Al Tapla

Al Tapla in Bay City, MI is a very active participant on several gardening forums. Al has been sharing his knowledge about container gardening soils and fertilizers in a series of posts and then answering reader's questions for many years.

GardenWeb

Container Gardening Forum. His user ID is: tapla. His major posts and articles are:

• Container Soils - Water Movement & Retention XV
• Fertilizing Containerized Plants
• Help Dealing with Water-retentive Soils
• How Plant Growth is Limited

Daves Garden

Container Gardening Forum. His user ID is: tapla His Major posts and articles are:

• Container Soils: Water Movement and Retention II
• Container Soils and Water Movement in Containers (long post)
• Container Soils - Water Movement and Retention III