Crop 331 March Issue of Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December The whole idea of my web site is for you to be able to examine what we have for sale before having to drive to the plant sale location at 40 Voorheesville Ave in Voorheesville, NY 12186. These pictures show what we are doing this month to prepare for the upcoming plant sale. Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail.
In March lilacs that flowered last year are taken from the field (popping Lilacs) and transfered to the plant sale location in new 7 gallon pots. When the Lilacs start flowering in May this year they will be for sale. My plant sale is timed to sell plants in bloom. Every plant is fertilized in March with a slow release organic fertilizer.
We watch for crocus and other spring flowering plants for a clue as to the best time to start transplanting lilacs.
You should be able to determine what each picture is by clicking "picture properties".
Newly potted plants are placed in groups by variety at the plant sale location, pathways between and signs indicating what they are.
Each group of plants have a sign among them with the crop number and the quantity we have for sale on a colored dot. A green dot would be a 7 gallon pot, yellow is 15 gallon and red is 25 gallon. A pink label with a date is usually placed on the sign so you can see when they were inventoried.
Pinxterbloom Azalea seedlings arrive from Tennesee and are planted three in each 7 gallon pot. I make several trips to get supplies including potting soil, pots and fertilizers.
In the Lilac fields are a couple thousand lilacs that we start fertilizing with an organic granular fertilizer in March. I label each one that flowers in May with a yellow label. In March, those lilacs that have yellow labels from the previous May will be transplanted into 7 gallon pots and transported to the plant sale. Each of these pictures in the Lilac fields is over written with a new picture several times a year. Click the picture to enlarge it and look for the date the picture was taken, the letter that designates the row and the variety names of the lilacs in the row probably attached to one of the posts.
Coldframe on left and potting shelf on right where we can push pots and supplies out through the window or drag them back inside again.
About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve
Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 6 to 16 May 20 to 31 June 4 to 7 June 8 to 9 June 11 to 13 June 16 to 25 July August September October November December
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