Any plant that looks completely dry and brittle has dried out so much it won't recover so go ahead and toss it on the compost pile. Soft, mushy, sometimes smelly, roots have rot. That plant needs to be thrown in the trash or burned. Once you've looked over your new bare root plants, soak them in a bucket of water for an hour as the photo above shows. Add a few drops of fish emulsion fertilizer to give plants a boost to start growing. The most common reason for potting up bare-root plants is because the weather and the soil are still too cold for them to go outside.
But you might also want to baby an expensive or temperamental plant by closely controlling the moisture and light levels. Growing it in a pot in a cool, shady spot for a while will help ensure its success.
Here's how to get bare root plants going in a nursery pot. Most mixes are made of sphagnum, peat and perlite, which drain well.
Now fill the pot part way with the potting mix and tap the bottom on your work surface to settle it. Then add the plant, fill the pot the rest of the way and tap it again to settle. Make sure any foliage that has sprouted is showing above the potting mix. It will green up in a week or so. Water your new perennial until water runs through the holes in the bottom of the pot.
To firm the mix around the roots, wait 20 minutes and water again. Avoid air vents that can dry out potting mix and foliage too quickly. But even though hosta bulbs are really just bare root plants, they are generally sold alongside flowering bulbs, as they can be packaged and sold in a similar manner. The most important factor in caring for newly-planted hosta roots is to keep the soil moist but not wet. This will allow the roots to access the water and the air they need to become established in their new home.
Check the soil on a regular basis to see if it is moist. Most hostas can be watered once a week, but they might require more frequent watering in the weeks right after planting and during dry spells as they become established. Adding a quality organic mulch like homemade compost can help keep the moisture in the soil by reducing evaporation and keeping the soil cool.
The compost will also provide a gentle supply of nutrients to the hosta plants. Hostas rarely require concentrated fertilizer products, and generally grow just fine with an annual application of compost on top of the soil above their roots. Mary Jane is a home gardener who loves creating healthy, welcoming spaces indoors and out! While the common daffodil is yellow, these cheery spring flowers also come in some stunning white varieties.
Learn about the different varieties of white daffodils and pick out your next garden The cuttings will be potted, so they could be carefully nurtured before moving to a more permanent location. A good fertilizer made especially for new plantings is sprinkled generously into the potting medium and mixed. We use M-Roots with mycorrhizal fungi, which helps transplant survival and increases water and nutrient absorption.
This medium is made right here at my farm with composted manure from my Friesians. Composting manure above degrees Fahrenheit for at least a couple weeks kills harmful pathogens, dilutes ammonia, stabilizes nitrogen, kills weed seeds and reduces any objectionable odors. As each bare root hosta is removed from the box, Carlos checks each one and untangles any roots. Bare root plants should not have any mold or mildew. The cuttings should also feel heavy. If they feel light and dried out then the plant probably will not grow.
After filling the pot about a third full, Carlos places the hosta inside, making sure it sits low enough to cover all the roots, but high enough so none of the green stems are under soil.
If planting bare roots, always do this before new growth starts. Hostas are low-maintenance plants that grow in hardiness zones 3 through 8. All varieties of hostas go dormant at the end of autumn and die back to the ground while resting. Carlos continues to plant the cutting into each pot. If they are in good condition, the plant should sprout leaves in the same year it is planted.
Here it is easy to see that this hosta is planted at the proper level — a trace of white at the bottom of the stems shows, but all the green is clearly exposed. The soil is then gently filled in around the roots, but not packed too tightly. Each pot is then fitted with a weed disk, which will prevent any surface weeds from growing, while also letting in water and lots of air circulation.
These are available at garden supply shops and online — they will definitely save time on manual weeding. Carlos places one weed disk on the top of each pot.
The disks should fit securely under the lip of the pot if possible, so light cannot hit the surface.
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