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Lupine seedlings
I got ambitious and got some lupine seedlings sprouting happily in a
coffee can under grow lights in a nice warm room. When is it safe to put them out? Can they enduring some freezing? Or should I wait till that is past? I live in Central Massachusetts, where hard freezes are unlikely to appear after May 1. Thanks! |
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Lupine seedlings
"Ron Goodenow" wrote in message
... I got ambitious and got some lupine seedlings sprouting happily in a coffee can under grow lights in a nice warm room. When is it safe to put them out? Can they enduring some freezing? Or should I wait till that is past? I live in Central Massachusetts, where hard freezes are unlikely to appear after May 1. Thanks! Lupines are a relatively hardy plants, but it would help if you identified the type. My experience was with Russell hybrids in zone 3, where deep winter snow provided enough cover to allow me to grow many zone 4+ items. I frequently started various colored lupines inside but waited until night temperatures remained above freezing in May before planting. Plants, even frost hardy ones, may be too tender when started inside to tolerate frost. (When they start sprouting from seeds on their own outside, the frost doesn't seem to bother them.) As temperatures warm, you should move them outside during the day and haul them back inside at night until danger of frost has passed and then plant. John |
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Lupine seedlings
I live in the Pacific Nortwest and have no idea what zone that is (I'm still
very new to all this). I sowed Lupine seeds a month ago during a fit of spring fever (the weather was so nice). The very next day it frosted for the first time in ages. Last weekend I looked where I had planted them and I have some nice sprouts coming along! "B & J" wrote in message ... "Ron Goodenow" wrote in message ... I got ambitious and got some lupine seedlings sprouting happily in a coffee can under grow lights in a nice warm room. When is it safe to put them out? Can they enduring some freezing? Or should I wait till that is past? I live in Central Massachusetts, where hard freezes are unlikely to appear after May 1. Thanks! Lupines are a relatively hardy plants, but it would help if you identified the type. My experience was with Russell hybrids in zone 3, where deep winter snow provided enough cover to allow me to grow many zone 4+ items. I frequently started various colored lupines inside but waited until night temperatures remained above freezing in May before planting. Plants, even frost hardy ones, may be too tender when started inside to tolerate frost. (When they start sprouting from seeds on their own outside, the frost doesn't seem to bother them.) As temperatures warm, you should move them outside during the day and haul them back inside at night until danger of frost has passed and then plant. John |
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