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Bareroot perennials & plants, can I put them out now?
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Posted by WilliamsburgGirl z6 nyc (My Page) on Fri, Mar 25, 05 at 15:36
I'm just starting a new garden and have a bunch of bareroots and small plants that I'm nervous about putting out in this psycho weather. Am I being too cautious?
NOTE: All the starts (except the first 3) were grown from bareroot indoors under lights, they have about 3 weeks potted growth behind them
Foxglove starts
Fringed daisy starts
creeping dianthus starts
Dephinium starts
Meadow sweet starts
Honeysuckle starts
Boston ivy starts
baltic ivy bareroot
heuchera starts
hosta starts
hardy jasmine vine starts
viola starts
nemesia starts
Clematis bareroot
yarrow starts
trollius starts
hardy geranium starts
rose mallow bareroot
hardy calla lily
crocosium
Any advice will be very much appreciated
I do have an empty makeshift coldframe outside.
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RE: Bareroot perennials & plants, can I put them out now?
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| so all of these plants have been growing under lights? or did you receive them mail order recently bareroot? If they've been growing for awhile, you should not just stick them outside just yet. if they were mailorder, follow the instructions that came with them. good luck |
RE: Bareroot perennials & plants, can I put them out now?
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| Hey there! I've not grown perenials but annuals. The final frost date for our area is around April 15th. You definitely should transition them for about a week. Bring them out in the shade for an hour, then a couple of hours, then a half day, gradually moving them into the sun. This way they don't go into shock. If you wait a week, then do that next week, you'll be planting them in mid-April. Good luck! |
RE: Bareroot perennials & plants, can I put them out now?
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| I agree with LES - you need to harden off the plants before you put them in the ground. Quite honestly, I go by the rule of waiting until Mother's Day to plant. If the ground is too cool and wet, sometimes this sets a plant back or rots the roots. |
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