239 PLANTS ALL IN POTS

ALL DONE!

CAREFULLY REMOVE SEEDLINGS

This weekend was potting-up time at River Road. We had both children and their children home for the first time in a while. Thanks to Penny, Webster, Lansdale and Burch for all their efforts in the potting-up process. We did not get much help from young Hardy as he had 2 buddies from Tunica with him.

DO NOT DISTURB ROOTS

I tried to be prepared by filling all the individual pots with MiricleGro potting soil before everyone arrived. It rained Saturday so we had to move the potting table and equipment to the side porch. Then the slow and tedious process began. On Saturday my job was to remove each individual seedling from the baking tins without damaging the roots. Webster was responsible for poking the planting hole in the new pots and planting. Penny and Burch were in charge of placing the labels which Lansdale had designed on each individual plant. The group was successful in potting eight seedlings of each of the 20 varieties in their new homes. (162 plants all together)

On Sunday Lansdale took over and helped me do it all with the rest of the seedlings. We filled pots, removed and planted seedlings and labeled the remaining 67 plants. All 239 plants are now all in their trays and in the greenhouse.



Sunday night was very cold getting down to 34 degrees. I had to appropriate Edna's electric bathroom heater to the greenhouse to warm it up a little. Thank goodness all the plants made it through the first night successfully.



PLANT SEEDLING DEEP IN POT

239 PLANTS IN GREENHOUSE















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