Re: Cerinthe major redux
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Cerinthe major redux
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:17:57 -0500
Nan,
This is exactly what has happened to me time and again, until I wised up.
I couldn't understand why I'd lose so many gallon pots but the 2 inchers
would succeed. I sure could have saved myself some $$$ if I'd known this.
However, shrubs seem to be the exception to this for me -- is that what
happened in the research too?
Mary
MO zone 6
> Hal, there has been quite a bit of research (and I don't have the
> references at hand) that indicates that smaller plants go through
> far less
> transplant shock than do larger plants. They also tend to recover
> faster
> and adapt better to "foreign" conditions that they encounter in
> their "new
> digs" (forgive the pun). As I recall, the researchers found that
> after X
> amount of time, smaller plants tend to catch up with and even
> outgrow
> larger ones that were planted at the same time (and under
> appropriate
> experimental conditions of course). The take home message for us
> gardeners
> is that if you don't need a huge plant immediately (at the time of
> planting), then you are always better off to purchase smaller
> plants. I've
> seen evidence of that even in my own gardening. These days, I
> always go
> for the smaller plant and I am seldom disappointed.
>
> Nan
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