Propagation: Hey, Brent???, 0 by Brent_In_NoVa

Brent_In_NoVa wrote:
Hey...a thread with my name in the title...I guess I should respond! ;-)

I guess in an ideal world I would prep new beds in the fall, plan the plants that will go in them, have exactly what I want sprout at the right time, plant them out in the spring, and my kids and dog would not trample the seedlings...for some reason this does not happen often!

When do I plant out my winter-sown plants? When I have time. I just planted a bed a week and a half ago. I will just have to keep them watered this summer. I will water a new bed every few days for a week or two, and then taper off to once a week. Summer is not the ideal time to plant, but with some work you can make it work.

I will admit that I have over extended myself this year. Maintaining a bunch of pots in this hot dry weather is a bit of work. I need to take an inventory of the plants that I will really use and find people to adopt the rest.

Here is a picture of the bed that I did. It is sort of a "butterfly garden". I actually planted these a few days before I was out of town for 5 days. I set up the sprinkler on a timer for while I was away and moved my potted up plants to the area so they would get watered as well. So far so good...everything looks fine even with the 95+ degree weather this week.

- Brent