Moving Seedlings

I think the front garden turned out very nice this year. The white flower is Phlox 'David', the low plant in front is Scaevola 'Diamond'

He has decided to live in my pond, and I'm thrilled!!

Every year I set the very reasonable goal of getting everyone moved about and planted by Memorial Day. That gives me about 6 weeks of frost free planting. I have the whole summer to focus on deadheading, watering, controlling pests and still have time for fun in the sun. I’ve never been close to meeting this goal. So here we are in the second half of June. The temperature has been in the mid 90s most of the month, and although we are finally getting some rain, we had 3 weeks with less than 1/2 inch total. My little seedlings were saying, “Damn it’s hot!! How about a drink?” And I answered, “OK, then let’s pack up and move!” Then they said, “You crazy girl!!” So here is how I coaxed them into going along with my mad scheme.

• First make sure to water them well the night before you move them. They need to be strong because they are about to be stressed to the limit.
• Move them either in the morning or the late evening. I prefer the late evening, but be careful when you water them in because foliage left wet overnight invites disease.
• Prepare the new home before you make them leave the old.
• The more roots you get the better.
• Cut off all flowers, and reduce the foliage to half. I usually cut the plant in half, but I have also cut individual leaves in half before.
• Water them very well to settle the soil around their roots and remove air pockets.
• Shade them for the first few days, and then let them get morning sun for a few days. Gradually increase the amount of sun, but cut back at the first sign of stress.
• Water every day for a week, then every other day for a week, and then twice a week. (Rain counts for water as long as it is over ¼ inch.) Again watch for signs of stress and adjust accordingly.

Cleome is a plant you only need to buy once. You will have LOTS of seedlings to move around the next year.

I'm late getting all these vinca seedlings thinned and spread around the garden.

Self sowers pop up all over the garden. Here are verbena bonariensis, 3 foxglove, nicotiana and black-eyed-Susan.

Shade is very important to new seedlings. Here I used pots to shade this parsley. You can put pots on the East, South and West sides of the plant. Remove the East pot first to let in morning light, then the South pot and finally the West pot.

Here I use wire and bags to shade some zinnias.

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I put stakes in the corners of the box to keep it from blowing around.

You can see how important shade is for newly moved seedlings. The plants in the back were inside the box, but the plants in front have been baking in the sun, and they're pissed!