GETTING VERY VERY ANTSY!!!!!

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Karrie20x Spokane, WA(Zone 5b) May 04, 2005

I have all these seedlings just dying to go outside for the summer.

I checked the weather forecast for the next 10 days on weather.com. It doesn't show any lows below 40.

I normally wait until Mid-May (this year would be the weekend of the 14th & 15th) until I go for it.

Think I should go ahead and plant some things that I have alot of? Maybe? This is driving me crazy!

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sylvi74 Oak Grove, MN(Zone 4a) May 04, 2005

I know how you feel. It snowed here on Tuesday! I dragged all my plants back inside. Are your plants hardened off? Are they annual or perennial? I find that hardened perennial seedlings do the best and younger annual seedlings do the worst. Of course, annual seedlings never do very well for me. You could always try a couple plants that you think you could stand to lose if the worst happens.

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nathalyn Knoxville, TN(Zone 7a) May 04, 2005

Karrie, can you cover things if the weather takes an unexpected dip in temps? If yes, I would start planting and not worry about it too much.

I have used nursery pots, newspaper tents, boxes, planters etc. to cover up seedlings with good results. I personally would rather get my stuff into the ground as soon as possible and cover and uncover as needed.

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Karrie20x Spokane, WA(Zone 5b) May 04, 2005

They are all pretty much hardened off. Most of them have spent a great deal outside. The ones I left in the sunroom were sort of hardened off as I opened the windows for them on the sunnier, warmer days - and left the windows open awhile as it cooled off in the evenings, before closing them.

Yes - I can cover them. I have lots of saved gallon milk jugs I could cut & use, and weigh them down with rocks if it's windy.


Now what about my tropicals & sub trops that I have planted as annuals? (Passion, Spider Plant, Hibiscus, cypress vine, cannas, black eyed susan vine, etc........)? The Hibiscus and Gardenias will stay in pots - I can always bring them back indoors easily.

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