Let's get our 2009 plant sale off to a great start by dividing, potting, making cuttings through the late spring, summer and fall this year! Plants that are well established in their pots do better and can bring a better price. Places to grow and keep them you can place them on a patio, near a walkway, on the driveway, behind a shed or any place you can water if need be. They will live and do well. Fertilize them with Osmocote or Nutricote and keep them growing healthy. Grow and groom them, write out your Registration forms and bring them one to two days before the sale. All your work is done over a long period of time, and the sale will have wonderfully potted plants that can bring more money than one hurriedly dug and planted. If you have taken a picture of them, include it.During the season when your dividing iris, daylilies, amaryllis, etc., why not pot several for the plant sale. Mark the name, color and growing conditions on the label. Markers can be made out of plastic spoons, plastic knives, strips of white plastic bottles and old Venetian blinds. The marker should be a paint marker or a professional permanent marker. The professional ones are at office supply firms and sell for about $3. Prepare several pots of media ahead of time and place them near where you do your potting, so when you are dividing or making cuttings from a plant, a pot is ready and there. These potted plants can be grown on outside with water close by. This idea can saved you some time and work, and keep your cuttings unwilted and extra plants healthy and growing. If everyone will grow 10 to 15 plants next year, a grand sale it would be! Letıs see what we can do ALL OF US! Myna Boggan - Plant Sales Chairperson + 06/22/2008 |
