How to keep sprouted acorns over winter?
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Comments (3)Thanks, y'all. I was thinking a few months, but sooner is better. White oaks don't do well in my area, but the bur oaks sure do. Too bad they aren't better known here. I'll do the float test on some that came from the older oak in a bag of leaves I picked up for compost - I'll bet they're last year's acorns....See MoreKeeping plants over the winter
Comments (8)Yes, it's perfectly fine to plant swamp milkweed in pots. I put the plants in 3-gallon pots because I plan to keep them year after year (crossing my fingers that they make it above ground during our winters). The seeds need a period of cold, so you can either put them in the frig for awhile before planting in the spring or do what I did and plant them in pots in the fall and they will sprout in the spring. I'm not sure how cold it gets where you're at though. Maybe you'd have to put yours in the frig first if your winters don't get very cold. I know that ours get plenty cold. I kind of wish swamp milkweed would have another name because for one thing, I think maybe people probably do assume that they need to be in a swampy area to do okay, but that's not true. They do fine in pots or in the garden. We had a drought this year and mine didn't die. Of course, I did water them occasionally just to make sure they pulled through. I'm talking about the 100 plants that I planted in a bed of their own. I just started them this year, so you'd think if they'd have died any year from the dryness, it would have been this year because of both their young age and the drought. Another reason why I wish swamp milkweeds would have a different name is because maybe people who aren't familiar with them hear the name and get a mental picture of some horrible-looking plant. I would recommend not planting them in just one-gallon pots if you're going to let them grow and not cut them back at all. I had bought some in one-gallon pots at the nursery in the late summer of 2005 when I was just starting my butterfly garden and those plants were so tall compared to the pot and not much weight in the pots with just that small amount of soil that the plants/pots kept falling over before I got them planted in the garden. Cathy...See MoreHow to keep Wild Indigo Duskywings over the winter?
Comments (3)Thanks, Sherry. I was leaning towards doing that, and now since you said that, it's convinced me to put them back outside because I just don't know exactly what a person would have to do during the winter to keep them alive. I think I'll keep them in the container they're in on our back porch just a little while yet, like maybe a week, and then put them out under an indigo plant before it freezes. That way if they have to hide under some leaves they don't have to hustle at the last minute since we shouldn't get a frost for at least 2 weeks ago (hopefully even longer because I hate the thought of winter coming). I've actually been working in the indigo section of the garden lately mixing sand and peat moss into the ground (our ground has lots of clay), laying down newspapers, and then putting leaves on top. So the duskywings will already have their beds waiting on them. :) I figure that probably not too many people try to raise duskywings, going for the prettier types of butterflies instead, so I look at them as a kind of underdog and like to help them. My problem is that I like to help too many kinds of butterflies and then wonder what happened to the spring and summer. It starts out being lots of fun but towards the end, I'm there rooting them on to get on with it and pupate. lol Cathy...See MoreHow can I keep my geraniums dormant over the the winter?
Comments (6)I don't know whether I'd trust an unheated garage to store a plant over a northern winter but if you have a basement that stays above 40ú, can be put where it can be left alone....no watering, no giving light of any kind, no feeding....it can come back better than ever. No thinking a little sprinkling will do it some good...it wont. When we give plants light, we are expecting it to do something....like grow....same with heat....same with food. Leave the poor plant alone....do not do anything to encourage growth. In February--or March....bring the plant out...remove it from its pot if you left it there, or you might have hung it--upside down...which is equally the way to leave it.... cut it back to about 4"....removing all dead branches..inspect the roots and remove any that appear dead or damaged. With a clean pot, put something in the bottom to keep the soil away from the drainage holes---the pot MUST DRAIN....fresh potting soil, place the plant in, water it to drainage, then place it in a sunny window where it is left to gain leaves. Turn it every other day to ensure all parts receive adequate sunlight. Do not feed it until sufficient foliage returns and then only as it requires. Do not let the drainage sit under the pot longer than 5 - 10 minutes.... Within 6 weeks your plant should have foliage that will signify its beginning to return to its old self....See More- 8 years ago
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