Date(s): July 18, 2022. Album by Rollie Peschon. 1 - 15 of 15 Total. 341 Visits.
1 Conetainer racks ready for planting in my Iowa nursery.
2 Lupine germination
3 The ribs along the side of the conetainer train the roots to go downward.
4 Prairie Dock and Butterfly milkweed ready to plant.
5 You can see how well the conetainer "trains" the roots to grow down, instead of around. This is a Prairie Dock plant with a tap root.
6 Here is the roots of a Butterfly Milkweed plant, also a tap root plant.
7 This planting device is called a "dibbles". It makes a cylindrical hole that you simply insert the plant in the hole and press it in. This puts the roots of the plant 8 inches in the ground, and already directed to go deeper when they grow. This tool disturbs no soil, so it exposes no weed seeds.
8 The "dibbles" hole.
9 Finished Prairie Dock plant, ready to thrive!
10 A Prairie Soke plant that I had to relocate for a project. I subdivided it into 17 different conetainer plugs and babysat them thru the summer and planted later in the fall.
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13 Cream Wild indigo
14 Lupine
15 Future plant nursery to get relocated on our Garretson property next month.
