Transplanting larkspur seedlings (zone 7)?
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Comments (18)Dublin Bay and I agree on this one..they reseed easily and don't need any special effort in planting them. In my garden the seedpods open in early summer so that is when I'd sow seeds. I leave them alone or sometimes scatter some in areas where I want them. The seedlings emerge in fall and are very hardy. They look a little like parsley. I too have to thin mine. They don't like transplanting but you can do it if you carefully dig up the little plant ..maybe get some dirt with it. If you do it on a chilly day with rain in the forecast they have a better shot at survival. Mine have come back year after year even after long drought, so I think conditions don't matter much during the summer since they sprout later....See MoreDirect sowing Pak Choi Zone 7B
Comments (5)I ran into this exact issue as well. I direct seeded about 100 bok choy a week and a half ago and only 1 came up after a week. I started about 20 indoors with damn near 100 percent germination in less than 3 days! I think the reason they want you to start them indoors in the fall is because one, its too hot outside for germination and two, growing in late august and early sept is to hot as well. I plan to set some out in succession to see how they do. I live in texas and am tired of all these hot days. I want to get my fall garden in the ground. hope this helps...See MoreWhat's going on in zone 7b for seed sowing?
Comments (3)I set cool weather annuals in the ground yesterday (which I started from seed in January): lobelia, Chinese forget-me-nots, Baby Blue Eyes and Calendulas. Hopefully these will get busy and bloom and be beautiful until early summer. Since we are having a week of cloudy rainy weather, but with temperatures above freezing at night, I moved all my summer annual and vegetable seedlings outside yesterday: all kinds of flowers, plus peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants. They will harden off in this weather without needing to be brought in and out, and the seedlings will develop stronger stems out in the wind and cool. I will keep an eagle eye on the weather for the next few weeks and cover things if it's frosty, bring them inside if it freezes. It is definitely not too late to start tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant. Mine were just started two weeks ago. Some folks are just doing it. These plants don't like cold ground. You want to wait until you are having night lows above 55 degrees consistently before you put them out. That's probably four to six weeks away for us here. My pansy beds are really getting going and are beautiful with hyacinths and daffodils blooming. I will be starting profusion zinnia seed this week to replace the pansies. Once temperatures are above eighty consistently the pansies are done and the soil will be warm enough for zinnias. By waiting this long, I can germinate the zinnias in the house and then grow them on outside. They grow faster and stronger that way....See MoreTransplanting Annual Seedlings
Comments (1)In the future when hardening off do both at the same time - day and night. That way they don't have to re-adjust to the extremes so much. So yes try leaving them out at night for a couple of nights and if they do well then I'd plant them. But watch them closely for that first night. Hardening off to both temp extremes is necessary. Dave...See Moreloveswindowsanddogs_gw gw
9 years ago
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