Preparing New Plants for Pool Landscaping

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Jose Zuniga and I'm representing expertvillage.com we're going to be preparing the plants for it's new home we'll what is this we'll basically we have some plants that are in containers and there a little bit dry and what we need to do, we need to soak them this buckets that are half way with water. Let them brace for like 30 minutes or so now what your going to do is apply pressure to the container just go around it we're trying to loosen up the roots and when we pull it apart we don't damage the root system, we don't want to do that. Just gently pull it away, there we go you see how dry that is that's exactly why we want to soak them in water for at least 30 minutes. Place them down there it's going to rest for 30 minutes we want that moisture to penetrate the roots system completely. Another thing you can do before you start soaking them check for any dead leaves just kind of remove them you know pinch them away, kind of clean them out as you go. And do the same thing apply pressure loosen up those roots cause that's what we want to do, hold it, pull it gently, great another thing that you can do as well is try to loosen up the root system here so they can grow faster, just gently great lets place it here and there going to rest for at least 30 minutes. And this is how we prepare our plants for its new home around the pool area."