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Golden Creeping Sedum
Vibrantly Colored Ground Cover
 ( 0 customer reviews)
Masses of tiny, star-shaped flowers adorn
this quick-growing ground cover. Good for
erosion control; tolerates dry soil conditions.
Space 12 in. apart. Zones 3-9. Potted. This item ships at the proper planting time for your region in both spring and fall.
If the current shipping season is closed, your order will ship at the proper time in the next season.
Product Details
Zones: 3 - 9 (-30° F.)
Height: 6 - 8'
Spread: 24 - 36"
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Days To Maturity: Within 80-days from transplant
Foliage: Regular Leaf
Fruit: Red
| Comments: Not available in MT. The Tomato loves sunshine and is grown as a warm-weather annual, although it is actually a tender perennial. POTTING: Outdoor cultivation - Tomatoes will grow in any good garden soil that is properly drained to prevent blossom-end rot. It should be tilled deeply before they are planted. It would be profitable if the soil was enriched with compost, leaf mold, peat moss or commercial humus. Manure should be used, if at all, with caution. The soil pH should be 6.0 to 7.0 and this can be maintained with dolomitic limestone, which ensures adequate calcium and magnesium. Soil that has a pH of 7.0 or higher may benefit from applications of agricultural sulfur. The ground should always be kept free of weeds by mulching or raking the ground about an inch deep after the plants are well established. Set plants out after danger from frost has passed and plant them a bit deeper than what they were growing in their containers. If your plants are a bit spindly, plant them on their sides and cover with dirt up to their first leaves. Roots will grow along the buried stem and produce sturdier plants. Space the plants about 2½ feet apart, in rows 2½ to 3½ feet apart. Cover your Tomatoes with bottomless, 1-gallon plastic jugs for 2 or 3 weeks. When the young plants are exposed to cold, but protected from frost, they are vernalized. This treatment can increase the quality and quantity of fruit production, especially early in the season. If plants are started very early indoors and grown there until they start to blossom and fruit, transplanting may shock them and cause a setback in growth, if they recover at all. Smaller, cold treated seedlings will catch up quickly and out do large, forced plants. All Tomatoes, except for dwarf varieties, should be provided with support. Cages of large-mesh wire fencing rolled into cylinders, 2 to 3 feet wide and 5 to 6 feet high are good to use. The mesh should be large enough to reach through when it comes time to harvest. Use stakes to hold up the cages. Some gardeners prune the vines to 2 leader stems and run them up sturdy strings or twine. The side shoots or suckers are pruned off. Since these plants are tall and slender, they are much easier to spray and keep free of diseases and pests. Tomato plants should never dry out. The fruits will crack if they are subjected to a dry period and then provided with moisture. However, if the soil is saturated with water during the days leading up to harvest, flavorless, watery fruit may result. Tomato plants are moderate feeders, especially the small, determinate kinds. The fertilizer that you use shouldn't contain too much nitrogen. An over abundance of this will cause lush vegetation and thus delay maturity and hinder fruit production. Tomato diseases may be troublesome even in resistant hybrids. Luckily, there are relatively safe insecticides with negligible residues for the control of soft-bodied tomato insects.
Greenhouse cultivation - Tomatoes may be had during the winter by growing them in a greenhouse that maintains a 55- to 60-degree temperature during the night, with a few degree rise during the day. They must be able to have full exposure to sunlight. They may be grown in large containers or in beds. If they're grown in beds, they need 12 to 15 inches between each other; if they are potted, they need containers that are 9 to 10 inches in diameter. They will need some kind of support. Each plant should only be allowed one stem by pinching off all side shoots when they are small. It is beneficial to choose a variety especially suited for greenhouse culture. The general care of the plants is the same as if they were grown outside. In order to endure the production of fruit, it is necessary to pollinate the flowers or treat them with a special hormone spray, which can be bought for that purpose. Pollination can be accomplished by gently shaking the plants during the middle of each warm, dry day at a time when the air in the greenhouse is fairly dry. Another way is to take a soft camel's-hair brush and gently stroke it across every open flower each warm, bright day.
HARVEST - Tomatoes are harvested before they are completely ripe. They may be frozen whole, or scalded and skinned for canning, juicing, or freezing. Never process spoiled or mushy-ripe Tomatoes; cold packing or inadequate pressure-cooking could allow dangerous organisms to survive. Partially ripe Tomatoes will finish ripening just fine on a windowsill, out of direct sunlight. Will stay good for several weeks in a cool place. Allowing ripe Tomatoes to stay on the vine reduces yield and may spread rot. PROPAGATION: If you are going to plant seeds, use a seed-starter mix (equal amounts of sifted loam, sand and leaf mold make a good mixture) rather than regular potting soil. Start them indoors, 8 weeks before the frost-free date at a 75- to 80-degree temperature. Water the soil thoroughly with a fine spray and plant the seeds; they should be covered with ¼-inch of soil. Once the first true leaves appear, they are placed in a spot where the night temperature reaches 50 to 55 degrees. The daytime temperature can range from room temperature to 80 degrees. Cool nights prevent the plants from becoming lanky. Don’t over water them while they are young and maintain strong light either from the sun or from fluorescent lights placed 2 inches above the plants. After 3 weeks of growth, set the plants where the night temperature reaches 60 to 65 degrees. When it is safe, they may be placed in the garden and taken care of as described in the potting section.
