What are you doing indoors at the computer? Now is the time to be shopping for great deals at the nursery. Gardeners should be able to find some steals at this time of year. The nurseries need to get rid of inventory to make way for fall plants and the increasingly early holiday merchandise.
The same advice holds for selecting healthy plants mid-season, as at the beginning of the season. In addition, plants at this time of year may have suffered a bit more stress. That's why it's better to shop at a reputable nursery. You want plants that have been watered and cared for, even at half price.
Here are some tips for buying mid-season marked down plants:
- Check the plants for resident insects and disease and die back from lack of water. These you can pass by.
- A pot with lots of weeds in it hasn't been well cared for.
- Lanky growth and pot bound roots will correct themselves in the ground.
- Don't be afraid to buy trees at this time of year either. Perennials and deciduous trees are going to loss their current leaves come fall anyway. So if they are growing reasonably well, they should do fine with your TLC.
- Give new plants plenty of water, but don't feed them right away. Let the roots make themselves at home before forcing new growth.
Those of you in warmer Zones or the Southern Hemisphere are probably going to have to pay full price right now, but you'll be getting fresh, new stock and probably new varieties we northerners are only seeing in magazines. Where ever you are, get the gardening juices flowing with a visit to the nursery.
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I do have a garden in this part of the World and do grow quite a lot of different
things,although we have a short season.and I sure enjoy it,as I am a writer as you see by my URL,I still have time for Gardening and love It
I agree it is a great time to look for bargains, but don’t overlook the big box stores. I’ve found great deals there that are perfectly healthy plants! The store just gave up on trying to sell them!
Now is also a great time to shop for cool season seeds on-line. A lot of companies are offering great discount on seeds that can still be used for fall harvesting. One example is these
Hope this helps!
I want to transplant a lot of my plants (they came with the house) that were planted in wrong places. The azaleas were planted under the roof of the carport so not much sun and not much water. they are alive but never grow and have never bloomed the 7 years I have been there. My forencia never bloom either and are under the same carport roof. When can I move them? In teh fall? I want to plant them up by the road where they get more sun (most of my yard is shady other than between the shop and barn and back pasture). I am afraid if I do it now they will get stressed due to the heat.
If you are having a hot, dry summer, don’t try moving shrubs until things cool off. Fall is a good time to transplant, especially if it’s rainy.
Azaleas and forsythia are early bloomers and you can lose some flower buds, if you move them in the fall. But that doesn’t seem to be a concern for you, since they’re not blooming anyway. Water them well, the day before digging, and then keep them watered throughout the fall and they should do better for you next year.
I just started a succession planting in my Fall veg garden. A peach tree I put in this spring didn’t make it so I dug it out tonight. It’s probably going to be hard finding a replacement for it. I feel as if if I lost out on growing year.