This is the risk of buying plants from the catalogue: You cannot see what you are actually ordering! Does this mean you ought not to even try it? Some will say you should only purchase plants from your local nursery or garden centre. But what if you do not have one? Or what if you can not get the plants you need? Plants can be successfully ordered by you online or from a catalogue. Here’s how.
Most bulbs and plants that you buy from catalogues and online are smaller than these you may find at the garden center. This is because they’re typically younger than those at your local nursery. This will not imply that the bulbs or plants are not healthy. They are just young. Also, mail-order companies ship plants when they are dormant or when they are beginning to show some new development. Hint: Some perennials might be sent in a small pot of potting soil. They might also be shipped in sawdust and placed in a plastic bag. Bulbs may show up in net and wood shavings, while bare – root plants will come wrapped in newspaper or wood shavings sealed in a plastic bag.
Plants in pots should be watered more often than plants in the garden. In the nursery, our plants in 50mm tubes are water everyday in summer, every 2 days in winter. Due to the pots being so small, overwatering is easy. Plants dry out rapidly, and rapidly create root systems whilst having sufficient watering applied. All 50mm tubes are however under 30% to 50% shade cloth in our nursery, meaning they wont need watering as much as if they were in full sun. We always recommend keeping your plants in little pots from total, harsh sun until you pot them in to at least 100mm pots. As soon as your package arrives from the greenhouse, don’t be alarmed if the plants are shipped bareroot. Which means the soil was taken from the roots prior to shipping. This is done to lessen transportation costs. The plants won’t be hurt by this but after you receive them you will need to put them soon. Scrutinize all of the plants and if every thing is in order, they are ready for your garden. For those who have issues with your delivery, contact the greenhouse’s customer service center. Most functions are quite good about replacing damaged plants, but study the return policy because most will need the damaged plant to be shipped by you back to the greenhouse. Customer care figures are normally detailed on the order form, the packing slip or head to the site.
Plants and bulbs have to be unpacked and planted just as they arrive from any mail order nursery. A great greenhouse should provide planting and growing guidelines – ask for them when buying – or find them on the web. Any plants that arrive in tubes or pots should be immediately watered on coming. Plants should arrive properly packed with roots wrapped in damp tissue or in coir peat.
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