The Garden Under Glass
Forfatter: William F. Rowles
År: 1914
Forlag: Grant Richards Ltd. Publishers
Sted: London
Sider: 368
UDK: 631.911.9
With Numerous Practical Diagrams From Drawings By G. D. Rowles And Thirty-Two Illustrations From Photographs
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36o THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS
Overpotting.—To overpot a plant is to remove it to a larger size of pot before it is ready for the shift or before it has filled the soil in the smaller size with roots. It is an evil wliich young gårdeners or over-zealous amateurs are likely to indulge in because they wish to grow the plants quickly into large speci-mens. The evil is intensified if bad watering is practised afterwards, and it is this which usually causes the trouble. Until a plant has nicely filled the soil with roots it should not be put into a larger pot.
Perennial.—A plant which grows on year after year is called a perennial, to distinguish it from an annual, which lasts one year, or a biennial, which lasts two years.
Picotee.—A term applied to a flower which has a very narrow fringe of another colour along the edge of the petals. It is used chiefly with regard to carnations of the border section.
Pinch.—To pinch a plant is to cut off the top of the growing shoot. It is called pinching because it is usually done with the thumb and finger when the wood is soft, and the object is to induce side growths to be pushed out to form a bush-like plant. Pinching should not be done immediately after pot ting, else the plant will have to withstand a double check. It is advisable in the case of a plant with several side growths to pinch them all at the same time, to induce the formation of an evenly balanced plant.
Pits.—Brick enclosures covered with lights which slide up and down to admit air and for purposes of attending to the plants. Pits may be heated with hot-water pipes or with heating material. See pages 29 to 31.
Plunge.—To put a pot plant up to the rim of the pot in some material such as garden soil, cocoa-nut fibre, coal-ashes, or leaves. This is done to protect the pot from frost or to prevent the soil drying out quickly during hot weather
Pot-bound.—When a plant has filled the soil in a pot with roots so as to form quite a mat of them and a solid ball it is said to be pot-bound. It is a sign that it requires removal to