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Sweet rocket - when to plant out?

FireFire Posts: 19,096
Afternoon all. I sowed a lot of white hesperis in pots this year and they now have a good lot of healthy looking plants. As biennials, when is the best time to plant them into the garden? I'm imagining the autumn, when the rains have (hopefully) returned.

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I would agree with you Fire.🙂
    They are easier to keep watered in pots.
    I’ve got gro bag trays with water in so I can rotate my pots.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Hi Fire
    I sowed hesperis on 10 July last year and planted them out in autumn.
    They were quite small plants at that time.
    This Spring they grew very quickly into huge plants. Sadly we had strong winds not long after they came into flower (on 12 May) and most of the stems snapped, so I oiked them out on 5 June when they were still in full flower :(
    I left one to see how long it would flower for, and that went on to 20 June

    2 Hesperis- (and some forget-me-nots)


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Thanks for that. I hear they self-seed quite freely. I'm hoping so. I was wondering if mine might get demolished in the spring by slugs, but hopefully they will be nice big plants by then, and be less troubled. I tried planting out small plants this spring and they didn't last the night.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Slugs munch through lots of my plants - they didn't touch the hesperis

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have rocket powered slugs, it seems.
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