remember that when you are planting a container you are dealing with a different environment than you are when you plant directly into your garden.
you have to treat the container as a micro-environment, not as part of the entire garden.
soak the plants you’re going to plant in the container in a bucket of water – push the pot into the water until all the air bubbles escape. leave the plant to soak while you prepare the container.
remove the plants you’re going to put in the container from the pots in which they were sold – use your fingers or a small garden fork to tease the roots apart. many of 