How to Plant Pittosporum
- 1). Select a full sun to partial shade planting location with neutral to slightly-acidic soil. Till up the soil with a shovel and dig out a hole at least twice the diameter, and 6 inches deeper, than the root ball. If your soil is very alkaline, add a bit of gypsum sulfur to raise the acidity level.
- 2). Slide the plant out of its nursery pot and loosen the roots at the edges of the root ball so that they are not circling the root ball, but facing outward towards the new soil.
- 3). Place the pittosporum into the hole and spread the plant's roots. Back fill the loose soil around the root ball. Firm down the soil with your palms or the heel of your shoe to make good contact between the roots and the soil and collapse any air pockets which may have formed.
- 4). Water in the new planting well and maintain a consistently moist (but not wet) soil 1 inch deep in the soil.
- 5). Prune away any damaged or dead foliage with clean, sharp secateurs year round, as needed. Prune pittosporum for shape and size after blooming in the summer or early fall.
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