Most trees and shrubs in cities or communities are planted to provide beauty or shade. These are two excellent reasons for their use. Woody plants also serve many other purposes and it often is helpful to consider these other functions when selecting a tree or shrub for the landscape. The benefits of trees can be grouped into social, communal, environmental, and economic categories.
While trees are dominant ornamental features in your home landscape, they share this area with turf grasses, shrubs, and bedding plants. And all these plants have one resource in common: the soil. The roots of trees, shrubs, turf grass, and bedding plants intermingle and compete for water and nutrients. In fact, the roots of a single mature tree may extend 60 feet or more out into your lawn or flower beds. Every treatment applied to the lawn (fertilizer and herbicide, for example) can impact the appearance and vitality of a tree. Conversely, treatments applied to a tree, such as pruning and fertilizing, can influence the appearance and vitality of the underlying turf grass.
Get Right Size Pot For Your Plant
When you are considering plants for an indoor garden, the pot that you choose to go with it is more important than you might think. Not only is the pot important for how the plant looks in your home, but it is very important to the plants health and survival as well.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that the pot the plant comes in is right for it. The plant may not be able to thrive in that pot. Once it grows a little, you will likely have to re-pot to give the roots room to grow. If you give the plant a little more room at first, you will be able to wait much longer before repotting.
If you choose a large pot compared to the plant size, the roots will be able to grow freely, with plenty of nutrients from all of the soil. Because of the extra nutrients, the plant will grow faster, making you need to repot faster than you would think.
If you choose a small pot to start with, there are less nutrients, but they are present in a higher concentration. Since there is less room for the plant to grow, the roots will be constrained and the plant will grow more slowly.The most important thing to remember if you choose a small pot is to not allow the plant to become root bound.
Choosing an average size pot is probably the best option to avoid problems with water retention or with roots.In addition to the size of the pot, you must take drainage into consideration. Around 90% of indoor plants are over watered, causing some to die. When a plant is watered too much, or if the water doesn't drain quickly enough, diseases can infect the plant more easily. Mold, mildew, and fungus all thrive in damp conditions, for example.