The Perfect Mixes for Container Gardens
Diggers Guests | Members Webinar SeriesAbout this experience
In this webinar, Peter will discuss the role that growing media play in successfully growing plants in containers. He will explore suitable mixes for vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs, as well as the management issues commonly associated with container growing. Time will be set aside at the end of the presentation for questions.
During the session, you will learn how to identify the quality of bagged retail potting mixes, understand potential health issues associated with potting mixes, soil and compost and how to minimise exposure risks, construct and evaluate a homemade growing mix, and effectively fertilise container-grown plants.
Your Host
Peter May graduated with degrees in agricultural science from the University of Melbourne and then taught at the Burnley Campus of The University of Melbourne for 30 years, lecturing in the fields of soil science, nursery production, and landscape horticulture. He was Head of Campus when he retired in late 2005.
After retiring he ran a successful consultancy business providing specialist advice in a range of areas including urban and landscape soils and the management and maintenance of landscape plants. He has been an avid home gardener in Central Victoria (with both ornamental and productive gardens) for many years.
His garden has been open on a number of occasions. His favourite vegetables are tomatoes and radicchio, his favourite fruit are grapes and home-grown Anzac peaches.
