How to grow grasses

They look like weeds, but they're plants that provide light and color year-round. And they don't require much care.

how to grow potted grasses

GRAMINACEAE

Grasses are truly special plants. They look like weeds, but they are plants that give light and color all year round, thanks to leaves and stems that never disappear. Furthermore, grasses are not susceptible to attack, as they are rustic plants, and do not require extensive care. But Let's see how they are grown, putting together both the late and early species.

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HOW TO GROW GRAMINACEAE

Grasses, very versatile plants for the functions they can perform (including that of creating a barrier in our garden) love the sun and do not need any particular care for their growth. cultivationThe soil may also be poor, but the important thing is that it is well drained and without stagnant water.

GROUND

Simply choose a good garden soil, with a mix of peat and pumice, and pour it into the pot after spreading a layer of expanded clay at the base to prevent waterlogging. Thanks to their simplicity of cultivation, grasses can grow well and live long even in a simple container. jar.

VASO

If you decide to grow grasses in a jar, the container must be wide and deep. Combined with plants grown in the ground, grasses in pots, with their feathery, soft and supple appearance, bring cheerfulness and diversity. Even during autumn and winter.
 

WATERING

Grasses need watering right out of the pot. Once established, water them only when the soil is really dry. If planted in the garden, they will tend to self-regulate.

PRUNING

To make them grow faster, cut them at the base in March. Otherwise, just comb the stems every now and then, and flowers buckets will come off by themselves.

FERTILIZERS

They're not necessary. If you grow your plants in a pot, replace the soil after a few years.

PESTICIDES

They are useless, because these plants, as we have seen, do not die from mold. Fungi, insects and parasites.

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