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| I purchased a bunch of plants for planting. Most of them come in narrow plugs. When I pull them out, they appeared to be wrapped in paper or some sort of weave.
Here's what I did so far. I water the plugs, let it soak for a while and then pull them out by pushing them from the bottom. I then use a knife to cut off the covering. Pull off the dead leaves and then massage the roots to open it up. I dug a hole in the ground and popped the plug in. A day later, I had a duh moment. I realized that the spot gets pretty decent sunlight now, but when the tree leave come out, it's going to be in the pretty deep shade. I should dig out the plug and plant them somewhere else. I wonder if I somehow damaged them by cutting off the covering? Am I suppose to just pop the plug into the ground? Wouldn't the root be bound? Thanks. Paul |
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| It would be helpful if you tell us what kind of plants you ordered. Plugs as we refer to them in the growing trade don't come wrapped in anything but rooted cuttings often do. If they are rooted cuttings no......you do not need to 'unwrap them' but if you haven't majorly damaged the root ball it shouldn't make much difference if you had. Most plugs and rooted cuttings are meant to be grown on in pots to size up before they are planted in the ground as they are quite tiny when they arrive. I imagine you could have some success putting them directly in situ, but you would sure have to monitor them for awhile until they get some size on them and established. |
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| They are native plant plugs such as cardinal flowers. Paul |
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| It sounds more like liners than plugs. Some liners are in what is called "papers", something like papers on some cupcakes. They are to be removed, and generally liners can be planted directly into the garden. I would leave them where they are now. Al |
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