i got these recently and have no idea which way up or how deep they should be??
do the sprouting bits need to b above or below the soil?
Hi Hefty
What are they?
The brown bits are root, bury them
The white bits would have been green bits in day light. Hard to say how deep without knowing what. Those white bits may turn green or die back, I'd nurture them for a while before you plant them out.
White shoots at the top sticking out of the ground.
Roots in the ground.
Don't worry about the white shoots being wonky - they'll straighten themselves up.
Think I'd grow them on in pots until they get a bit bigger to protect them from slugs and inclement weather.
Snap Nut
ok great to know thanks, i didnt want to put them in the wrong way or anything, and yeah maybe ill pot em up first for a bit
top pic is an Astrantia and the 2nd pic is a Coneflower
many thanks!
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top pic is an Astrantia and the 2nd pic is a Coneflower I would never have guessed
I would never have guessed
dunno what id do without all the help on this forum!!!
That's the advantage of sowing in pots rather than the bags aym. The plants know which way is up
There's the difference. I don't use a fridge, I use outside I sometimes bag them, pot as well, if I think they'll get eaten
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Hi Hefty
What are they?
The brown bits are root, bury them
The white bits would have been green bits in day light. Hard to say how deep without knowing what. Those white bits may turn green or die back, I'd nurture them for a while before you plant them out.
In the sticks near Peterborough
White shoots at the top sticking out of the ground.
Roots in the ground.
Don't worry about the white shoots being wonky - they'll straighten themselves up.
Think I'd grow them on in pots until they get a bit bigger to protect them from slugs and inclement weather.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Snap Nut
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
ok great to know thanks, i didnt want to put them in the wrong way or anything, and yeah maybe ill pot em up first for a bit
top pic is an Astrantia and the 2nd pic is a Coneflower
many thanks!
In the sticks near Peterborough
dunno what id do without all the help on this forum!!!
That's the advantage of sowing in pots rather than the bags aym. The plants know which way is up
In the sticks near Peterborough
There's the difference. I don't use a fridge, I use outside
I sometimes bag them, pot as well, if I think they'll get eaten
In the sticks near Peterborough