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Perennial Wildflowers
I'e grown 3 trays of perennial wildflowers ( 288 mini-plugs ) for a small
wildlife area. They're currently growing slowly in the greenhouse. Should I harden them off and plant them out soon or should I just leave them in the trays until early next year? I'm a bit worried they'll get overcrowded and turn weak and spindly if left where they are although they are growing quite slowly now so I may get away with it. Martin |
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Perennial Wildflowers
In article , Martin & Anna Sykes
writes I'e grown 3 trays of perennial wildflowers ( 288 mini-plugs ) for a small wildlife area. They're currently growing slowly in the greenhouse. Should I harden them off and plant them out soon or should I just leave them in the trays until early next year? I'm a bit worried they'll get overcrowded and turn weak and spindly if left where they are although they are growing quite slowly now so I may get away with it. I would overwinter in cool greenhouse. They won't grow much over the winter, and it's a bit late to disturb them by planting them out now. Don't overwater, pick of any dead leaves to discourage mould. You'll lose a few, but not as many as if you put them outside. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/ |
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Perennial Wildflowers
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:05:52 -0000, "Martin & Anna Sykes"
wrote: I'e grown 3 trays of perennial wildflowers ( 288 mini-plugs ) for a small wildlife area. They're currently growing slowly in the greenhouse. Should I harden them off and plant them out soon or should I just leave them in the trays until early next year? I'm a bit worried they'll get overcrowded and turn weak and spindly if left where they are although they are growing quite slowly now so I may get away with it. Your young plants probably would do best being potted on a couple of times, at the very least, before being planted in their permanent positions. Those mini-plugs would probably not survive in great numbers if planted out as-is, whether now or in the spring. It's tough on plants out there in nature. I have a long driveway (abt. 33'x300') that is semi-wild; it's wonderful, like a stretch of country lane in the middle of urban sprawl. I've put many a plant out there, but very few have survived the scramble for survival. So consider potting on your babies into, say, two-inch pots, and steadily potting them on as the root systems proliferate. When you have good, big, robust plants with well developed root systems, *then* plant them out. You may get to this stage in a few months with some species, but others may take a year or two. In the long term, you will have better end results this way. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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