I GOT NEW SET OF SACKS, STARTED RE-BAGGING PLANTS IN TORN SACKS

The rains have started coming gradually, do you have plants growing inside sacks?  If yes, check if the sacks are worn-out or torn. If they are, it is advisable to use this period to re-bag before the rains become heavy.

If you don't, during intense rains the soil will keep pouring out from the worn out or torn sacks and this may affect the growth of the plant(s)  in them - nutrients also pour away from the the sacks and water run off fast before the plant(s) can utilise them.

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Having got new set of sacks, this morning I started again to re-bag some plants -

How to do it
Usually the plant will be at the centre - middle of the sack of soil. If you cannot lift the whole old sack of soil and place in the new sack, just scrape the soil at the edges all around the root of the plant. You may use hands, a cutlass, a shovel, hand-trowel , a bowl or small container etc

Ensure you don't directly touch the root of the plant(s) - leave some soil around the plant root so the root does not get detached or exposed.

Pour the soil you scraped off into the new sack. Then lift the plant from the base of the root or the sides of the root.

Don't lift from the top of the plant - it may be uprooted and you may then become difficult for it to grow when replanted.

Hence it is better to still have soil caked to the root of the plant as you lift and place in new sack. If there is any space in the new  sack, fill with soil, add manure and water.

See the pictures for the re-bagging of pineapple plant in my mini- garden. Afterwards I manured with plantain stump and peels.

One of the advantages of planting in a container is that you can easily relocate the plant into another container.

You can also easily move growing plant(s) to another place within or outside the garden to continue growing unhindered.

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