Lesson 5: Learn how to plant & ongoing care ✏️

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Hi Robert,
It’s always really exciting when your plants arrive and you can start planting them out, but if you take a little time to make sure that they are given the best possible start, it will really pay off in the long term.
This week we’ll look at how professional gardeners do their planting. We’ll share top tips on how to prepare the soil before you plant, how to set out your plants to create fantastic displays, and how to look after them once they’re in.
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LESSON 5: FROM BOX TO SOIL: HOW TO PLANT
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Step 1
Preparing & planting
Discover how to get your new plants off to the best start with guidance on laying out your plants, how to plant, and watering in.
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What to do when your plants arrive
Crocus tip
As soon as you can, open the box and remove all the packaging around the plants, and if they need a drink, water them well before allowing the excess to drain away freely. If they can't be planted straight away, place them in a sheltered spot, away from strong winds and bright midday sunshine. While a shed or garage might sound ideal for this, they're usually much too dark, so instead, try to find some lightly dappled shade beneath a tree, a screened porch, or the base of a north or east-facing wall to store them temporarily. Keep them well watered and get them in the ground as soon as you can.
Step 2
Care & maintenance
Discover what you can do to keep your new plants happy and healthy with maintenance tips and plant care advice.
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WHY IS SPRING SUCH A GOOD TIME TO PLANT?
One of our plant doctors explains
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"Spring is the best time of the year to plant anything that isn't fully hardy (i.e. doesn't like temperatures below zero), because it gives the plants a full growing season to settle in before they have to face their first winter. It’s also a great time to plant out late-flowering perennials, which tend to be slow into spring growth - or settle hardy annuals into borders and pots."
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"Bare-root fruit, roses, hedging and perennials should go in before the temperatures start to rise, while later in the spring, more tender plants like the summer-flowering bulbs (such as dahlias) or seasonal bedding can be planted out after the last frosts have passed."
Lesson 5: How to plant
Share your progress
This is the fun bit: getting ready to plant. This week we encourage you to share pictures of your progress - how you are laying out your plants, your newly planted borders or pots.
Share your progress in the Lessons in Gardening group, on our FREE app Iris.
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Next Week
Week 6
In our last week we discover how to be a conscious gardener, aware of the role our garden can play in the wider ecosystem and how to manage our garden 'friends' who may take too much of a liking to our plants
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