Re: Help with H. americana!

I was kinda shocked to hear he was just getting his
plants this spring. Granted, most times the sucess
rate would be better with a quick transfer of plants
rather than having the elements kill off some stock.

The first year we did a plant sale, we got them a
couple weeks before the sale. it worked out OK, but
found getting them in the fall, and with the use of
the greenhouse, were able to break dormancy in Jan-Feb
and have lush and larger plants for the sale. The
plants were also much cheaper then and ready to up
size in the spring.

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Chris,
> Re > since I won't have as much of a 'growing on'
> period
> 
> Yes, I guess the first year is rough.  I remember
> Gene saying he gets most 
> things in the year b4 he sells them and grows them
> on before offering them. 
> In our MG nursery, we get our plants in mid April,
> first sale is near the 
> end of May.  At that sale we offer last years
> leftovers, plants from last 
> year that needed growing on, and some of our new
> plants.  Some of our new 
> plants are either so well rooted or simply quick
> growers, that we can offer 
> them in gallons.  Some aren't and we will offer them
> in quarts at a slightly 
> lower price so we can get our inventory worked down
> a bit. But we won't put 
> a plant out for sale that isn't reasonably rooted in
> its pot.
> 
> Some plants simply can't be sold that first year. 
> The Painted Ferns, some 
> TS Hostas, and Hydrangeas have to grow on for next
> year.  Your Hepatica may 
> fall into that category.
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Help with H. americana!
> 
> 
> >> That is one of the things that makes me come back
> or
> >> shop elsewhere in the future. I can't stand when
> I end
> >> up buying a 'plug' at the cost of gallons...When
> I was
> >> running the native plant sales, our pricing was
> real-
> >> you got what you paid for and we had a variety of
> >> sizes.
> >
> > Yeah.  Some of their other stuff was really
> impressive looking,
> > but some of it was puny.  But the Hepatica were
> really bad.
> >
> > They had packed the plants with long strips of
> shredded newspaper,
> > so in taking them out all of the plants were
> tangled and just
> > floating around in the box.
> >
> >> BTW, I do realize some plants are worth more than
> >> others, but don't advertize a large plant when
> you are
> >> getting a small one with some extra dirt just
> thrown
> >> in... which most likely is what happened to Chris
> -
> >> not enough root system to keep it in the pot
> during
> >> shipping.
> >
> > This is one of the reasons why I tried buying
> larger plants this
> > year; since I won't have as much of a 'growing on'
> period as I'd
> > like, I'm eating the cost and ordering larger
> plants.  But boy, they
> > got me good on this one.  :)
> >
> > I think I'll have to unlist it from my catalog. 
> :(
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
>
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