{"id":2368,"date":"2019-08-19T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2020-06-02T19:26:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:26:37","slug":"production-rice-hulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/production-rice-hulls\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s that in our pots? Rice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may nave noticed something different in our perennial pots recently. Covering the soil of some of the varieties we grow are tiny rice hulls. Sounds delicious, right? No, it&#8217;s not the starchy side dish.<\/p>\n<p>Rice hulls are a sustainable soil amendment with many advantages. Here at Christensen\u2019s Plant Center rice hulls are used mostly as a top dress to prevent weeds. Our perennial production department applies them at the time of potting. Used properly, they can help control a weed problem before it even begins. If you can manage to get more rice hulls in the pot than on your person, these can be very effective.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rice hulls\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" title=\"000_4697_683\" data-id=\"2373\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/000_4697_683.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rice hulls can also be used in the landscape. Mixed into the top 6-12\u201d of your garden or planting beds, the advantages include better drainage, water holding capacity, and soil aeration. And for all of you environmentalists out there, rice hulls are 100% organic and biodegradable.<\/p>\n<p>As a top dress, rice hulls are great for holding moisture and preventing weeds, but there are a few downsides. THOSE THINGS ARE A MESS! Once you open up the bale, you will find it in every pocket and every shoe of those around it. Also not the best thing to use on a windy day&#8230; We&#8217;ve found that the most effective plants to use it on have been hosta and daylily.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rice hulls on hosta\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" title=\"000_4698_683\" data-id=\"2374\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/000_4698_683.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the rice hulls work a little TOO well. With plants that cannot handle a wet crown, rice hulls should not be used. Since rice hulls are to be applied \u00bd-1\u201d thick, that can be too much moisture. For plants like sedum, rice hulls are not recommended.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rice hulls on hemerocallis\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" title=\"000_4704_683\" data-id=\"2376\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/000_4704_683.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rice hulls are a cost effective, easy way to maintain plant moisture and keep away weeds. Just not the best to have for lunch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Molly Lutz\" data-id=\"3023\" width=\"600\" data-init-width=\"600\" height=\"175\" data-init-height=\"175\" title=\"lutz\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lutz.png\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"175\"><\/span><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"175\" title=\"lutz\" data-id=\"2377\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lutz.png\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may nave noticed something different in our perennial pots recently. Covering the soil of some of the varieties we grow are tiny rice hulls. Sounds delicious, right? No, it&#8217;s not the starchy side dish. Rice hulls are a sustainable soil amendment with many advantages. Here at Christensen\u2019s Plant Center rice hulls are used mostly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,8,9],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-86","category-perennials","category-plant-care","tag-molly-de-la-rosa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3112,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions\/3112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}