Mid-Atlantic Gardening: MidAt plant shopping June 2013 ..., 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Cat--
Did you read the link I sent you re the Weevils in my Hibiscus seeds?

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1331873/

Dr.O (John) said that if my freezer was at 0*--tree days would be enough--
or the seeds could get permanently damaged.
My freezer is a bit above-0*--so i did 4 days. We will see! This is an experiment....

He also suggested I freeze them in a paper envelope--NOT plastic baggie.

I appreciate your offer on sharing your seeds--but, No thanks...
I have enough seeds to populate the eat Coast!

ALSO---

Give your Japanese (painted???) ferns some sun. They can take it!
Mine grew wonderfully in bright, filtered sun.
Not all ferns nees shade!!! Most of them appreciate some filtered sun.

I got 12- 4" pots of half-dead Japanese Painted ferns this spring at Lowes--
for 50 cents a pot. Cleaned them up and watered them...
I think they were over-watered and had not had enough light. YES!
Maybe they had them in the Plant House (inside) with not enough light.

Knowing how beautiful these ferns are--I went and bought them all.
I kept 3--Shared some others with certain DG'ers--before I posted any in my "haves'...
Within a couple weeks--they were growing by leaps and bounds--and, totally gorgeous.

1--This is what they looked like a few days after i got them.
2--A week later....