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Re: nasturtiums

> Several nice folks have mentioned too much nitrogen can keep
> nasturtiums from flowering. I have a feeling that is my problem. They
> are in a bed with squash, which needs manure! Can I transplant them.
> I have just the spot along the garden border in front of royal palm
> trees. The soil in that area has not been improved, and I noticed
> that flowers planted there didn't do very well. Perhaps it's intended
> for nasturtiums. I have some in a flat I also canplant there. But I
> wonder whether the bigger ones can be transplanted at this point.
> They have been in the ground since November.


"They" say that nasturtiums should be direct seeded in the ground
because they are hard to transplant, but I have successfully
transplanted mine before.  You just need to be very gently with them.
I transplanted from my garden to a whiskey barrel because I needed
space for veggies in my raised bed.  The container was kept in a
shaded place until the plant became established, then I moved back
out to the sun.  A lot of the leaves died, but the plant still was
healthy and alive and quickly resprouted more leaves.  Anyway, it
can't hurt to try since you aren't having luck w/ them in the place
they are.

Kim Kiernan
kimk@pacbell.net
Laguna Hills, So. California

zone 9, Sunset zone 22/23
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