Setting out

In setting out purchased plants or juvenile seedlings, space T. serpyllum (praecox) types about ten inches apart, vulgaris types about one foot. Scatter a tablespoon of bone or cottonseed meal at the base of each plant and scratch it into the soil.

Heat either by setting out for a few days in a dark container in the warm sun, or heat gently on your stove. Don't simmer or boil - keep it 'live.' (Your house will smell a little too much like a beach). Step3 ...

Expand the menu by setting out chopped nuts, doughnuts, raisins, and fresh orange and apple halves. Treat creatures to a bit of home cooking by making muffins, bread and other snacks with nutritious additions like sunflower seeds and nuts.

First, you can try setting out some repellent. Though nothing has proven to be all that effective at keeping shrews entirely away, or may be enough of a warning to send them along their way.

Setting out Transplanting a seedling into the open garden. Scale An insect with a waxy shell-like covering that camouflages and protects it from enemies and insecticides. It destroys plants by sucking the plants juices.

When setting out container-grown plants, be sure that the soil is moist (not wet) and that you have watered the plant itself. One cause of loss in new plantings is that the rootball is dry and sheds water when irrigated.

You, the gardener, are setting out your new seedlings according to the sketches you made last winter. In the midst of all this new growth, it's easy to forget the quieter joys of the winter garden.

Planting a flower garden in Minnesota includes setting out flowers that are personal favorites as well as interesting new plants.

Before setting out that lawn ornament, ask yourself why are you putting it there and how it fits in to the context of your overall design and plant materials. Stick with one crisp choice, even if it is a little silly.

Starter solutions - Another way to satisfy the need for phosphorus when setting out transplants is through the use of a liquid fertilizer high in phosphorus as a starter solution. Follow directions on the label.

At that time the slips or cuttings are selected for setting out, as the cane is never grown from seed. On general principles we venture to suggest that final deterioration is probable in any plant which is never renewed from seed.

Either mix in 1 T. of Epsom salts into the soil at the bottom of the planting hole when setting out transplants or mix the 1 T. in a gallon of water and water the seedling.

Whether setting out transplants or sowing seed directly in the garden, for best results, choose a site with full sun (at least six hours a day) and good drainage.

Clay soils warm up very slowly in the spring. This characteristic can mean a delay of a week or more in planting seeds in a vegetable garden or setting out annual bedding plants, in effect shortening an already limited Saskatchewan growing season.

Growing Advice: After setting out the plumed varieties, pinch back tips to encourage branching and showier flowers. Prize Picks: Outstanding plume-type selections are Fresh Look Red and Fresh Look Yellow.

Amend the soil with organic matter and check your soil's pH to be sure it is not too acid or alkaline. If so, correct the pH before planting. When setting out new perennials, carefully spread out the roots in the planting hole.

When setting out plants in peat pots remove the upper edges of the pot so that the lip of the peat pot is not exposed above the soil level where it will act as a wick and pull water away from the plant.

See also: Plant, Water, Flower, Planting, Spring