How to Grow White Rose Jasmine Indoors
White rose jasmine can grow beautifully indoors and scent your home with a heavenly fragrance. There are a few tricks to keep your white rose jasmine healthy and blooming that seem to defy conventional wisdom, but work well. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 3-gallon pot (with good drainage)
- Plant saucer
- Potting soil
- Transplanting root-booster food
- Watering can
- Indoor plant food
- Liquid kelp
Instructions
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Put 1 inch of gravel in the bottom of the pot to allow good drainage.
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Fill the pot about 2/3 full with soil before putting in the plant. Keep the soil loose to allow adequate moisture retention.
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Carefully loosen the roots so the outer roots are not pressed flat. Place the plant in the pot and add soil until the entire root ball is covered. Position the plant so it sits at the same planting depth as it was in its original container while having about 1 ½ to 2 inches between the rim of the pot and the surface of the soil.
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Follow the mixing directions on the label of the transplanting, root-booster food. Water the plant thoroughly with the solution, so that the soil gets evenly moist. If the soil settles lower in the pot after this initial watering, add more potting soil to cover the root ball and water again, letting the water flow through the soil and out the drainage hole.
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Place your potted jasmine in the plant saucer and move it to a warm, sunny location.
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Water once a week by pouring water over the soil's surface and filling the pot to the rim. Allow water to drain into the saucer, but not overflow. Leave the water in the saucer so your plant can drink as much as it needs throughout the week.
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Mix up 1 gallon of half-strength plant food solution (cut the measurements on the direction label in half). Add 1 tbsp. of liquid kelp. Once a month, after watering and draining, feed your plant 2 cups of this plant food solution.
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Tips & Warnings
The half-strength plant food is excellent for weekly feedings of your other hanging baskets and container plants. If you can, put your plant outside for the summer. Pick a warm, dry spot in full sun. In the fall, when nights start to get chilly, put your plant in an unheated room; rose jasmine can tolerate temperatures between 10 to 15 degrees F.
Jasmine is susceptible to white fly infestation if the plant is over-watered or in high humidity. Conventional rules for jasmine say to keep soil moist at all times, but this increases your chances of getting white fly or mildew.
