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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: prakash_mib on May 11, 2010, 12:40

Title: sunflower plants
Post by: prakash_mib on May 11, 2010, 12:40
asked my OH to buy some bedding and flowering plants on saturday and she came back with regular few and two sunflower pots £4 each  :ohmy:. cant believe how much money she has.
Anyway the pots are drying mad, yesterday evening they looked sorry so i put them in a tray of water and they couldnt suck it in at all. I watered them from top and all the water seeped down straightaway. did this 5 time to make it reasonable moist and let it in the garage for goodnight sleep. Cant pot them untill weekend. how can I maintain the moist in them?
Title: Re: sunflower plants
Post by: DD. on May 11, 2010, 12:47
If you've now got them moist, you shouldn't have a problem.

It's when the compost gets really dry that the water just runs straight through.

If it's still dry, plunge them in a bucket of water, rather than just a tray.