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Mon, May 9, 11 at 14:26
| I was excited to find that a local greenhouse had perennial liners. I snapped up some Lupines, Burgandy Blanket Flower, and Liatris (gayflower).
now the big question is should I pot them up for a bit or plant them directly in the groud? Im in RI and the season is pretty short so I thought I should get them in the ground while the spring is still cool. |
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| I have a nursery bed for any plants that are not real garden ready. It is a raised bed of pure homemade compost. If you have terrific garden soil then I would plant them. I also use a root stimulator when I plant liners. |
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| Language barrier here. What's a perennial 'liner' please? |
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| Flora, 'liners' are tiny "plug" size starter plants grown from seeds or divisions. Usually sold in large trays with lots of cells. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, May 10, 11 at 10:22
| In the commercial plant growing world, liners are different from plugs, Typically, they are larger, more developed plants and are often sold in individual (but small) containers rather than in a large multi-celled plug tray. They tend to be more expensive than plugs, too. Those little 2-2.5" pots of plants that are sold as 'basket stuffers' are liners :-) |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, May 10, 11 at 12:05
| i have seen seedling trays that have one centimeter openings ... and they put one seed in each thingee ... i think of these as plugs... because once they are big enough.. they then plug them into something like 4 or 6 packs... which are then 'moved up' to 2 1/4 inch pots .... which are then moved up to quarts.. and eventually one gallons .... am i close??? darn.. which one are liners??? lol ken |
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| Interesting - thanks for that everyone. I had never heard or read the term but now I find it is used over here too. Mostly used in the wholesale trade for small plants meant for growing on before selling to the public. Learn something new all the time here. |
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| Because I have a short growing season but summer weather is hot enough to be hard on container plants, I plant liners directly into the garden, both shrubs and perennials and have had good success with doing that. I do have great soil, the classic moist and well-drained since it's got lots of organic matter in the beds but they are sitting on very fine sand. The garden is mulched so moisture stays even, though if we have more than 3 weeks or so without rain, I water. |
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