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BrooksideNursery.co.uk Plug Plants Growing Guide
Raising your garden plants from plug plants is the EASY, FUN & ECONOMICAL way to achieve great results in your garden with minimum fuss and maximum reward.
What are plug plants?
Plug plants are young plants – either seedlings or cuttings grown in single units in modular trays. This allows for minimum root disturbance when planting / potting on. They are a ready to plant unit, having been professionally nurtured through propagation & early growth stages. Essentially, think of plug plants as a halfway house between a seed and a fully-grown plant.
Benefits of our plug plants
Timed to Perfection
By choosing when you would like to receive your plug plants, you can determine exact planting times. No more waiting around for seeds to germinate.
Success with plug plants
All of our plug plants have been professionally propagated and raised in optimum conditions in modern greenhouses. We supply varieties selected from the best breeders around the world.
Reduce the hassle
By letting the professionals deal with the difficult early stages of plant raising, you reduce the need for any specialist propagation equipment. Get great results without the risk of buying seeds and seeing no benefits for your efforts.
Our Guarantee
We go out of our way to ensure that your plants arrive in perfect condition. If not we will refund or replace immediately. No quibble.
Our Plug Plants Size Guide
Our plug plants are supplied in the following sizes (See individual plant description for specific variety sizes)
The most economical way to purchase your plug plants. Securely rooted, strong plants in mini-plugs of compost. Will need to be transplanted and grown on a windowsill, or in a greenhouse or conservatory, before planting out ready to flower. Compost volume around 2.3cm deep x 1.3cm square. Foliage height 1.5cm-5cm depending on variety)
Slightly larger than mini plugs. Securely rooted, strong plants in mini-plugs of compost. Will need to be transplanted and grown for a short while on a windowsill, or in a greenhouse or conservatory, before planting out ready to flower. Compost volume around 3cm deep x 2cm square. Foliage height 1.5cm-5cm depending on variety)
Pot Ready, Large, Healthy plants, individually rooted in large plugs of compost. Ideal for planting into baskets, containers or small areas in the garden. Best results achieved if grown on for a short while in 9cm pots prior to planting out if planting straight into garden borders. Tender varieties will need protecting from frost. Compost volume around 5cm deep x 4cm square. Foliage height 5cm-12cm depending on variety)
These are healthy, well-established plants in 8 or 9cm (3½") diameter pots that can be planted straight out into their final position in the garden. Some varieties will however establish more quickly if grown on first in a 1-2Ltr pot for a few weeks (particularly in the colder early months of the year) Plants on average around 20-30cm high.
How to grow plug plants
You will receive a variety specific factsheet free with each variety of plants, which you buy from us. As a general guideline though, please see below for advice on how to care for your plants when they arrive.
· Open Packaging Immediately on Receipt
· Place the plants somewhere reasonably warm. If you have a greenhouse, around 16-18°C is the best temperature. Alternatively a kitchen windowsill is a suitable place.
· Allow the plants to settle and acclimatize for 2-3 hours.
· Water your plants with clean tap water. The best way to do this is to place them in water for a few minutes and allow them to soak it up. A saucer or dish should suffice, alternatively the opened out transport packaging makes a handy container.
· Transplant your plugs on the day you receive them if you can. Use a good quality , free draining multipurpose compost. 13cm pots (5”) are the best size to use. If you are using old pots, make sure you sterilise them first to remove any pathogens. We find Jeys Fluid to be the best, if you can’t find any, give them a good wash with warm water and soap.
· Fill your pots with compost up to about 1cm below the rim. Don’t compact the compost in the pot. Make a hole in the centre roughly the same size as the plug plant. Handle the plant gently by the leaves or root ball place in the hole, minimising compost compaction below the plug. Try to make sure the surface of the plug is not buried Firm lightly around the plug.
· Gently water-in your newly potted plants, with clean water and a fine rose, label your plants.
· Grow on your plants in a fairly warm area such as a kitchen windowsill or greenhouse.
· Start feeding your plants around 3 weeks after planting with a general feed.
Plant out your plants into their final growing position according too the instructions received with your plants. Enjoy! |
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