Re: transplant problem
- To: s*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] transplant problem
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:54:54 EDT
From: Liliaceae4@aol.com
In a message dated 5/25/99 4:35:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, cris@netcom.ca
writes:
> I recently received some siberian
> divisions which I potted in a bagged growing medium (Scott's seed
> starting/potting mix, basically a fine mix of vermiculite, peat etc.) to
> help them establish root systems. This should be an ideal situation for
> re-establishment of the root system.
>
> My problem is this (and I experienced it last year too). It is 20 days
after
> potting. Some of the siberians are now showing signs of wilting and
rotting!
> A couple of leaf fans pulled off as rotten at base. I don't want to lose
> these plants.
>
> What can I do to save them?
> What can I do to prevent this in the future? Perhaps a dip in 10% bleach
> solution prior to potting? I suspect the rot may have started when I held
> them in water for a couple of days prior to potting.
>
Hi Chris,
I don't think holding them over in water will hurt them. I have received
some in early fall and before I got them all planted the weather got too bad
to plant, so was surprised to find them growing happily in the water the next
May after being left out in many snow storms. But I have also found that
when I pot them up in potting soil and it gets hot too soon after planting I
will lose them. I lost my entire order last spring as we skipped spring and
went straight from winter to summer temperatures. I think that if we get an
early summer again, that I will plant in a Cactus mix in small pots so they
get real good drainage and then after they are established move up to gallons
in Supersoil, then plant out in fall.
Lillian
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