question time if you all don't mind
- Subject: question time if you all don't mind
- From: "Donna" j*@prairieinet.net
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:09:37 -0600
Since there seems to be many nursery owners and knowledgeable gardeners
on this list... Question time if you all don't mind.
A thought was proposed at our last wild ones meeting. (non-profit native
plant group) We use a greenhouse to start many of the plants for the
annual sale and have always waited to start the seeds. This years
thought was to start them now so they will be larger plants in late
April, rather than the small to plug plants we have sold in the past.
Some discussion of whether the plants would be too leggy by doing this.
Another comment was the survival rate of a larger plant going out to our
cold weather at that time of the year. We are in zone 5, IL- IN area.
For some unknown to me reason, everyone around here wants to buy plants
at that time of year, and most get stunted by the cold weather. (Last
frost day is end of May here, well most years anyways)
Thoughts anyone?
Donna
IL, Zone 5
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