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Is it crazy to plant things right now in the cold weather? It's 7/8/9 deg by day here, just below freezing at night. Dry. Thinking of things like hardy Shrubs, herbaceous Perenniels. Cheers Kate xx |
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On 2013-04-02 18:47:19 +0100, Kate said:
Hi Is it crazy to plant things right now in the cold weather? It's 7/8/9 deg by day here, just below freezing at night. Dry. Thinking of things like hardy Shrubs, herbaceous Perenniels. Cheers Kate xx It's the soil temperature that really counts. If you can, wait a while and let the earth warm up a bit. If you plant now, there's a danger of things being frosted both above ground and below, depending on where you live. In cold soil, nothing is going to get its feet down and start growing. We have beds that are totally empty and which we want to fill but we're not doing it just yet and being a nursery, we're not short of plants! Hang on a while! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 02/04/2013 19:24, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-04-02 18:47:19 +0100, Kate said: Hi Is it crazy to plant things right now in the cold weather? It's 7/8/9 deg by day here, just below freezing at night. Dry. Thinking of things like hardy Shrubs, herbaceous Perenniels. Cheers Kate xx It's the soil temperature that really counts. If you can, wait a while and let the earth warm up a bit. If you plant now, there's a danger of things being frosted both above ground and below, depending on where you live. In cold soil, nothing is going to get its feet down and start growing. We have beds that are totally empty and which we want to fill but we're not doing it just yet and being a nursery, we're not short of plants! Hang on a while! Coming back from the Hospital today you could see snow covered hills about 10 miles inland David @ the dry but cold end of Swansea bay PS The date for planting potatoes in this area used to be St David's day (1st March) |
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