Transplanting from one pot into another slightly larger at the Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY. 12186
Rooted cuttings of Lilacs are usually potted directly into a 3 gallon pot to be placed in the field the following year.
Sometimes though we have to many plants to repot and not enough hands to pot them. Then we transplant into a one gallon and place them in a holding area until they can go into a three gallon.
A group of lilacs in 3 gallon pots crowded together for winter in the field (041708growthonlilac3.jpg) April Newsletter
A number for that variety is painted on the side of the pot. Underneath each number we sometimes have a letter that shows the potting mix. C stands for compost etc.
in 2005; #3 was 'President Poincaire', #4 is 'Agincourt Beauty', #7 is 'Sarah Sands', #14 is 'Forest Kresser Smith'. I still find them in one gallons that have to be repotted.
Azaleas including Pinxterbloom, Flame and Swamp Azalea are transplanted directly into a seven gallon grip lip pot to be grown pot-in-pot. Three of each variety are grown together in each pot.
Pictures are taken of each crop monthly so customers can track a plants growth. The picture is saved as month-day-crop-variety-month-day-year.jpg so the pinxterbloom crop picture would be saved as 00415croppinxter041510.jpg when the picture is taken on April 15, 2010.
Pinxterbloom Azaleas, R. periclymenoides growing pot-in-pot (00412croppinxter030_041210.jpg). April Newsletter
I make a sign for each crop that shows the variety name and when fertilized (month/year). The sign is placed among that varieties pots in such a way as to be easy to photograph.
Roses are taken as cuttings and stuck up to twenty together in a three gallon pot. Those that root may be grown together for several years until there is time to divide them and repot in a 7 gallon to be grown pot-in-pot.
After carrying the ballooned pot to the cold frame I remobe excess plastic bag from above the tie and pull the bag down the sides until the top is taut (01204covered120409.jpg). I hod it there with a bungee cord and cut drainage holes around the bottom so excess water can drain. The date label is attached directly above a drainage hole and so I cut holes in the bag around the outside where the holes in the pot are. The bag still maintains its integrity as a bag and so if its picked up by the bag top it will still hold the pot inside. December Newsletter