How to plant heath plants

Heath plants love acidic, cool and well-drained soil. Planting is an important phase in the life of a plant.

After having been grown in a container in a nursery, your plant will move to a new environment to which it must adapt.

Carefully follow each of the steps sequenced below.

This will guarantee that your heath plant will grow beautifully!

Planting heath plants

• Dig a hole 4 to 5 times wider than the clump of the plant you are transferring. Usually heath trees and shrubs are sold in containers about 6 to 10 inches across (15 to 25 cm).

• Break up the soil that was dug out, removing rocks and pieces of wood.
• Mix this soil with heath soil (⅓ soil to ⅔ heath soil).
• Let the root clump sit in a bucket of water for a few minutes to re-hydrate soil and roots.
• Carefully run your fingers or a tool to untangle roots without wounding them, since they usually tend to cross over each other.
• At the bottom of the hole, place a little bit of granulated organic heath plant fertilizer.
• Place your plant in the hole, carefully spreading the roots out along the bottom. If the soil is very chalky, place a felt mat at the bottom of the hole to create a pocket of heath soil.
• Fill the remaining space in the hole with heath soil.
• Lightly compact the soil
• Water abundantly.