Gardening & Landscaping
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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How do you amend soil around established shrubs?
I planted a gardenia (gardenia frost proof) in the fall. I tried to make sure I did a good job of breaking up the soil around the plant and amending the soil (planted it with a shrub soil mix). But, I don't think it's enough for the poor plant. It doesn't have the bright glossy green leaves it should have. So, I'm guessing more work is to be done around the plant. Any suggestions?
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Re: How do you amend soil around established shrubs?
You can topdress with compost, you can use an airspade or pressurized water to blast the area around the plant (loosens compacted soil) and THEN add compost, or you can lift the whole plant up out of the ground and check on what's happening with the roots.
If the plant came out of a plastic pot, it could be suffering from circling roots, which is a bad thing because they will never stretch out into the soil and grow away from the plant. If this happens, the plant has trouble absorbing water/nutrients. Sometimes this can be fixed with root pruning, sometimes not.