The Number One Secret To Growing Plants The Big Chains Don’t Want You To Know!

In general, people love gardening, even if they are no good at it. Everyone loves to have plants around their home. Having a nice looking yard is one of life’s greatest pleasures. When you drive up to your home and see a wonderful landscape it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

And.. there is nothing like pulling up to someone’s home, a relative or friend and see a large garden. You see the tomato’s ripening on the vine, the sweet corn standing tall getting ready to tassel and spots that are empty where onions use to be. You see the green bean plants with blooms on them and… you can see in your mind the wonderful meal they will be a part of.

Then reality sets in… when it comes to growing plants everyone is not created equal. Everyone has had a plant that no matter what they did… it died.  Because of this one plant, we worry when it comes to caring for our gardens.  It doesn’t have to be this way. There are just a few things you need to know and you will be the envy of the neighborhood.

Success Begins Where You Buy Your Plants!

Where you buy your plants is the most important factor of all. Most of us buy from the big chains stores. This is where  your trouble begins.

It is not necessarily because the plants are of poor quality.  It is because most of the plants that are sold by big chains are grown in very large corporate greenhouses. These greenhouses are micro managed and typically run by computers with people following instructions. The problems with plants that are grown in this environment are they are spoiled ..  grown in a pot never to be exposed to the elements.

We have bought plants for landscaping our house and rental property. Our research shows when ever we get plants from the big chains they just don’t make it over the long haul. We follow the planting instructions, we use our landscaping knowledge and we still lose to many plants.

The best luck we have had is when we can find the plants grown in small nurseries. They seem to look better, be less expensive and moreover they are use to be being grown out of the pots. In other words, small nurseries don’t have the room (super large corporate greenhouses) to keep their plants indoors and we have to grow them in a field… the way nature intended.

When you buy from the small nurseries and take your plants home the transplanting doesn’t create the shock to the plants that it does to the super corporate plants. These plants were grown outside and are typically use to the natural environment. The plants you buy at the corporate chains have never seen a natural environment therefore it is a real shock when they are transplanted outdoors.

The key to buying plants is know.. your grower ask questions when you buy and you will have a much better chance of success when it comes to growing healthy..  beautiful plants.