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When to plant out?

drewettjames881zLbTXwzdrewettjames881zLbTXwz Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Good morning,

just wondering if someone could offer me some guidance on when I should plant out these plants grown from seed. I have verbascum, agastache and echinacea and not sure whether to plant out now, wait for autumn or over winter them to plant out next spring?

this is them…


Any help is greatly appreciated 
thanks

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I would keep potting on and plant out next year.  Small plants are a target for slugs and a stronger plant does much better anyway.  All three of those are slug magnets. 
    I think some people in warmer areas would put them out in autumn but echinacea doesn't  over winter for me very well. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I agree with @Lyn, pot them on and plant them out next Spring. As well as the Echinacea, the Agastache wouldn't be very happy in the ground through the Winter. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I agree too, pot them on when the roots get to the edges of the pots, keep them somewhere sheltered over the winter (but they don't need to be indoors). They're herbaceous so will die back in autumn (don't panic!) and then they'll regrow in spring. More mature plants will stand a better chance of overwintering successfully next year. Agastache and verbascum overwinter fine here if planted as quite big plants, but I can't keep echinacea. No idea why.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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