Native Plants in Containers
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dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
wisconsitom
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Watering container plant when the soil is too dry?
Comments (10)I have 50 one gallon pots with lavender grown from seed last year. I had planned to donate them to a non-profit plant sale usually held in June. The group decided not to have the sale this year. The pots are now full of roots and impossible to water enough to maintain the plant. I have over the last two days soaked them all, 8 at a time in an old wash tub. I will now root prune them and add new soil and time release fertilizer and also cut back the foliage about 25% to get them in condition for my next plant sale in October. Timing is everything in the nursery business even if it is all donated. Al...See MoreNative plants for drought - Native Plant Event - IL
Comments (1)Hope it went well....See Morewhat natives have worked in containers for you?
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Comments (1)I am growing plants in California. The two environments are Coastal Sage Scrub, and mixed High Chaparral/ Singleleaf - Quad Leaf Pinyon Pine Zone. The Native Plants here are adapted to wet Winters and dry Summers. The Shrubs and Trees are sensitive to moisture and nutrients ( timing and quantity). A shrub in the wild may live 50 to 100 years in the wild. But decline and die less than 5 years under garden conditions. More people have killed their plants with water or fertilizer. I hear “ But I only gave a little fertilizer or water”. The challenge is create the optimum conditions in a container for the plant for the time of year. These plants are stress circumventors type plants, They have an active and dormant period. We can use stresses both nutrient and moisture to trigger bud set with a hardening phase. After the Harding Phase( started in Late July or August for about 4 weeks) , the moisture/nutrients levels can be increased slightly( maintance level) to build stem caliper and roots. The plant will not make new stem growth with the increased nutrients if properly hardened. Originally the plants were conditioned to be outplanted to survive without irrigation. Currently seeing if it is necessary, and developing methods to duplicate the Chaparral in containers....See More
Wild Haired Mavens
7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI have some Coastal Live and Interior Live Oaks growing from acorns in SC7 conetainers this year. Plus like various wildflowers.The challenge has been the irrigation during the summer dormancy period of CA natives, in permanent larger Containers . I am trying minimal capillary irrigation Sub/Wick or Sand Wicking Beds at lower moisture levels. Trying to duplicate natural capillary water in Native Habitat. Manzanita and other chaparral species are subject to root and disease problems during the natural dry periods. The normal wet periods are winter and early spring. Also promoting good Mycorrizhae health in the growing mix. Feeding with light mulch type methods. Using fertigation at about 20 to 30ppm N for seedlings in conetainers. Link to free Nursery Manual.
Nursery Manual for Native Plants
Photo of some Manzanita , Mountain SageBrush seedlings from seed.
Growing Medium (1:1) Peat: Vermiculite with Perlite Mulch SC10 cells, constant Fertigation with 30-50ppm N MiracleGro 15-30-15
Outplanted Big Berry Manzanita(from rooted Stem Cutting) 3th year
wisconsitom
7 years agoWild Haired Mavens
7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoWild Haired Mavens
7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoSome Misc Photos I came across, of my Property 7.5ac and various Native Plants used for seed sources. Big Berry Manzanita, Mountain Sage Brush, RedShanks,Scrub Oaks, etc. Planted 350 tree seedlings that season.The area had Native Pinyon Pines , destroyed by fire started from the Cauhillla Indian Res about 80 years ago, just starting to regenerate slowly. The Pinyons grow about 1 to 2 in per year. Mountain Sage Brush is a Nitrogen Fixer and Nurse plant for Conifers. I will get back to the mountains I hope :-)
Transplanted Pines raised from seed in conetainers 3rd year outplanted Cauhillla Mtn. in Background.
Coulter Pines 2nd year form seed, with CA Incense Cedar in Background.
Growing Mix is 1:1 Sphagnum Peat:Vermiculite
Jeffery Pines Transplanted 2nd Season from seed into larger Styroblock
dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoSoil Mixes for Natives
from Yerba Buena Nursery
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThe size of coarse perlite , 1/8-1/16 in size is good. Some seeds like to be surface sown,and need light to germinate. The above mix works out to 2 Parts Perlite to 1 Part (Bark fines or Sphagnum Peatmoss). I use a 50/50 Peat/Perlite mix of ProMix HP for seed starting. Also use bottom watering for seed germination.
The seeds are sown on growing medium surface, a mulch of perlite,grit ,or sand is used to cover seed. This keeps a humid,but not wet environment around seed. Also keeps stems drier, and prevents damping off problems. I not sure if salvia like surface sown without the mulch layer. I have grown CA Black sage, and CA White Sage.
Many Salvias need light for germination, just press into suface of soil mix. Can mulch with perlite later after gemination has occured. germinate-salvia-seeds
Addition: It was found that Clay Pot Irrigation worked well for Seed propagation for remote sites http://scc.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AlternativeIrrigationSystemsForAridLandRestoration_Bainbridge_.pdf
dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoUpdate Photo of the Coastal and Interior Live Oak seedlings from acorns (3 mo old) in SC7 cells, growing medium 1:1 Peat:Perlite, 30ppm N ferigation weekly with Dr Earth 4-4-4 liquid fertilizer. Will move plants to larger D27 Deepot conetainers in about a month.
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