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Container Soil Once you have a container, drill drainage holes if there are none. Fill with a mix of: No additional fertilizer should be required for the first season. Place and plant your Rock Stars®, add a decorative rock or two and mulch the soil surface with decorative gravel and water well. Watering your Container Because the surface gravel will always look the same, we suggest checking how dry your trough is by poking your finger into the soil. A small trough may need water almost every day during the warm part of summer, a larger trough about three times a week, as a general guide. Because the soil mix is so well drained, alpine troughs are fairly forgiving of being overwatered so long as there are adequate drain holes to get rid of any excess water. See the PDF version of this article for ideas on fertilizing, overwintering methods and remaking your alpine containers. Selecting Plants for an Alpine Trough
Think of your trough as being a miniature landscape, and let that guide you when selecting plants. Aim to build a little collection of plants with different forms or shapes. See our page called Right Plant, Right Place for more ideas on selecting plants with different shapes, plants with a similar rate of growth, and ways of extending interest over a longer season. |
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