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I didn't mean to.....

16 years ago

It's too early here....all my hosta are not even showing their noses, I was just looking to see what was in the garden center....really! I was just looking to buy some top soil to plant a little grass seed....really!

But an Orange Marmalade, Spilt Milk and Touch of Class just jumped into my cart! What could I do? And the Orange marm was only a single eye for 4.99 and the others have 4 or 5 eyes for 9.99...

Could I push them out???

Problem is I don't know where to put them because everything else isn't up yet....

Linda C

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
16 years ago
replicate the nursery where you got them ...

if they were in polyhouses ... unheated.. then your garage or any out building should be just fine.. door open during the day .. closed at night.. never let sun hit the black pot ....

north side of the house should be just fine... and into the garage if frost is apparent .....

just dont bring them in the house... too warm ...

ken
flowergazer
16 years ago
Linda,
I am in zone 4 same problem, but I admit it(Ha Ha). Put them in the garage they will be fine. We are so ready to garden, but mother nature is not cooperating.Brenda
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I think you answered your own question, Linda... you are willing to take a chance... and you have a spot you can put them that effectively isolates them. The only thing I'd add is the lysol hygiene of your tools after planting. I wish a visual check was all we needed to do - but virused plants don't necessarily show any visual signs for up to several years... This is not a slam on Lowe's or big boxes in general. But if you understand why their plants are cheap - that they are often from "factory farms," often from Holland where the plants are bare-rooted by pressure washing which can spread the disease... that the Dutch have declared that it is sufficient to visually check a field of hostas and if less than 5% show signs of virus, the whole batch is declared to be OK for shipping... then you know that the odds are pretty high you will pick up a virused plant. I think if you purchase from a big box you have to isolate the plants and sterilize your tools when you work in that section - or you just have to say you are willing to live with HVX. I don't check every plant I get and can't swear I have a virus-free garden... but by purchasing only from sources that are committed to controlling the spread of the virus, I minimize my chances of getting or spreading this illness. I also stopped buying from one wholesaler who could not give an acceptable answer to how she was responding to a nematode infestation in one of her fields. Life is just too short - for me - to save a couple bucks on a plant and then worry about disease for year...
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caliloo
16 years ago
I am so jealous!

I've been prowling around and there is not much of interest available here AND I think my Orange Marmalade is history! Boo hoo!!!!!!!

Congrats on the great buys though - and listen to Ken, it's good advice.

Alexa
lindac
Original Author
16 years ago
Oh I know where to "put them"...on the north side of the house, near the hose!
What I meant was I don't know where to plant them!!!
But they just begged to come home with me....what could I do?
Linda C
sheesh
16 years ago
I know you are the ones I want: LindaC, Caliloo, flowergazer and Ken. My ordinary hostas in zone 5 are poking their noses through, maybe about an inch or two. Can I move them now to other places in the garden or must I wait till they're further along? We'll have 35-50Âº nights and 50-60 days. Thank you.

Sherry
lindac
Original Author
16 years ago
Calliloo lives in the tropics of the Philadelphia area....but I can answer...
Dig then any time you can find them....or whenever the ground is thawed.
I like to divide and move when they are just poking through as then they don't looked messy for months from the mauling.
Linda C
sheesh
16 years ago
Just what I wanted to hear! Thanks, Linda. I'll go out right now, while we still have a little daylight.

Sherry

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