I plan on buying some flowers for my garden that are already grown (i can't germinate seeds for the life of me :( ). Would it be benefical to take these plants out of the plastic trays they come in and transfer them to peat pots and then plant them in my garden? I'm new at this, and my soil quality it very poor, so i'm trying to find the best method. Thanks :)
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I agree, transferring young plants from the plastic tray pots to a peat pot is a waste of money and actually delays its growth. I have tried container gardening, but the results are disappointing with low yield. Your money is put to better use in buying inexpensive soil amendments to mix into the top soil. If you plant tomatoes and have clay soil, then I dig a hole about 15 in diameter and a foot and a half deep, put some granular plant food at the bottom and cover it with 2-3 inches of good soil. Then I bury the plant and start back-filling the hole with 50% native clay and 50% redwood soil conditioner/amendments (cheap, I bought a 3 cu.ft. bag for $6.99 at a local Home Depot Garden Center.) Initially the plants did not even come to the top of the hole, but I kept adding soil mix as they grew. 3 years ago I had a bumper crop of Beefstake tomatoes. One plant yielded 75 pounds of fruit, including the green ones I harvested at New Year's Eve (no frost to that date) and put in a box covered with newspaper to ripen them. Even those late harvest fruit tasted not much worse than the ones I've bought at Safeway for $2.50 a pound.
I think there is no problem.Composted soil is best to mix if you want to develope the soil quality if you don't have then buy a ready fertilized soil in shop.
There's no point in transferring to peat pots. However ... I have very poor soil, too ... and I've found that tossing a handful of peat moss down into the planting hole and adding some Miracle Gro before I put the plant in works wonders. Also, don't pack the soil back in too tightly. Just firmly enough to keep the plant in place ... if you cram it in there too closely you can actually suffocate the roots. Gardening is a learning process, for sure! Since you are new to it, I'd suggest keeping a garden journal ... just a notebook in which you write down what you planted, where you planted it (sun, shade, etc.), how well it did ... and take some pictures every few weeks so you'll have a visual reference for next year and in years to come. You'll be surprised how much you'll learn in just a single growing season. Happy planting, have fun, and good luck!
No, just take them out of the plastic and put them right into the ground. Peat pots are used to grow things and then you can plant the whole thing. Since these are in plastic, there's no sense in putting them in peat pots first. If your soil quality is poor, try adding a potting mixture to your soil, or add miracle grow to the soil.
