Re: nursery critters
- Subject: Re: nursery critters
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:26:31 EST
In a message dated 3/15/02 3:53:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mygarden@easystreet.com writes:
<< 2) the Marchantia (liverwort) that grows on the surface soil of the pots
all
winter long. There is nothing to be done about it at this time except to
scrape it off by hand and trash it. This is very labor intensive and
annoying to say the least. Pots that sit on benches or gravel are
unaffected, pots that sit on soil all winter are VERY effected. If I had
the space, I would build a lot more shelves! >>
You guys can keep your great big slugs out there in the PNW. I have very
little trouble with slugs for reasons I could not explain, just don't have
many of them.
Maybe all those voles and mice eat them, we have lots of voles and mice.
The liverwort is interesting as the only time I see it is when I buy a plant
with liverwort growing in the pot. I always remove it as thoroughly as I can
as the rock gardeners are very adamant about this creature, I don't know
where to classify it, being highly destructive in cold frames, pits and
greenhouses. I don't think, I really am not sure of this, that it does not
overwinter in zone 4. However, we do buy plants and see plants in garden
centers with it.
What is the end result of your not removing liverworts from potted plants? I
don't think I have ever seen true death of any plant due to liverwort growing
on pots but then I have never seen year 'round growth. I have not had an
indoor plant or conservatory plant carry over liverworts, all out pots are
grown very cool.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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