Bidens Pot 15cm
Bidens is a moderately vigorous plant with a bushy to semi-trailing growth habit. In the landscape, it forms a mound of bright yellow-gold flowers and is useful in ground beds, window boxes, patio containers and mixed plantings. In the greenhouse, Mexican Gold makes colorful baskets, but can also be grown in 4”, 6” and 1-gallon containers.
Description
Bidens is a moderately vigorous plant with a bushy to semi-trailing growth habit. In the landscape, it forms a mound of bright yellow-gold flowers and is useful in ground beds, window boxes, patio containers and mixed plantings. In the greenhouse, Mexican Gold makes colorful baskets, but can also be grown in 4”, 6” and 1-gallon containers.
Disease Prevention/Sanitation: Prior to arrival of rooted cuttings, have benches clean and disinfected. Try not to store rooted cuttings more than a day or two before transplanting.
Media: Select a porous media that drains well. Many good, well-drained commercial mixes can be used with Mexican Gold Bidens.
Pre-Plant: Make sure the media to be transplanted in is moist, but not saturated. Don’t plant cuttings into extremely dry media. Dibbling a small hole into the media will help in the transplanting process.
Transplanting: Transplant directly into the finished container with the rooting media slightly below the level of media in the containers. Make sure that the root ball is covered and that the cutting is situated in the center of the pot.
Media: pH: 5.8 – 6.2.
Moisture: Media should be allowed to dry moderately between irrigations. Do not overwater Bidens, especially early in production.
Fertilizer: Mexican Gold Bidens is a moderate feeder. Use a rate of 200 ppm nitrogen with each irrigation and adjust rates as needed. Leach with clear water as needed to avoid fertilizer salt buildup. Mexican grows best when using a mix of (or alternating with) Cal-Mag (i.e. 15-5-15, 14-4-14, etc.) and ammoniumcontaining (i.e. 20-10-20, 15-15-15, etc.) fertilizers. Media EC: 1.8 – 2.2 mS/cm in a saturated media extract (SME).
