Comments on: Protecting Newly Transplanted Plants

By: Clara

Clara — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:03:32 +0000

Thanks for the ideas. I had empty flats from purchasing small plants and I put a stake in the ground and created a lean-type shield for my very unhappy sunflowers. But I ran out, so I used a sandwich board for advertising garage sales and some upside-down lawn chairs. Let's hope it works. I think it's too late to try again with sunflowers in the Pacific Northwest. I feel like a murderer... but the sun wasn't supposed to come out today!!! Clara’s last blog post..Parties on a Budget – Part I

By: Willi @ DigginFood

Willi @ DigginFood — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:49:51 +0000

Thanks for the berry box idea. I’m going to have to start hunting some down. I think they would be the perfect way to cage off baby plants from the band of marauding chickens I keep in my backyard.

By: Mr. Gardening Gifts

Mr. Gardening Gifts — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:02:15 +0000

Thanx for all the great ideas when it gets cold i always just woory how bad my plants will get hit. I will try some of the new ideas i learned in the future

By: anita

anita — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:15:21 +0000

Great ideas. Wish I needed them in central IA. right now we’re chilly chilly chilly!

By: Neil Moran

Neil Moran — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:12:12 +0000

Good idea with the basket, Kathy. Sounds like a neat plant, too. We have the native Anemone canadensisgrowing over by the creek. It won't flower until around the first of June. Your method with the basket reminds me of what I have to do with my cabbage and other cole crop transplants on a sunny, hot day. On a larger, i.e., when I have a lot of transplants in the garden, I lightly cover each one with straw. Neil Moran’s last blog post..Frazer Fir

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:01:35 +0000

Thanks for the ideas on providing shade. We have had great weather for the transplants, but the goldenrod I moved wilted, so I cut it back. I should give it some shade, too. Sue’s last blog post..Rain Drops and Hellebores

By: Pam/Digging

Pam/Digging — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:56:27 +0000

I've done the chair trick before. Also have used large pots set beside the plant. It looks unsightly for a few days, but it definitely helps the plants settle in. You guys are hotter than Austin right now. Pam/Digging’s last blog post..Jenny’s flower-licious walled garden

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:45:30 +0000

I love your "chair-shade." I used a small plastic clothes drier with a sheet thrown over it. Since we are so dry here in So. Cal. I sprayed the sheet with the hose for some mid-day humidity for my new lettuce plants. Barbara’s last blog post..Native, native plants in my garden

By: Cindy, MCOK

Cindy, MCOK — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:55:43 +0000

Kathy, like Elizabeth, I’ve used plastic laundry baskets as temporary covers … also cardboard boxes with holes punched in them, small branches/trimmings, even overturned trash cans if nothing else is available!

By: Claire Brown

Claire Brown — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:56:23 +0000

lucky you having reusable berry boxes, – nothing like that in England, all our tubs are horrible plastic trays, – although they can be used as small seed trays, – we’ve had bright sunshine today, but has been freezing wind, so no shade/ shelter needed in the uk