RE: weather rant now: flooding

Donna,
I was having a tough time understanding this thread until I realized that
you and Ceres  were talking vegetables.

Regarding ornamentals, I enjoy getting my new ones early as I am often
getting little 2 inch starts.  I pot them up and put outside so they can
get a head start.  The warm sun on   the black plastic warms the potted
soil and gets them going much better than than the cold soil of the ground.
By the time I put them in the ground in May they've put out new roots that
hold the new soil together if handled gently.  Of course, being hardy
ornamentals they've already been hardened and a late frost doesn't phase
them.  Naturally, I keep a better watch on the tender stuff which doesn't
go out for keeps until late May.

Kitty

> [Original Message]
> From: Donna <justme@prairieinet.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/8/2003 9:12:49 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] weather rant  now: flooding
>
> I have to agree with Ceres... Somewhere between May 15 to the 25 we will
> have a bad frost here. Happens every year:(  Always dieing to plant
> before that, as we usually have some nice weather for a few weeks. I
> have learned to wait with all in ground plants. Planters (moveable ones)
> get planted much earlier and take refuge in the garage for the frost. 
>
> Of course everyone around here buys all their plants in the beginning of
> April. Duh! This causes everyone to do it, or by the time it is planting
> season begins, the nurseries are bare.... drives me nuts! One year we
> didn't have any tomato plants, cause I rebelled and would not buy them
> till May 1... couldn't find any, sold out. So now I play the game,
> outside in those darn little trays if it is nice out, back inside for
> the crappy days.... I store them all in my little red wagon and wheel
> barrels.... easy to move in and out...
>
> Donna
>
> > > Looks like the last frost date
> > >this year will be 15 May for sure.
> > 
> > Rich, how can you be assured of this?  The projected ALFD is 15 May
> but
> > several of the past few years we have had frosts after that.  I
> thought we
> > had one on the 17th last year but I checked my planner and if we did,
> I
> > didn't  record it  I receive frost in my garden when only 3/4 mile
> away
> > has
> > none due to the lay of the land.
> >     Ceres

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