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Mon, Jan 2, 12 at 19:19
| Hello I was wondering if anyone knew what I could do with these bleeding hearts that I bought today. They were growing and inside the bag they were shipped here in so I just went ahead and planted them. I do not really have the room for them inside. I am afraid that if I put them out side they will keeping growing and the frost will get them. On the box it said to plant after the last frost but for my area that is not until around march. Does any one know what to do? |
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| Well, buying perennials in growth in January does not usually turn out well, but they might survive. |
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| About all you can do is try to keep it alive indoors until you can plant it outside. Do you have a garage that doesn't freeze? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 3, 12 at 9:07
| what to do.. dont buy plants in winter.. lol ... pot them .. stick them in the garage.. and hope for the best ... [if you had room the house might be better] i dont know gardening in your zone.. but you might just throw them in the ground. ... and wing it ... hold the receipt if you still have it .. ken |
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| thank you all. i have them inside the house right now i am just going to put them on a cover screen porch. (When i bought it i just assume they were seeds that is y i bought them during the winter) |
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| Be ready to bring them in during a freeze. Or set up some chairs around them then throw an elect blanket over them to keep them from freezing. I've done this in the past on my covered porch and in my garage. I'd put the plants to bed every night by tucking them in under an elect blanket just before I'd go to bed myself. It kept them from freezing. |
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