Potting On The Plug Plants

Two Trays Og Plug Plants

Two trays of plug plants arrived this morning from Ball Colegrave, 188 young plants that need to be potted on in to their own 8x8x9cm individual pot. 104 Pennisetum glaucum 'Purple Baron' (Ornamental Millet) and 84 Verbena 'Aztec Plum Magic', these plants will be used out in the gardens as part of this year's summer display.

Tray, Plugs and Compost

Starting with the tray of Verbena, the tiny plugs were gently eased out of their cells by pushing a pea stick through the hole in the tray beneath each young plant.

Healthy Young Plug Plants, Verbena

8x8x9cm Pot Filled With Compost

Filling the flower pot with seed compost so it is slightly mounded above the rim of the pot, a hole is then made in the compost of a similar size to the plug root ball and, after teasing out the roots at the base of the plug, the plug then placed in the hole. (Seed compost is used at this stage to help promote root growth and to help the plug get established). The plug is then gently pushed down into the hole and the compost firmed around its neck to secure it in the pot, the base of the pot is then gently tapped on the potting bench to settle the compost and to remove any excess. The individual pots are placed in neat rows on the greenhouse staging and watered in.

Planting The Plug

Potted On

Planted Verbena

Ornamental Millet 'Purple Baron' Plugs

All Potted On