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Summary: Learn planting tips when pool landscaping, removing rocks and roots, and working with ivy in this free landscaping video.
Jose Zuniga learned how to garden from his Grandpa, who was an avid gardener and farmer. He learned all the basics from him, including planting flowers according to season, and how to...read more
"Hello my name is Jose Zuniga and I'm representing expertvillage.com and this is my favorite part planting the new plants in the planters around the pool area. Well we have our azaleas ready to go to it's new home we also have dug the hole and we removed the you know the rocks, of course the any other root systems that are going to be there, we don't want it to delay on the plant. Before we plant it I do want to add some coffee grounds because remember azaleas is acid lovers and this is just going to be perfect, wow just beginners there going to enjoy that. Now just pull out of the container gently you don't want to damage the root system remember we soaked them earlier so this is perfect. The ready to go to there new home place it in there, there we go gently, when you start applying the soil just don't apply pressure we want it to be loose because that way the root system is going to be able to take up that's what we want, we want healthy plant. Wow, this is great now when it comes to the Ivy just place it right here on the little hole apply soil, great this is what I'm talking about and that's perfect. It's going to go perfect with our tropical theme that's what we want, it's going to take up everywhere as a ground cover. Come on let's finish the rest and this is how we plant our new plants in the planters around the poll area."
eHow Article: Plant Landscaping Around Pool