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Should i take the Lupin seedlings out of the trough?

B_leafB_leaf Posts: 42
edited May 2020 in Plants
I have started to grow 6 Lupin seedlings in a trough approx 80cm x 40cm. They are coming on well and the star-like leaves have sprouted, now i am wondering if it would be wise to transplant them from trough, to say, 12cm pot, before eventually putting them in the ground?
All advice appreciated, thanks.
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  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    I would have thought they would be fine where they are until you’re ready to move them again.
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
  • B_leafB_leaf Posts: 42
    @Butterfly66 , thanks for the advice, when is best to put them to ground, is it a certain height, when they flower or some other reason/time?
    They're only about two and a half inches tall just now and still a tad fragile (i think).
    "Life is what happens to you, whilst you're busy gardening!"
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I would put them in individual pots.
    Keep potting as the roots fill the pot then keep protected over winter and plant out next Spring. 
    If they start to show a flower shoot this year, cut it off. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    I agree with Lyn, you want them a decent size before they go in the garden - about the size you would buy as a 1 or 2 litre plant in the GC
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
  • B_leafB_leaf Posts: 42
    Hi @Lyn , was wondering why you said cut the flower off?

    Thanks  ;)
    "Life is what happens to you, whilst you're busy gardening!"
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hi @B_leaf -Because it's wasting energy on the flower, rather than putting it into the root system to make it a sturdier plant  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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