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Bamboo pot spacing
Hello,
I want to put some bamboo screening up as a screen from my neighbours. I have chosen Fagesia Muriela.
My fence is 3.5 m long and my pots are 50cm cube. My question is, do I need 2 or 3 pots. 3 would mean the pots are 50cm apart and 2 would mean they are about 70cm apart (assuming they are evenly spaced from the ends).
Would appreciate some advice.
Thanks.
I want to put some bamboo screening up as a screen from my neighbours. I have chosen Fagesia Muriela.
My fence is 3.5 m long and my pots are 50cm cube. My question is, do I need 2 or 3 pots. 3 would mean the pots are 50cm apart and 2 would mean they are about 70cm apart (assuming they are evenly spaced from the ends).
Would appreciate some advice.
Thanks.
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You'd be better off either with different plants or, instead of pots, spend the money on some timber to make one single container, 2m long and 60cm wide and deep and then lined with black compost or old compost bags stapled just under the rim to hide their edges whilst protecting the timber from moisture in the compost. It would require a lot of compost and regular watering and feeding but you'd have happier plants.
In your 2m planter, how many plants should I sow?
I'd be tempted to buy 2 good plants and split them to make 4. Take them out of their pots, water well, split in two with two forks back to back or cut in two with an old bread knife and re-plant straight away. Water well and make sure they don't dry out. Use a good, loam based compost to fill the container, maybe with 25% MPC for moisture retention..