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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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If you find a bag of bulbs that you forgot to plant and the
ground is now frozen, not all is not lost. Many bulbs can be
planted in pots and given an artificial winter, and brought
back into warmth in the spring to bloom. If they seem firm and
not too dried out, they can probably be salvaged. Plant them
in any type of container with drain holes. You can plant them
much closer together and as long as the soil covers the bulbs.
Water them once, stick a tag on them with the variety and date
planted, and find a place where the temperature will remain
between 32 and 45 degrees for the next three months. Your
refrigerator is a good choice, but be careful if you store
fruit in your fridge. Ripening fruit gives off a gas that will
destroy the forming flowers within the bulbs. After 14 weeks
move the pot to a cool (45-60 degrees is ideal) but bright
location. When the blooms are ready to pop, you can bring them
into your house to enjoy, but remember they’ll last longer and
be less floppy if you can keep them in a cooler location.
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Cold, dry winds, variable temperatures, and sunny days are
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If the ground is frozen, the plant’s root
system cannot replace the lost water and the foliage dies and
turns brown. Also, the heat of the sun on a very cold day can
cause the temperature of the foliage to rise to a point that
cellular activity begins. If the sun dips behind a building,
or when it sets, the foliage temperature quickly drops and the
active tissue is frozen and often killed. To protect ever-
greens then, we need to prevent moisture loss and protect them
from the sun.
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Regular watering well into the fall is the first step to help
an evergreen with moisture loss. Moisture reserves in the
plant can offset excessive transpiration. Mulch the root
system to help hold the moisture in the soil. A physical
barrier, like burlap, will serve a dual role, deflecting
winters drying winds and shading the plant from the warming
sun. Placing three or four tall wood stakes around the
evergreen and stapling sheets of burlap to them will serve the
plant well. There also are commercial anti-transpirants that
when sprayed on the foliage forms a waxy barrier that prevents
moisture loss. Make sure these are applied before the
temperatures get below freezing and, if possible, re-apply if
temperatures increase enough in mid-winter and early spring.
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