psottcon's Blog
psottcon's Blog
Last Post 371 days, 15 hours Ago
Jul 18, 2007 | 6:58 AM PST
Hey gardeners! I just joined the GG community last week. Gardening has been a bit challenging in Ohio with the eratic rain patterns. It seems that my house is in some sort of bubble. It rains on gardens 1 mile away but not on MY gardens! How does that happen? My gardens look pretty good inspite of little rain (the water bill will reflect the reason for that ;-)
I have a question about my impatiens. I started them from seed during the winter, inside, under grow lights. I pinched back and fertilized from the time they had 4 true leaves. They turned out to be the greenest, healthiest looking impatiens I've ever seen! Since they've grown in my gardens outside, they've gotten even larger, the leaves are huge (for impatiens plants), but there are very few blooms. Does anyone know what I should have done early on to encourage more blooms? This is frustrating! The plants overflow the baskets they are in. The foliage looks great but very few blooms. Does anyone have any advice?
Jul 10, 2007 | 11:06 AM PST
Tags: Pam' , Pam's garden
I started impatiens during the winter from seed. I fertilized and pinched back according to instructions that I read online. It produced the finest looking impatiens plants I have ever seen! They hardened nicely and have more than tripled in size since being planted in my gardens. HOWEVER, there are only a few blooms out of 150 plants! In the spring I noticed that the local nurseries were selling plants that were far smaller than mine but they were covered in blooms. Obviously my impatiens have missed out on something. Does anyone know about this?
