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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: pigeonseed on February 22, 2009, 17:13:26

Title: how to plant gypsophila paniculata?
Post by: pigeonseed on February 22, 2009, 17:13:26
Hi all

I bought 4 gypsophila paniculata in poundstretcher, and they're in a generic 'summer flowering bulb' packet. But they're not bulbs, so the instructions on the packet are redundant.

They look like long tapering roots, a bit like a bendy scorzonera.

I didn't know whether they should be planted growing straight down into the soil, or horizontally nearer the top of the soil. So I settled for a sort of diagonal, with the tiny leaves just poking out of the soil.

Does anyone know whether I did the right thing?
Title: Re: how to plant gypsophila paniculata?
Post by: saddad on February 22, 2009, 22:37:38
I'd pot them up "diagonally " for now... and see how they do...  :-\
Title: Re: how to plant gypsophila paniculata?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 23, 2009, 08:26:06
As long as the roots are underground, they're unlikely to care!
Title: Re: how to plant gypsophila paniculata?
Post by: pigeonseed on February 23, 2009, 13:14:52
diagonal it is then!