First year hosta question
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Comments (6)Harry - I am about 30 min north of Philly not far from Tyler Park, so yea there is a lot starting to come up in my yard. And ken - pppppppppppfffffffffffffffffttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhh! LOLOLOL! I do have some plants that were dug last spring when it looked like I was going to move, then we ended up staying put. The good thing about being in this area is hostas DO overwinter well in pots and I can see 2 eyes on Ooh La La so I was going to split that one and send you a piece. There are a few more that if they come up with multiple eyes will be winging your way too..... and didn't your Mom ever tell you "Good things come to those who wait"? A...See MoreFirst Hosta Pictures of the Year
Comments (5)Oh McT, thanks for the early morning pick me up! They are great looking plants! Can't wait to see your future pics of them once you've got them planted. I'm especially looking forward to seeing what Maya Swingtime looks like unfurled. That was one I toyed with buying, but didn't succumb to it in the end. Thanks again!...See MoreFirst year kumquat question
Comments (6)Get it planted in a 5-1-1 mix as describe everywhere in GardenWeb. I put mine in a 14 inch tall 7 gallon bucket and placed it on the north side of my house so it gets 2 hours of sun at rise and set. My Meiwa is from Harris citrus in Florida. leave the buds on as I am with my profusely flowering Meiwa. MYtree is growing very aggressively and as long as it is growing so well I will leave plenty of fruit on it. Kumquats grow slower than their rootstocks and will have energy to grow at full speed and still have rootstock energy to push and ripen the fruit. I will thin my fruit to about 10 max so that the plant growth does not slow any....See MoreQuestion: First year pruning
Comments (13)Thank you, gardengal48 and NHBabs. I guess what is confusing about various recommendations/instructions out there is that by the time clems have grown 1G plants in a pot (where their root growth is by design "contained"), they are probably no longer "first-year clems" and the "first-year special pruning to promote new plants' root growth" instruction may not apply when they are finally planted into the garden... I think what I'm going to do with mine is to prune to keep them to 16-24 inches high this season anyway (I think I'll wait till they reach 10-16 inches), and then replant them much deeper this fall or early next spring. Per some threads about transplanting clems in the clem forum here (though it's not "trans-" in my case... just dig deeper at the same spots) it sounds like it is doable even to well established ones, so I'm assuming my one year old clems hopefully will respond well... Do you think this is a good idea, and if so, which would be preferable, replant this fall or next spring?...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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