Growing on

This should be a page that contains general material on growing on.

Here are some of my ideas on topics to cover on this page. What is missing?

  • General advice on moving from germination trays to larger containers.
  • What containers should be used?
  • Can pots and bags be re-used, and if so how should they be cleaned?
  • What are the stages? For example should plants start in a shade house and later be moved outside?
  • Diseases

External Links

We could add some links here – they should be to general matters on growing on. Species-specific links should go on the species-specific pages.

Material for the species-specific pages

This page should contain general matters. For each species the details will vary, so on the species-specific pages it would be good if these questions could be addressed:

  • At what stage should seedlings be moved from their initial germination container?
  • What container should they be placed in?
  • What type of compost?
  • Is any special teatment required during potting? (e.g. I heard that manuka does not like its roots disturbed and it is better to grow initially as small plugs and move the entire plug)
  • What treatment is required while they are growing on? e.g. special watering requirements, fertilisers?
  • How long should plants be grown on?
  • Photos!

Comments, please….

The idea is to allow people to contribute through a comments section on most pages. Comments and suggestions below please…

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