{"id":697,"date":"2022-02-27T00:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=697"},"modified":"2022-02-27T00:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:19:33","slug":"butter-the-nasturtium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/climbers\/butter-the-nasturtium\/","title":{"rendered":"Butter the nasturtium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as floriferous as climbing or dwarf annuals, the tuberous nasturtium likes to have the roots covered with a good thickness of soil.&nbsp;Butcher it and don&#8217;t forget to train its twining stems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Material:<\/strong><br>hoe<br>watering can<br>support or stake<br>ties<br>secateurs<br>special liquid fertilizer for flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Advice:<\/strong><br>Nasturtiums like cool, but well-drained soils.&nbsp;Install a mulch of crushed pine bark or cocoa shells at their base to keep the soil water.&nbsp;This mulching also allows you to have always clean ground by hindering the emergence of weeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Good to know:<\/strong><br>Remove the flowers as they wilt to make room for new buds.&nbsp;Also, cut off any broken or withered stems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bring earth to the base of the foot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tuberous nasturtium exhibits little difference in vegetation from its classic root cousins, except that its tubers must be planted deep.&nbsp;With a hoe, bring a little earth to the base of the foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Form a mound<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Form a hill 10 to 20 cm high which contributes to the full development of the plant.&nbsp;Be careful, however, not to uncover the roots around the tuber.&nbsp;If necessary bring soil from another place in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monitor stem growth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water regularly, being careful not to destroy the mound.&nbsp;Also, watch the growth of climbing stems and help them hang on their support, either by wrapping them around the stake or trellis or by securing them with ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Water and fertilize<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not over-tighten your ties.&nbsp;Distribute all the branches evenly so that the coverage is complete.&nbsp;Two or three times a week, water abundantly and add special liquid flower fertilizer every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as floriferous as climbing or dwarf annuals, the tuberous nasturtium likes to have the roots covered with a good thickness of soil.&nbsp;Butcher it and don&#8217;t forget to train its twining stems. Material:hoewatering cansupport or staketiessecateursspecial liquid fertilizer for flowers Advice:Nasturtiums like cool, but well-drained soils.&nbsp;Install a mulch of crushed pine bark or cocoa shells [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climbers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}