. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. GROWINa POT PLANTS. I have no real success with pot plants. Everything in the benches grows finely and blooms well. Plants potted in the same soil, or slightly richer, fill the small pots with roots, but when they are shifted on to 4%-inch or 5-inch pots the tops refuse to grow. I have often found a chrysanthemum, cineraria, schizanthus or begonia the top of which showed every sign of starvation, stunted growth, small, yellow leaves, etc., while the pot seemed to be filled with lively white roots. Upon shifting the plant to a larger pot, the top st
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. GROWINa POT PLANTS. I have no real success with pot plants. Everything in the benches grows finely and blooms well. Plants potted in the same soil, or slightly richer, fill the small pots with roots, but when they are shifted on to 4%-inch or 5-inch pots the tops refuse to grow. I have often found a chrysanthemum, cineraria, schizanthus or begonia the top of which showed every sign of starvation, stunted growth, small, yellow leaves, etc., while the pot seemed to be filled with lively white roots. Upon shifting the plant to a larger pot, the top still refused to grow much, but the roots con- tinued to fill up the pot rapidly. I have tried making the soil still richer than it was, but lose many plants then, as the roots rot. Is it possible that a too small quantity of water would cause the plants to aet in this manner? Is it a good plan to soak potted plants in pans of water occasionally? Would the sun shining on the pots make a dif- ference? I have some sunny shelves where I keep geraniums, etc. I seldom have a plant die there, but they seem stunted and grow slowly. I have no trouble at all with bulbous stock. My soil is a sandy loam, to which I add one- fouth to one-third well rotted manure and more or less peat, which has been well weathered. C. F. G.—Minn. The fact that your plants thrive well in the benches and do quite the reverse as pot-grown planjsshows-ihat the com- post cannot be tHe^hole source of trou- ble. Probably you^l^ve allowed your plants to become too much potbound before shifting them. Such plants do not do well, and if the ball of soil chances to be dry when the repotting is done, they are sure to do unsatisfac- torily, for no matter how well you soak the plant after potting, the ball is pretty sure to remain dry. Pot along your plants before they get matted with roots and never allow them to become dry. I should not add peat to the compost unless it may be for ferns or hard- wooded plants like eric
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