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Rootgrow 60g Sachet - Highly Recommended to Ensure your Plant(s) get the Best Possible Start
Product Summary
CONTAINS MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI - A naturally occuring organism, Mycorrhizal Fungi has been benefiting plants in our world for millions of years. Rootgrow is a granular feed that is commonly used to promote vigourous and robust growth, even in poor soils
GIVES NEW PLANTS THE BEST POSSIBLE START - Apply rootgrow by sprinking the appropriate amount into the planting hole, then place the plant in the hole ensuring the roots are touching the granules. Once applied your plants will begin to thrive better than before, improving plant establishment and subsequently bettering flowering and fruiting.
INCREASES UPTAKE OF WATER & NUTRIENTS - Plants treated with Rootgrow develop a secondary root system, with the express purpose of seeking out new sources of water and other key nutrients that are required to keep your plants happy and healthy.
REQUIRES A SINGLE APPLICATION - Rootgrow only needs to be applied once, a single treatment will generally last the entire lifespan of your plants.
RECOMMENDED ADD-ON - We highly recommend this product be purchased alongside any order for plants, to ensure that they get the best start in your garden.
Product Description
Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi is an essential product that helps establish your plants, made with mycorrhizal fungi, a micro-organism with which trees have had a symbiotic relationship for millions of years. Once your plants are in the ground, it will develop a highly-active secondary root system, with the explicit purpose of exponentially increasing the uptake of water and nutrients, everything needed in order to allow your plants to flourish.
Flourishing Season: Flourishes in spring and summer, flowers in March - May
Water & Maintenance: Less watering required, low maintenance shrubs
Ribes are very interesting and popular deciduous shrubs used for their edible fruits and medicinal properties for hundreds of years. Elkington’s White is a recently introduced variety that forms a dense bush with striking white flowers and pleasant green foliage. This Ribes plant is tough and durable, it is self-fertile and native to North-west America. Their loose upright growing habit makes a perfect specimen shrub.
Ribes Elkington’s White blooms flowers in spring and provides berries in summer, hence it adds long seasonal interest to any garden. It produces thick green buds that open into very showy white flowers in pendent clusters. Its rich green leaves are slightly aromatic and have a stunning appearance that will add ornamental value in borders.
In summer, blue-black fruits will follow the faded flowers. Unlike its cousins, Elkington’s White is not thorny, hence making the cultivation of the fruit easy.
This plant will best perform in full sunlight and has its ability to fruit in semi-shade is remarkable. It can tolerate sandy or clay soils as long as they are well-drained regularly. In prolonged dry periods, water it moderately since it is shallow rooted.
Prune Ribes Elkington’s White only if required, immediately after the flowering. These are hardy plants, tolerant of late winter frost.
Their thorn-less stems make them wonderful informal flowering hedges. Ribes Elkington’s White is ideal for the back of a border in full sun or partial shade. Its fruits make delicious jams and jellies. These flowering plants grow carefree once established and provide multi-season garden interest.
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