CULT: rampant growth, roots, & why pot?
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- Subject: CULT: rampant growth, roots, & why pot?
- From: L* M*
- Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 08:25:15 -0700
From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>
One additional advantage to starting new acquisitions in pots: Because
my growing conditions are so stressful, many plants don't do well. So I
can usually set out plants close together in the row. By starting them
off in pots, I get some idea of how rampant the growth might be so I
don't accidentally plant the few super growers 6 inches from each
other. If I had started JESSE'S SONG and SILVERADO in pots, it would
have realized they were both rampant growers and it wouldn't have taken
me 3 bloom seasons to get the labels straightened out after planting
them next to each other.
Identifying rampant growers: I've noticed that top growth doesn't have
anything to do with how well plants perform here, but root growth has a
lot to do with it. Growing in pots is a big help in sorting out the
tough ones to give more room - I set them out as soon as roots start
coming out the bottom of the pots (weather/soil moisture permitting).
The rampant growers put on phenominal root growth immediately. Poor
growers take forever.
And finally, the weakest ones rot in the pots and never have to be set
out at all. I only lost one this year, but didn't do much gambling.
What pots don't help with is identifying the cold sensitive ones, but I
suppose I could pop them in the freezer for that <G>
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
1/2 inch rain last week, finally. <40oF this am
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