Potting Ranunculus and Anemones and Pre-Sprouting Dahlias!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Stephanie
Thank you Laura for introducing me to so many plants I have not heard of before and have now fallen in love with. I am now loving Ranunculus! I actually went to WalMart the other day, always have to go through the garden center and there were flats and flats of something new under burlap for upcoming freeze. My curiosity got the best of me and I thought, me being the Garden Answer follower that I am should probably peek under to see what was there. So many colors of Ranunculus! I let out a gasp and said, Ranunculus! If anyone else had been in there I would have embarrassed myself! Yes I had to grab a few and tucked the rest back in. I am enjoying them in the house now but can I plant these in the garden once it is warm? Also, will they continue to bloom throughout the season?
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Thank you Laura for introducing me to so many plants I have not heard of before and have now fallen in love with. I am now loving Ranunculus! I actually went to WalMart the other day, always have to go through the garden center and there were flats and flats of something new under burlap for upcoming freeze. My curiosity got the best of me and I thought, me being the Garden Answer follower that I am should probably peek under to see what was there. So many colors of Ranunculus! I let out a gasp and said, Ranunculus! If anyone else had been in there I would have embarrassed myself! Yes I had to grab a few and tucked the rest back in. I am enjoying them in the house now but can I plant these in the garden once it is warm? Also, will they continue to bloom throughout the season?
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Dylan
The way you did the dahlias in trays is the way you would also take cuttings to propagate, say you wanted alot of one variety and didn't have the budget to buy alot of bulbs you would dedicate a few pieces to be 'essentially propagated to death' as once it sends a shoot 1- 2ish inches tall you pluck it Before the Stem become Hollow, and dip in rooting hormone and stick the cutting. you can normally get 3, 4 maybe 5 rounds of sprouts before you have exhausted the bulb. Slow to root usually a month to 6 weeks before they will start growing but will bloom and make a small tuber after a full season in the ground.
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The way you did the dahlias in trays is the way you would also take cuttings to propagate, say you wanted alot of one variety and didn't have the budget to buy alot of bulbs you would dedicate a few pieces to be 'essentially propagated to death' as once it sends a shoot 1- 2ish inches tall you pluck it Before the Stem become Hollow, and dip in rooting hormone and stick the cutting. you can normally get 3, 4 maybe 5 rounds of sprouts before you have exhausted the bulb. Slow to root usually a month to 6 weeks before they will start growing but will bloom and make a small tuber after a full season in the ground.
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Dyna
Thanks for the update this is what I needed! I followed your pre-sprouting technique on Ranunculus and had almost all 40 sprout perfectly. Thank you! I potted them up and put them outside, we are 8b in Texas and it was in the 70's last week. BUT the soil got dry on top and some started to shrivel! I've re-hydrated them all but do you think they'll do anything? I'm so worried I put in all this work only to have them dry out! It happened in a day and a half -- I'm making a mental note to check every day after putting something in a new container and new location! Pray for my ranunculus! :-D
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Thanks for the update this is what I needed! I followed your pre-sprouting technique on Ranunculus and had almost all 40 sprout perfectly. Thank you! I potted them up and put them outside, we are 8b in Texas and it was in the 70's last week. BUT the soil got dry on top and some started to shrivel! I've re-hydrated them all but do you think they'll do anything? I'm so worried I put in all this work only to have them dry out! It happened in a day and a half -- I'm making a mental note to check every day after putting something in a new container and new location! Pray for my ranunculus! :-D
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Linda
Hello Laura, this video was an eye opener. After watching your video on starting ranunculus, I went ahead and started them (the drums were six years old. Unfortunately, I threw the ranunculus today because they all grew mold/fungus. I was feeling like a failure. However, after watching this video I learned that some of the ranunculus you started also grew mold/fungus and didn't feel that bad. I am just going to start ranunculus again. I appreciated your follow up videos. Thank you
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Hello Laura, this video was an eye opener. After watching your video on starting ranunculus, I went ahead and started them (the drums were six years old. Unfortunately, I threw the ranunculus today because they all grew mold/fungus. I was feeling like a failure. However, after watching this video I learned that some of the ranunculus you started also grew mold/fungus and didn't feel that bad. I am just going to start ranunculus again. I appreciated your follow up videos. Thank you
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FarmerGardener2014
Dahlias dont bloom any sooner presprouted than planted in the ground. They are day length plants and arent trigged to bloom until a few weeks after the summer equinox. Theyre fall flowers. Its great youre showing dahlias, but please do more research on them before giving advice. You have given lots of bad advice concerning dahlias.
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Dahlias dont bloom any sooner presprouted than planted in the ground. They are day length plants and arent trigged to bloom until a few weeks after the summer equinox. Theyre fall flowers. Its great youre showing dahlias, but please do more research on them before giving advice. You have given lots of bad advice concerning dahlias.
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Anita
Its my first time trying to sprout anemones and mine did not have a point. They looked like lumpy discs. I was so confused but Im hoping theyll find theyre way! Ill have to try ranunculus next year. I asked my garden center and they dont carry them. They said they dont do well here, GA 7b. I think Id like to try to get them to grow.
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Its my first time trying to sprout anemones and mine did not have a point. They looked like lumpy discs. I was so confused but Im hoping theyll find theyre way! Ill have to try ranunculus next year. I asked my garden center and they dont carry them. They said they dont do well here, GA 7b. I think Id like to try to get them to grow.
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Pamela
Amen to spring fever. I've got 2 questions a few weeks ago you threw poppy seeds directly on the ground. are there any other seeds you can toss like that? #2 potted and blooming bulbs. can you plant those directly into ground and will they come back the following year/years? Love all the info you have. I'm old and I've learned alot
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Amen to spring fever. I've got 2 questions a few weeks ago you threw poppy seeds directly on the ground. are there any other seeds you can toss like that? #2 potted and blooming bulbs. can you plant those directly into ground and will they come back the following year/years? Love all the info you have. I'm old and I've learned alot
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willowingchintz
Spring fever got me too! I went and purchased a beautiful Hellebore but we had a cold snap and the flowers are not looking good. I had it under cover and then wrapped it in bubble wrap. I hope it didn't die! My garden Hellebores are flowering beautifully but they have been in the ground for a few years. Here's hoping.
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Spring fever got me too! I went and purchased a beautiful Hellebore but we had a cold snap and the flowers are not looking good. I had it under cover and then wrapped it in bubble wrap. I hope it didn't die! My garden Hellebores are flowering beautifully but they have been in the ground for a few years. Here's hoping.
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Jennifer
When are you going to plant out the ranunculas? We have a last frost date in early May, and I am wondering when to presprout and plant out. I am a little confused about the ones you are doing now in the greenhouse, and when you will do the remainder. Thanks for taking us along, as always. You are a bright spot in my day!
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When are you going to plant out the ranunculas? We have a last frost date in early May, and I am wondering when to presprout and plant out. I am a little confused about the ones you are doing now in the greenhouse, and when you will do the remainder. Thanks for taking us along, as always. You are a bright spot in my day!
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