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Bought starter plants.....now what
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miclino 5 MI (
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Sat, Jul 9, 11 at 15:50
| At the local nursery, I bought a bunch of perennials on sale in 2 inch pots. Less than a dollar each. I;m guessing it would be a bad idea to put these in the ground? Do they have to go in pots? What if I water daily after putting them in the ground. Of course I would wait for this 90 degree weather to pass.
I got multiples of agastache heatwave, solidago baby gold, penstemon husker;s red, red phlox etc |
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RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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| Forgot to add, most of the plants appear to have overgrown their pots and then been hacked back. Also forgot to mention centranthus ruber. |
RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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- Posted by jnfr z5b CO (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 9, 11 at 17:13
| They'll probably suffer from the heat even worse in those small pots. At least around here once the heat hits it fries anything in a tiny plastic pot. I'd get them either into the ground (maybe keep them shaded from full sun for a few weeks) or at least into larger terra cotta pots that you can pull out of the direct sun. |
RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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| Nothing gets shaded for a few weeks in my garden, a couple of days, maybe, if the weather isn't cloudy for a few days. Be sure to keep them moist. The thin CO air must make the sun more intense. If you don't put them in the ground, repot. Plants that are root bound will not grow well and you will have missed an entire growing season. |
RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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| If they were mine, I'd prune the tangled roots back and pot them into six inch pots with good potting soil. Maybe plant into the garden in fall. Little tiny plants are easy for me to miss out in the garden so I pot them all up. |
RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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| i agree.. losing them out in the general garden.. this time of year would probably lead to failure ... if you have space for a small nursery in afternoon shade... just a couple feet square .. which you could visit every day.. and water and give them the TLC... it would be cheaper than repotting them all ... in the heat of summer.. it is not 'plant and forget' time.. especially with your bedraggled bunch ... but if you can apply the constant TLC... in an easy manner [all in one place].. you can probably nurse them along until fall ... just go out every evening after dinner and water them ... i dont know if i would do the root surgery and all right now.. might be just too much shock ... since you have many.. you might do surgery on one.. stick the other in the ground.. and do your own experiments ... ken |
RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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| I have two 3x6 foot hydroponic growing trays, kept in dappled shade and filled with potting mix, that I use for holding plants I do not want to pot up, but hold to plant in the garden later. I have rotated plants through them for several years, both are full at the moment. I will buy two more when I can find them at a good price. Al |
RE: Bought starter plants.....now what
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| I had some large pots in storage and just put several plants in each. Will let the recover in a part sun spot. Thanks for the advice. |
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