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Anyone planting out in Ontario??
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Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Thu, May 21, 09 at 3:46
Hello everyone, what's up? Is everyone so busy planting out? I did my first planting out today - one pot of petunias and one hanging basket of Nasturtium Alaska. I got the Nasties in a trade and WS'd the seeds because they looked a bit 'worn' but they all germinated and produced nice strong plants. I put one in my 'tree trunk' planter instead of the usual Lysmachia. I am looking forward to these petunias - I got the seed from a garden at Upper Canada Village. They were huge and a beautiful mix of colours so I hope they come true. We have had awafully cold weather here recently - frost for the last few morings and I lost my radishes which were doing quite well. Now I must replant. Suddenly this afternoon it became very warm - in the 20's - so I went out and started some planting and finished my 'moving'. It seems we always have to move after the 2nd year and the plant shows its true colours. This was a Monarda fistulosa which grew to over 5 feet in its second year - too tall for my 2 foot wide front bed, so it's now against my west fence. How's the weather out your way and what are you doing?
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RE: Anyone planting out in Ontario??
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| Hi Northerner Here in Ottawa we have been experiencing rain and cool temps, but needless to say I have been planting out my WS "babies". Greatfully everything appears to be growing, somewhat slow but hopefully with some sunny weather, summer will finally be here.
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| I have WS mostly native perennials, and they are still very small. I think I may plant out some but keep the rest in their pots for a while, in case the others die. This is my first attempt at WS so it is a learning experience for me. Some things didn't germinate very well. I think the pots got too wet, even though they have big drainage holes in them and I used porous soil. Others have germinated, but then have grown very little since. |
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| Hi Willow: I have planted out some tomatoes but found they have not been doing anything. One or two died even though I had them under clear plastic bottles for protection from the cold weather. Luckily, a friend brought me some of his plants yesterday - grown in a greenhouse. Like Ontnative, my native seedlings are very small - too small to plant out. We finally had two good days of sun so on Monday I planted out most of my veggies: peppers, tomatoes, long beans, okra and today I hope to get in my pole beans and zucchini. I had chosen this year to direct sow many things: parsley, cilantro, lettuce, nasturtiums, and morning glories but I fear it's too late for summer lettuce. I started Yvonne's salvia indoors and they may go in today as well. This may be a summer to remember for us in Ontario. |
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