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Re: Languishing Seedlings

Please remove me from this list    Thank you but I don't have the time to
kee up with this. 




At 12:49 AM 7/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
>This is normal experience.  Both genera -- at least the nicer and more 
>alpine members -- put an inordinate amount of their energy into root 
>growth the first year.  Healthy seedlings seem to just sit there, but 
>they normally roar off the second year.
>
>You'll find that summer-blooming gentians [like G. septemfida and G. 
>paradoxa] can produce one or two flowers the second year [ie, 15 months 
>or so from germination], but really produce after that.  It's worth the 
>wait, since these are so beautiful, and they are long-lived plants when 
>happy. the little spring gentians [G.verna and allies] actually are a 
>little faster off the dime, but they are not so permanent!
>
>Drabas -- if they are winter-hardy for you, will also pay off over the years.
>
>
>You're doing the right thing -- just be sure to harden the plants off as 
>fall approaches.
>
>Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon
>
>On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, LNCrispell wrote:
>
>> This Spring I started a number of species of Draba and Gentiana.  
>> The germination was very good (Thanks, Rocky Mountain Rare Plants) and
>> they were transplanted into cell packs with no problem.  Since that
>> time, however, they simply have not taken off.
>> 
>> I've given them quarter strength Peters on a periodic basis with little
>> noticeable results.  Now I'm afraid that they won't be large enough to
>> take through the winter in a coldframe.  Any ideas??
>> 
>> 
>
>
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