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Learn How to Plant and Care for your Bloom Master baskets and planters!
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Planting Your Bloom Master Basket and PlanterThings You Will Need
The only limitation on what you can achieve with your Bloom Master is your imagination. For novice container gardeners, we recommend that you consult your greenhouse or nursery when selecting your plants. You should always place your cascading or trailing plants in the bottom two rows of the planter. You can also put them in the top row and top if you wish. You should not place compact plants in the bottom and cascading plants in the top or the planter will look out of balance. Once you have chosen the appropriate number of plants for your Bloom Master, we recommend that you divide them into four groups and label them Bottom Row, Middle Row, Top Row and Top. This will help you keep things straight. Place your potting mix into a barrow or bucket and apply water a little at a time until your potting mix is nice and wet, not mucky, just wet. Using a small container, fill your Bloom Master to the bottom edge of the bottom row of openings. With your hand, level your mix and pat it down gently. Add more mix if necessary to bring it back up to the desired level. Now, take your plants for the bottom row and gently remove them from their containers. Gently place the root balls through the openings and lay them on the level potting mix, about an inch back from the opening, leaving the plant itself protruding through the front of the planter. If you should have a root ball larger than 1 5/8", gently massage enough soil from the roots until the roots will fit through the opening, or you can gently push the foliage out the opening from inside the planter. Now that your bottom row is planted, add more potting mix, bringing it up to the bottom of the second row of openings. Level your mix and remove the plants for the middle row from their containers and place the root balls through the openings the same way you did the bottom row. Again, add more potting mix to the bottom of the third or top row of openings. Level again and remove the plants for the top row and repeat as before. Once you have your root balls in place for the top row, fill the planter to within an inch of the top with potting mix. Remove your plants for the top of the planter from their containers and plant them, making sure that the root balls are completely buried
Congratulations! You have finished planting your Bloom Master.
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TIP Be sure to use new potting mix every year to avoid fertilizer salt build up Basket and Planter CapacitiesPlease use the following information when planning to trying to determine how many plants you need to plant your Bloom Master.
TIP These are the most plants the baskets and planters can support. Depending on the plants selected for planting, fewer than the listed number of plants can be used while still producing a full and well balanced arrangement! Suggested Plants
Watering and FertilizingNow that your Bloom Master is planted it needs to be watered and fertilized. Potting mix is very fragile so always use a fine, soft spray when watering and use a slow circular or back and forth motion. Use any good water-soluble fertilizer and make sure that you follow the instructions on the container carefully. Once you have your fertilizer mixed, fill your watering can and gently pour it in the top of your Bloom Master. Keep pouring until the water comes out the drain holes in the bottom. To determine if your Bloom Master needs water, simply feel the potting mix in one of the openings, if it is starting to dry, then water, if it is nice and moist, don't. Once it is in full production, it may need water every day. Make sure that you fertilize your Bloom Master at least every ten days. This is very important. Once it is about ten weeks old, you can fertilize it once a week Mounting and HangingYour Bloom Master is a substantial planter that is heavy when wet. We recommend that you always use a Bloom Master Mounting Bracket whenever possible as it is designed to support your Bloom Master. Winter CareWhen the season is over and it is time to put your Bloom Master away for the winter, take a pair of shears or heavy scissors and trim off all the foliage close to the planter. Do not try and pull the root through the openings, if it is cold you could break your planter. Remove the root balls and potting mix through the top of the planter. If you are emptying a basket, simply dump it out. Rinse your planter well with clean warm water and put it away for the winter out of the weather. TIP Just because the warm weather is over doesn't mean that your Bloom Master's usefulness is. With your Bloom Master, you can make a variety of festive arrangements, for such occasions as Thanksgiving and Christmas! Why not take a look at how some of our clients have made year-round use of their Bloom Master planters and baskets? |