Beginner question about bare root plants, can they be saved?
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Comments (10)When pinching plants to maximize foliage density and/or promote lots of branches, it's a pretty safe bet that if you allow the branches or vines to extend to 4 or more leaves before cutting the branch back to 2 leaves, there is little chance of die-back. New branches should grow from both remaining leaf axils, doubling the number of branches with each pinching operation. You need to be careful with rooting hormone. There are several synthetic forms of auxin (rooting hormones are synthetic forms of this hormone/growth regulator) that act as defoliants if used excessively. The infamous agent orange defoliant used during the Viet Nam war was simply synthetic auxin. The broad leaf herbicides like Weed-b-gone are also man-made forms of auxin. A 30 second dip in a 10% solution of unscented household bleach or a 10% solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide, or a dusting with powdered sulfur would have been an excellent way to combat the fungaluglies that cause root rot. Bare-rooting and repotting (hopefully into a fast draining and durable soil) was a good thing. Al...See Morebare root planting question
Comments (10)in my z5 MI.. the 'pips' are all above ground ... if you look close on a bare root plant .. you will see roots ... and you will see pips/eyes ... there is actually.. a third part.. and that is the potato-like interface between the two.. and that is the crown ... and the crown should be .. basically at ground level ... on smaller plants.. check back in fall.. and make sure they didnt sink ... some hosta are rhizomatic ... they grow on underground runners.. and those are planted differently .. but my best suggestion re planting.. PLANT ROOTS DOWN... they do a lot better that way ... though.. it wont actually stop them.. if you do it the other way .. lol ... in fact.. wait for it.. if you throw on of them on the driveway.. with a small heap of soil.. it will actually grow there ... so dont waste to much energy 'worrying' about them ... and given basic soil that drains.. just try to drown them.. and they will thrive ... come back often.. we are great enablers ... ken ps: i hope that wasnt 20 of one kind.. thats an anathema to my collector bones .......See MoreCan I plant bare roots now?
Comments (10)Sitting at room temperature in CostcCo they have become "forced" and sprouted prematurely. So now you have to keep the unseasonal new growth protected from frost. Maybe waiting until after the nights in the 20s F. predicted for the next few days are over and then planting out with some moderate protection like those waxed paper "hot caps" to hand would get you by. When I've bought packaged perennial roots locally in order to get specific varieties without hunting around for them I've found the divisions to be small and weak. Treasures brought from the NW Flower & Garden Show and planted here on Camano threw up one or two tiny shoots and then disappeared. This includes items like astrantias and day lilies that are ordinarily quite willing. A packaged Rheum chunk I bought there this year turned out to be small, rubbery and bearing a couple small shoots off to the side - in other words looking like more of same. I've also gotten bags of under-sized bulbs off the racks at CostCo. It seems suppliers cannot be counted on to send top grade material when it is packaged and more or less out of sight (the sprouting packaged perennials at CostCo can be seen to be dinky right on the racks); so whenever possible it is preferable to buy roots, bulbs or growing plants that can be examined before purchase. You take the same risk with mailorder. Stock coming through the mail can be be found to be dismayingly small when received....See MoreQuestion on when to plant bare root roses
Comments (6)I am near Jax (NE FL) I just planted two bare roots into pots a few weeks ago. They just went through two frosts at 26F and had no problem. They are leafing out nicely. ~SJN...See More- 6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
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