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Golden Creeping Sedum Ships In Both Spring And Fall
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Golden Creeping Sedum
Vibrantly Colored Ground Cover
(0
customer reviews)
Masses of tiny, star-shaped flowers adorn
this quick-growing ground cover. Good for
erosion control; tolerates dry soil conditions.
Space 12 in. apart. Zones 3-9. Potted.
This item ships at the proper planting time for your region in both spring and fall.
If the current shipping season is closed, your order will ship at the proper time in the next season.
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Product Details
Zones: 3 - 9 (-30° F.)
Height: 6 - 8'
Spread: 24 - 36"
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Days To Maturity: Within 80-days from transplant
Foliage: Regular Leaf
Fruit: Red
| Comments: Not available in MT. The Tomato loves sunshine and is grown as a warm-weather annual, although it is actually a tender perennial. POTTING: Outdoor cultivation - Tomatoes will grow in any good garden soil that is properly drained to prevent blossom-end rot. It should be tilled deeply before they are planted. It would be profitable if the soil was enriched with compost, leaf mold, peat moss or commercial humus. Manure should be used, if at all, with caution. The soil pH should be 6.0 to 7.0 and this can be maintained with dolomitic limestone, which ensures adequate calcium and magnesium. Soil that has a pH of 7.0 or higher may benefit from applications of agricultural sulfur. The ground should always be kept free of weeds by mulching or raking the ground about an inch deep after the plants are well established. Set plants out after danger from frost has passed and plant them a bit deeper than what they were growing in their containers. If your plants are a bit spindly, plant them on their sides and cover with dirt up to their first leaves. Roots will grow along the buried stem and produce sturdier plants. Space the plants about 2½ feet apart, in rows 2½ to 3½ feet apart. Cover your Tomatoes with bottomless, 1-gallon plastic jugs for 2 or 3 weeks. When the young plants are exposed to cold, but protected from frost, they are vernalized. This treatment can increase the quality and quantity of fruit production, especially early in the season. If plants are started very early indoors and grown there until they start to blossom and fruit, transplanting may shock them and cause a setback in growth, if they recover at all. Smaller, cold treated seedlings will catch up quickly and out do large, forced plants. All Tomatoes, except for dwarf varieties, should be provided with support. Cages of large-mesh wire fencing rolled into cylinders, 2 to 3 feet wide and 5 to 6 feet high are good to use. The mesh should be large enough to reach through when it comes time to harvest. Use stakes to hold up the cages. Some gardeners prune the vines to 2 leader stems and run them up sturdy strings or twine. The side shoots or suckers are pruned off. Since these plants are tall and slender, they are much easier to spray and keep free of diseases and pests. Tomato plants should never dry out. The fruits will crack if they are subjected to a dry period and then provided with moisture. However, if the soil is saturated with water during the days leading up to harvest, flavorless, watery fruit may result. Tomato plants are moderate feeders, especially the small, determinate kinds. The fertilizer that you use shouldn't contain too much nitrogen. An over abundance of this will cause lush vegetation and thus delay maturity and hinder fruit production. Tomato diseases may be troublesome even in resistant hybrids. Luckily, there are relatively safe insecticides with negligible residues for the control of soft-bodied tomato insects.
Greenhouse cultivation - Tomatoes may be had during the winter by growing them in a greenhouse that maintains a 55- to 60-degree temperature during the night, with a few degree rise during the day. They must be able to have full exposure to sunlight. They may be grown in large containers or in beds. If they're grown in beds, they need 12 to 15 inches between each other; if they are potted, they need containers that are 9 to 10 inches in diameter. They will need some kind of support. Each plant should only be allowed one stem by pinching off all side shoots when they are small. It is beneficial to choose a variety especially suited for greenhouse culture. The general care of the plants is the same as if they were grown outside. In order to endure the production of fruit, it is necessary to pollinate the flowers or treat them with a special hormone spray, which can be bought for that purpose. Pollination can be accomplished by gently shaking the plants during the middle of each warm, dry day at a time when the air in the greenhouse is fairly dry. Another way is to take a soft camel's-hair brush and gently stroke it across every open flower each warm, bright day.
HARVEST - Tomatoes are harvested before they are completely ripe. They may be frozen whole, or scalded and skinned for canning, juicing, or freezing. Never process spoiled or mushy-ripe Tomatoes; cold packing or inadequate pressure-cooking could allow dangerous organisms to survive. Partially ripe Tomatoes will finish ripening just fine on a windowsill, out of direct sunlight. Will stay good for several weeks in a cool place. Allowing ripe Tomatoes to stay on the vine reduces yield and may spread rot. PROPAGATION: If you are going to plant seeds, use a seed-starter mix (equal amounts of sifted loam, sand and leaf mold make a good mixture) rather than regular potting soil. Start them indoors, 8 weeks before the frost-free date at a 75- to 80-degree temperature. Water the soil thoroughly with a fine spray and plant the seeds; they should be covered with ¼-inch of soil. Once the first true leaves appear, they are placed in a spot where the night temperature reaches 50 to 55 degrees. The daytime temperature can range from room temperature to 80 degrees. Cool nights prevent the plants from becoming lanky. Don’t over water them while they are young and maintain strong light either from the sun or from fluorescent lights placed 2 inches above the plants. After 3 weeks of growth, set the plants where the night temperature reaches 60 to 65 degrees. When it is safe, they may be placed in the garden and taken care of as described in the potting section.
Shipping: View Shipping Schedule
Golden Creeping Sedum Ships In Both Spring And Fall
Unable to ship to: AE AK GU HI PR
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