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Re: Itty -Bitty transplants

JErnst209@aol.com wrote:
> 
> This is my second attempt at getting this out to the list.  Can you not send
> out a post w/o *Replying to all*?
>

Karen,
Concerning the lilium seedlings, don't transplant them until they get a
true leaf or two.  With trumpet lilies and asiatics, it will generally 
take 4 weeks after germination for the first true leaf to appear. More
leaves appear rapidly after the first true leaf apears. Lilium seedlings
can be grown very close together - 10 in a 4 inch pot is no problem. 
They transplant easily, also.  If you must transplant them now, replant
at the same depth.  As the plants grow, they will pull themselves down
into the soil via contactile roots.  After 4 or 5 months in a 4" pot,
you will find the bulbs have pulled themselves at least half way to the
bottom of the pot.

David Sims  sims@dmi.net
 
> Here goes:  I have a mess ofHpericum tetrapterum which has germinated but the
> seedlings are so small!!!!  How does one tranplant them.  They look more like
> a moss covering.....obviously sowed too thickly....what do I do?
> 
> Second:  How deeply do you transplant the *Blades of grass* of Lillium 'Black
> Dragon'?  My fear was that if I transplanted too deeply they would rot?
> 
> Third:  Now that Cyclamen 'All the Year Round Flowering' has germinated, what
> do I do?  Again, how deeply to transplant and into what size pot?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Karen in MI, zone 5
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