Cleome transplants
Isabelle Hayes wrote:
>
> I have been wondering whether to move cleome because I just read somewhere
> that there should be 14 inches between these plants or their growth will be
> retarded, and mine are quite a bit closer together;
>
> I was debating whether the setback in their growth because of being moved
> would be worse than leaving them too close together.
>
> I was going to opt for leaving them; now I'm not so sure.
>
> Isabelle Hayes
>
> >And how many of you will move a plant over six inches just because it
> >isn't set quite in the right place?!!!!
> >
> >
> >Denise Leonard
> >Tanstaafl Farm
> >Greenfield, MA
> >dal@shaysnet.com
> >
I moved mine also because they were too close together.
Now the transplanted ones are really puny! Some are barely hanging on.
But I moved them in the heat of summer into the sun. So that is a big
factor to consider their survival.
My one I left behind is about five feet tall. The ones I moved are
abrely a foot and some are really no more than eight inches. I am hoping
in the fall they will catch up, but do not expect the mirical to happen.
I am glad I moved them away from the one plant because the beauty is
worth it.
Do you find the cleome an unpleasant smell? This is my first time
growing it. I have heard it nicknamed Skunkweed, but it is also pretty.
Rita
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