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Step 5

Planting Secrets

There's an adage among gardeners: Dig a $10 hole for a $5 tree. In other words get your new treasures off to a great start by planting them right: Dig a hole at least twice as wide as the pot, but no deeper. Check out more tips for annuals and perennials, bulbs, and trees and shrubs.

Time-Saving Tip:

Fill your planting holes with the soil you dug from them. Resist the temptation to fill the holes with rich, amended soil. Otherwise, roots may not grow outside them.

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