Hi! I’m a total noob when it comes to plants and I’m struggling with knowing what to do with the plants in our raised planter.
The planters:
– Full, direct sun for ~4-5 hours
– Organic soil from local plant nurseries
– Has drain holes and cans at the bottom to help the soil not get too waterlogged
The plants:
– Purple heart (planted within the last week)
– Mist flowers (planted within the last two weeks)
– Xylosma (seems to be okay and growing)
– Plumbago (started with 4, lost 3 and last one is barely hanging on)
Anything we can do to help these little plants? We water about once a week (sometimes two if the soil is dry). We added a makeshift shade for the mist flowers thinking they were getting too much sun lol. Any help or insight is appreciated! 🌿☀️
by hi_chanti
2 Comments
Looks like you could use mulch on top of the soil.
And the shade cloth looks like it’s too small to do much good. To be really helpful, it needs to be higher and much larger.
Looks nice tho, and the depth of soil looks good, so as time goes on they’ve got some room to grow.
Hiii where did you get these planters from?