Congrats on your propagation successes! Sounds like last year's attempts heaved over winter. Mulch or a thick coating of leaves should help.

The privet - questionable desirability.

where are you ron???

purp was right.. its called heave.. when the moisture in the soil.. actually heaves late planted stuff out of the ground ... they havent rooted in well enough to hold themselves in ...

and in z5.. where the ground freezes.. it happens repeatedly late in winter.. as the surface soil thaws and refreezes ... over and over again ...

to avoid such.. you plant earlier.. in hopes they will actually root in better ..

hold over pots.. and plant in spring ...

or develop a holding bed to stick plants into for winter .. for planting in soil in spring ...

a screened scree comes to mind .. its what peeps who grow alpines actually plant in.. very high drainage.. and avoids the heave somewhat becasue it is actually stone and heavy ... you would look for very fine scree ...

you could also put row covers.. or shade screen over the area.. to avoid winter sun on bare soil ... to temper repeated thawing and refreezing ...

and lastly.. look into nearing frames.. and do you sticking right in mother earth.. avoiding it all .. lol

and you thought.. the hard part was getting an actual root.. lol ...

ken

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I was wondering if they hadn't had enough time to develop a strong root system in the planter box I put them in and it sounds like I was correct.
My concern with our current heat wave is will they die if I plant them out now? Maybe place a shade cloth over them?
And you're right about that Ken! Rooting is turning out to be the easy part for me?

I was wondering if they hadn't had enough time to develop a strong root system in the planter box I put them in and it sounds like I was correct.
My concern with our current heat wave is will they die if I plant them out now? Maybe place a shade cloth over them?
And you're right about that Ken! Rooting is turning out to be the easy part for me?

where are you ron???

i wouldnt transplant in july/august...

early sept.. when night temps are in the 60' consistently ...

in most of z5.. that should give them 60 days to root in ... if not 90 .. it is suggested that even dormant plants continue to grow roots until the ground temps fall far enough.. or the ground freezes ... in z5

and i still think we should discuss the soil you are planting in ... both chunky clay.. and potting media have problems ...

ken

I am going to build several new 4' x 4' boxes to plant these cuttings in. I figured on filling them with top soil. Got any particular soil recommendations? My garden soil is basically clay even after a few years of amending it so I finally switched to growing in raised beds. One thing I also worry about is the nearly constant West wind I get here. Living out in the country that wind gets mighty cold at times in the winter.

What have you been amending with? Do you have a compost pile?

didnt i suggest you to look into nearing frames.. too lazy to reread.. lol ..

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ken

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