Showing posts with label pansy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pansy. Show all posts

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Grow Pansies in The Fall

 Pansies will add color and interest to your fall season garden.  When most of the flowers die back due to the change of weather the cold hardy pansy will thrive.


 

Pansies are great container plants for your patio, or porches.  The pansies will grow well in rich soil that is well drained.   Miracle-gro makes a potting mix that is perfect for container gardens. 

 


Plant pansies so that they are nine inches apart as this will allow the pansies room to spread.   After planting set your container gardens in an area where the pansies will get six hours of sun per day.

 


Water newly planted pansies well or until the water drains from the holes at the bottom of the container.

Check your pansy containers daily to see if they need water.  Stick your finger into the top soil about an inch into the soil and If the soil is dry to the touch , then  water the plants in the morning.

 


If the weather is warm during the fall months recheck your pansies in the early afternoon as you may have to water them again.  Do a deep watering once a week especially if no rain is in forecast.  

Water pansy container gardens in the morning rather than at night or late afternoon.  Morning allows the soil to dry out before the end of the day.  At night the soil does not dry out which may cause root rot and wet soil may attract insects.

Feed your fall and early winter pansies with water soluble fertilizer every two weeks.  I use Miracle-gro bloom booster and am satisfied with it as you can use it on both annual and perennial flowers. 

Pansies will thrive when the average temperature is 40 degrees at night with a high of 60 degrees during the day.  

When your temperature dips below 25 degrees then move the pansies to your garage, basement or grow as a houseplant in a room that is cool and has southern exposure window or use a grow light.  Pansies that are left outdoors will go dormant as the weather is too cold for them.  

Bring your pansies back outdoors in early spring when temperature is an average of 40 at night and 60 during the day.