Thank you very clear information to follow great to know where to come for this. I love my garden and love trying out seedlings. Do you have advice on how Azalea I have a Beutiful white one and a large piece was broken off is there any way I can try to save it into o other plant.
You could definitely take some cuttings from the broken part, but I doubt you would be able to save the whole thing. It will just take the plant too long to establish a strong enough root structure to support a lot of foliage. Thanks so much for your simply put advice. Only a couple more stems to collect. Hopefully the family will be overflowing with lupins this time next year!!! Thank you for clear advice and instructions as I am a complete novice! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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Looking forward to an array of lupins. Planting lupins is simple, dig the area well where they are to be planted and sprinkle on some blood, fish and bone working it into the soil. Dig a hole for each plant and plant to the same depth as it was in the pot. Lupins grow from crowns and if these are planted too deep they will rot, if planted too shallow they may fail to establish well. Water well.
The planting distance between each lupin should be 30cm to 45cm 12in to 18in. Don't feed lupins after their initial feed at planting time, nitrogen based fertilisers will encourage lush green growth which make them more prone to aphid attack. The flowers will die from the base of the flower head upwards, the time to dead head them is when two thirds of the flower has died.
New, smaller flowers will soon appear extending the flowering season. The foliage will slowly die back and does no damage. In early spring when new shoots appear, clear away any remaining dead foliage to allow good ventilation at ground level. Lupins will live for 10 years or more but much depends on the the conditions they are grown in. Generally they will produce a good display of flowers for five years and then begin to become woody and unproductive. It is well worth digging them up at this stage, dividing them and replanting.
Even though their long tap root will be damaged they may well recover and produce a decent display of flowers for another four or five years. Spray lupins with a systemic insecticide at the very first signs of aphids which is generally May time. Then re-spray the plant two weeks later. Spraying with insecticidal soap and all the other organic solutions will have almost zero effect when aphids attack your lupins, we have tried them all!
Again, the only solution which works is not an organic one. The organic slug pellets simply don't work as far as lupins are concerned. Normal slug pellets do work and in our opinion are the only deterrent. Dig up the rotted plants, space the remaining ones out a bit more and you may find the problem disappears next year. Where you notice a change in colour from one year to the next it is because the plants have self seeded they are very good at this.
The self-seeded plants will, in all likelihood, revert back to a bluer shade each year. If starting indoors, use peat or coir pots to minimize root disturbance. Lupins work equally well direct sown in early spring when some risk of frost is still possible.
They can be direct sown in autumn where winters are mild. Starting If starting indoors, scarify seeds by chipping, or soak in water for 24 hours prior to sowing. Seeds should germinate in days. Be patient.
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