Re: First sighting now Frost

Melody,
It is too early to be planting coleus outside in Zone 5.  We went down to 31
degrees last night.  May 15 would be safer.  Also, did you give them a
hardening period?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] First sighting now Frost


> Spent the whole weekend buying and planting new stuff...the frost got
> some of it last night and early this a.m.--10 new coleus plants I had
> just planted over the weekend...anyone know if they might recover?? I
> haven't had a good chance to go out and look at them real close. Just
> noticed on my tour out there this a.m. that the leaves were all
> completely withered. They looked so lovely for the afternoon they were
> out there...pictures coming later.
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Sat 05/01,  < Cersgarden@aol.com > wrote:
> From:  [mailto: Cersgarden@aol.com]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 20:28:38 EDT
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] First sighting
>
> In a message dated 5/1/04 2:28:41 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net
> writes:<br><br>&lt;&lt; Spring has been here for about a month now
> &gt;&gt;<br><br>Kitty, we had frost Thurs morning and sounds like we
> will again Monday <br>morning. Last Wed was in the 80s. <br>
>
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