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KinderGarden Plants Ltd,

Sunnyfield Nurseries,

Wragg Marsh,

Spalding

Linc’s.

PE12 6HH

The Easy Way to Summer Colour

KinderGarden Plants Limited

KinderKidz Club

Starter Plants

Planting Out: Plants grown on in 9cm pots can later be planted out into baskets, containers or the garden. Which ever way you choose, you must wait until all danger of frost has passed, usually the end of May, before placing the plants outside.

Text Box: Always protect from frost, if young plants freeze they die. All our plants are tender they are sometimes called Half Hardy Annuals. Annual meaning that in the UK climate they complete their life cycle in one year. Half Hardy because they can live outside but only as good sized plants during the warmer months, usually June, July ,August and maybe September. If young plants are placed outside to early and the temperature drops below 3 degrees centigrade, water held in the plant may freeze , expand and destroy the plant tissue. Plants that have been frosted often turn black when they thaw out and then collapse quickly, they cannot be brought back to life.

Your plants need a warm light place to grow, natural light from a window is best but not direct sunshine as it may get too hot. Temperature should be 16—18º C (a cool room or conservatory, near a window is best). Plants need light in order to grow.

They use a process called Photosynthesis: plants collect energy from sunlight and use it to turn water and carbon dioxide into a simple sugar we call glucose. This glucose is the fuel the plant needs to grow and survive.

Plants need water, but they like a drink not a swim! Always water carefully allowing the compost to just start to dry then water just enough to get the compost completely damp, try to water the compost and keep the plant dry. Plants use water as a transport system, the water travels upwards through the plant from roots to stems to leaves where it evaporates into the air. This movement we call Transpiration it keeps the plant firm and carries minerals and nutrients up from the soil. Water is also needed for Photosynthesis—See Solar Energy

Food is very important, if you have used a good quality compost it should contain enough food for the first four weeks, after that feed the plants with a liquid plant food. All living things need food in order to grow strong and healthy, a well fed plant will provide more flower over a longer period and give much more pleasure. There are three main requirements: Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash, These can be found in the soil but plants grown in pots or containers soon use up the available ‘nutrients’ and so you need to add this vital food. We do this by supplying the plants with fertilizer and there are many types to choose from in the Garden Centre, Best to use a ‘balanced’ fertilizer that provides all three main nutrients plus some ‘trace’ elements. Often refered to as N:P:K

N = Nitrogen helps to promote healthy green growth.

P = Phosphate helps promote good root development.

K = Potash helps promote Flowering and Fruiting.

An easy way to feed your plants is to use a slow release fertizer: small granuals are mixed into the soil and over a period of months they slowly release nutrients into the soil therefore feeding over a long period of time.

Hi, Welcome to KinderKidz. On this page we hope to be able to help you grow some really brilliant plants from our starter plant range that you can now buy in a Garden Centre near you. KinderKidz is new to us so if you find there is something we have not explained fully or if you have ideas of how we can improve this page please let us know . You can contact us using the Contact Page and we would really like to see any pictures you take of your plants when fully grown.

What to do with Your KinderKidz

Starter Plants

Have you got Starter Plants ? Good these small plants grown from ‘Cuttings’ (small pieces of Plant) or seed are rooted in a special block of compost that means they are very easy to handle. Grown on carefully they will become strong healthy plants and produce brilliant flowers during the summer, Follow the what to do instructions to assure success.

Gently water the Starter Plant and allow surplus water to drain through.

Use your finger to push the plant out of the sleeve.

Using a good quality compost, recommended for bedding plants ,lightly fill 9 cm pots or larger with compost and level. You can plant you Starter Plants straight into baskets or containers if you want but remember the plants have to grown on indoors for a few months. It might be easier to grow them in pots first and then transplant them to their basket/container later

Very gently compress the compost.

Using your fingers, a pencil or a ‘dibber’ make a hole in the compost large enough for the rootball of the plant.

Lower the rootball into the hole, the top of the rootball should be level with the surface of the compost, do not plant to deep.

Very gently water your plants with a watering can fitted with a fine watering head (like a shower head).

Your starter plants now need to grow on in a light warm place, a windowsill or conservatory work well. Fold the paper wrap and push it into pot so that you know which variety it is. Now look at the 4 panels on this page. FOOD, WATER, SOLAR POWER and FROST all are very important if you want to grow the best plants.