On 5/6/08 17:59, in article net,
"Tom" wrote:

K wrote:

Try Nicotiana - the white forms, or Nicotiana silvestris. Powerful
scent, and much bigger plants than night scented stock. Different scent,
so nice to grow both.


Hey brilliant, THANKS a lot for all the advice.

Out of interest, what is the reason for gradually using larger and
larger pots, rather than just putting them in large pots straight away.

I know using larger and larger ones is the correct way to do it - I just
don't know why :-)

Very basically, if you put them in huge pots to begin with, they drown - too
much water to too little root system=rot=death of the plant. It's a bit
like people watering houseplants and letting them stand in water in the pot
container. They get to a point where they can't take up more water but the
compost is still wet so they just rot off and die.

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