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Liquid feeding in the Nursery

My water is from a well. We currently feed once a day and acid is mixed in with the fertilizer tank. We use Phosphoric Acic. I am interested to see if we are using the right feeds and such. Here is c…

Replied Jan 29

Liquid feeding in the Nursery
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I was just reading the Greenhouse Grower article http://www.greenhousegrower.com/news/?storyid=2963 About a grower sending liquid dosers to his retailers to keep the plants looking good. He said he w…

Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Jan 31.

Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.

How often do you water the pots? What do you do with the trees and shrubs? Some of the trees are to large for the greenhouses. Do you do pot in pot in the ground?

Replied Jan 15

Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.
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Just curious on how other growers overwinter their plants. We live in a very challenging climate. Almost 5000 feet elevation annual precip is around 12-15 inches. Our winters can be snowy or lately n…

Started this discussion. Last reply by Sandy Jones Feb 2.

 

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Sandy Jones replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
We are up in the mountains at 7500'. Putting the plants away for the winter is a major undertaking. We first cut everything back hard and then move all the pots to a low area on the property. (This area just happens to be surrounded by large B&B spr…
February 2
Steve replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Liquid feeding in the Nursery'
Shannon what kind of trees are you growing?
January 31
Michael Pawelek replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Liquid feeding in the Nursery'
Shannon, Depending on your starting soil pH, where you want to keep the soil pH and how long it takes to grow the crop are some factors in how much you need to reduce the alkalinity of your water source. When I saw your water test results above I ha…
January 29
Shannon Theall replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Liquid feeding in the Nursery'
My water is from a well. We currently feed once a day and acid is mixed in with the fertilizer tank. We use Phosphoric Acic. I am interested to see if we are using the right feeds and such. Here is copy of our water analysis: Soluble Salts mmhos/cm…
January 29
Steve replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Liquid feeding in the Nursery'
The pH of our water is 8.3 (Thank the Federal Drinking water Standards for that!) You must balance the pH or there will be trouble. We use Both concentrated Sulfuric Acid and Nitric Acid (not in combination but either one or the other. The Nitric ac…
January 29
Michael Pawelek replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Liquid feeding in the Nursery'
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January 28
Michael Pawelek replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Liquid feeding in the Nursery'
Shannon, I liquid feed at every watering and have been doing so at my nursery for over 25 years. How many PPM's (Part Per Million) one feeds and how often would depend on the crop being grow, time of year and soil type. I do "in house" soluble salts…
January 28
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Liquid feeding in the Nursery
I was just reading the Greenhouse Grower article http://www.greenhousegrower.com/news/?storyid=2963. About a grower sending liquid dosers to his retailers to keep the plants looking good. He said he wanted the plants fed once a week. Which kinda sup…
January 28
Carl replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
Here in southern Michigan we overwinter everything in coldframes if at all possible. At times we will double cover plants inside the houses for added protection during really cold snaps. It will get down to -10 for a few nights every winter and the…
January 19
Maggie Sauvain replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
I am in zone 4 in New Hampshire. We cover the nursery , after cutting everything back to pot tops, with one layer of blue tarping and secure it around the edges with boards and cinder blocks. We also put out rodent bait under the tarps. That's for t…
January 16
Mary Lou Hoskins replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
Here in Maine we are real cheapskates. Instead of a hoop house we store our perennials under our "benches" (pallets on cinderblocks) and cover the whole works with a material known as "winter blanket" (a heavy white felt) and a layer of plastic to k…
January 16
K Eller replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
It's gonna be work, but if you trench in the pots and then cover with winter blanket, a layer of straw and then winter blanket. It's worked for us.
January 16
Jeff Merritt replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
Here in the midwest - Illinois we do occasionly have some very cold temperatures. It has got down to -15 this winter but that is usually the extreme. We over winter our perennials in hoop houses. We pack them in tightly in rows and make sure they ar…
January 16
robin elstermeier replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
we take both our plants that we over winter pack them as tight as possible and cover them with 3 to 4 inches of loose leaves then water them down in an open winter we water them another time in december and january about 5 to 10% loss in maximum
January 16
Lamoureux Greenhouses replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
shanon all perennials shrubs we even stack things in crates and lay some of the trees down the taller trees we mulch in outside. we water about 4 times during dec to march. just water thim good when you put thim away.the only trees we winter over ar…
January 15
Shannon Theall replied to Shannon Theall's discussion 'Overwintering Plants in the Nursery.'
How often do you water the pots? What do you do with the trees and shrubs? Some of the trees are to large for the greenhouses. Do you do pot in pot in the ground?
January 15

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