TEABAGS👺
Teabag %&&££# technology!
I bought an osteospermum about six weeks ago and noticed today that it had made no growth whatsoever. The original buds are flowering, but that's it.
I had a poke around and found the dreaded teabag. The small cylindrical ones are the worst, because they're not obvious when you repot after purchase. By the time that you notice that something's wrong, it's usually too late to do anything about it. At least with the big, square ones, you could see them to remove them.
Be warned. Just because you can't see it easily, it doesn't mean it's not there.
I bought an osteospermum about six weeks ago and noticed today that it had made no growth whatsoever. The original buds are flowering, but that's it.
I had a poke around and found the dreaded teabag. The small cylindrical ones are the worst, because they're not obvious when you repot after purchase. By the time that you notice that something's wrong, it's usually too late to do anything about it. At least with the big, square ones, you could see them to remove them.
Be warned. Just because you can't see it easily, it doesn't mean it's not there.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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I dont know why they keep promoting the use of these. They seem very inconsistent
A friend gave me a little fuchsia that had one too, it languished in a little pot doing nothing for ages, when I spotted it wobbled a bit in the pot. Surgery completed it galloped away after teabag removal.
I don't understand, they do pull apart in little tufts so you can get them off and from around the roots that have managed to penetrate them with a little care, just some roots do not seem to like penetrating them. It seems a bit hit and miss.
But all the ones I have noticed because the plants have not done as well as expected, seem to have done better with the removal.
https://theanamumdiary.co.uk/2014/04/01/ana-garden-easy-grow-b-q/
Some plants do not seem to do very well in them, and do not manage to grow through them into surrounding compost as intended.
Hope that helps.
you know everything, nothing is new anymore and then..... Teabags for plants!! . How wonderful, I never knew (maybe not for plants but for me) we never stop learning. Thanks Anni and Ruby for explanation.
It's not just that roots can't get out, moisture can't get in!
I'm going to ask before I buy anymore. It's not just the big chains that have them now.
The only teabags l like come in a big box with "Yorkshire " written on the front.