This is the case regarding false indigo pruning. Nobody goes out in nature and prunes plants, so it would stand to reason that native species are built to grow just fine without pruning.
#Pink lemonade baptisia how to#
Let’s learn when and how to prune Baptisia. Can I prune Baptisia? If you wish, you can deadhead to remove the old foliage and leggy plants can be trimmed lightly to force a flush of growth. Baptisia is an easy-to-care-for plant with a moderate growth rate and no need to prune or train. The plant is native to North America and with its deep blue blooms, provides a perfect enhancement to the native perennial garden. After germination, they can be thinned and up potted for good root development.Baptisia has long held importance as a dye for textiles.
This process has worked well with Senna marilandica and Tephrosia virginiana as well as baptisia. Screens help keep varmints out and rain drops from splashing the seed mix away. If the mix is not fine and well draining, frost heave can be a problem. I use seed trays and place the trays outdoors for the winter unprotected from cold. Next, plant them in a well draining seed mix.
I THINK the detergent helps moisture penetrate the seed coat. After sanding, place them in a cup, pour in boiling water, add a drop or two of dish detergent and let them soak 24 hours. In November, place the seeds between two pieces of 120 grit sand paper and sand them until dull with an obviously abraided outer seed coat. I live in Manassas, VA and have found that seeds supposedly needing stratification will often germinate in the fall and be winter killed if planted too early. To do this, I collected the seeds in fall, stored them dry in the refrigerator until November. I have had good success with Baptisia seeds over the last two seasons with a roughly 80% germination rate this spring. That rate is a bit lower than my average for various seed types, but it is fairly good. Fourteen pots out of 20 have at least 1 plant in them. It is now early September and the Baptisia seedlings from this past spring are doing fairly well. Instead of needing water every day, they can be left for 4 or 5 days between watering. The benefit of sinking the pots in the ground is that they stay wet much longer and the roots stay cooler. The pots are then dug in the ground so that the soil level inside the pot is at about the same level as the ground soil.
#Pink lemonade baptisia full size#
Experience has shown that with most plant varieties, 2 seedlings per pot will result in at least 1 full size plant. The pots now contain 1 or 2 seedlings each. I then transfer the seedlings into a pot containing local soil making sure that the roots are disturbed as little as possible. The pots are watered almost daily for a couple of weeks. When outdoor temperatures are high enough at night (over 8 deg C), the plants are slowly moved outside and conditioned to full sun. Once the seedlings show themselves above the soil line the humidity and water are slowly reduced so that the seedlings get used to room conditions. The pots containing blue indigo are kept fairly wet and in 100% humidity by keeping them in a covered container with some water in the bottom. I normally remove the seed long before the root gets this big.
The seedlings were left to grow a long root for demonstration purposes. Note: the seedlings in the picture are not B. In cases were I have lots of seed, I will plant several in each pot, ensuring that I get at least 1 plant per pot. Once a longer root is formed there is a higher risk that you damage the root during the transfer process. If seeds are transferred as soon as the root radical appears, the success rate is usually quite high. Such seeds were removed with tweezers and potted up in Pro-Mix soil, placing 1 to 4 seeds per 4 inch pot. The seeds are quite large and it’s easy to see when a seed germinates. The seeds were germinated in Ziploc snack bags containing some moistened paper towel.
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