UHHHHH did you sneak in a few photos of his beds??. You know we count on you for recon.
I looked at the new photos he posted and his beds are beautiful. I really like the color and the lattice that he put up. Does he put his plants in those that he plans to sell? Or, does he use those for hybridizing? It just looks like I might have trouble reaching the plants that are in the middle of the beds. they may just look a lot bigger than they are. He said something about tree roots. This is the reason that I'm having problems with my pots. I have 2 maple trees in the area where my pots are. We babied these crazy trees for years. One of them we even dug up and moved when it was about 5 years old because is wasn't growing very well. Well, it worked they have gotten up to about 25' and have millions of roots that grow right on top of the soil. I had no idea why my plants just stopped growing. I even lost several seedlings before I found that these wonderful trees have a root system that only the devil had fun making. They grow right on top of the soil. It big root, some as big as my arm, have litterally millions of hairy spider roots that are about the size of a pencil lead and they invade my pots and take over. I've had several 5 gallon pots that had no soil(I have no idea where the soil goes to) left in them. Only a tumble weed ball, mess of roots wrapped around and around in the pots. some of these bigger pots took me hours to hand dig out the daylilies that were entwined in this mess. I have never cut down a tree without it being damaged or something along these lines, but these danged trees have to go. Freds beds would work really great with my potted plants, but it's just not an option now. These 2 trees provid much needed shade in the late afternoon, but I'm going to plant some pines and hope they grow fast!
Your seedlings are amazing. How often to apply the liquid MG? I've just got to find a better fertilize than the Miracle Grow slow release. It's a 10/10/10 Its says it will last "up to 3 months" but I think it's more like a month. I guess I'm going to have to buy a bag of nutricote. I see that that's what you are using(I had to check spelling and it said it was made by Florikan). It sure appears to be working. I'm already using the Alfalfa pellets.
Well, I have had a long day. I hope everyones is having a very Merry Christmas Season. Blessings,Mona
