering can with a fine spray.

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Keep in a frost-free place until all danger of frost has passed. Water your plants and feed them regularly with Nutri All Purpose Plant Food or Rhododron, Azalea & Camellia Plant Food for acid loving plants to support the early spring growth and to ensure that they have the best possible start.

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