Re: HYB: More experiments... & question

You got that right!
But don't forget, last year was just worse than most years - typical to get a lot of freeze damage here, because my location results in cold staying longer. I even have to cover lettuce and spinach to keep it alive most years.
How the heck do you get a forecast low of 38 for tonight and I get 31? Not fair! You are hundreds of miles north of me.
However, if it's only 31 here, I'm not worried. Any sissy plants that can't take 3 or 4 hrs right around freezing before they are even showing color have no business being here ;-) 

<Sounds to me like you're scared and still bummed from last year.>
I'm a bit harsher than that - I walk around with a mattock and rip out anything that isn't happy. Both spring <and> summer. Sometimes (like after last spring!) I give them another chance, let them live another year.
But now I'm rethinking the extra early ones - want to try some of those indoors to let them bloom to see if a 'double dose' of extra early will give more continuous bloom. Also to see if they can rebloom indoors.
<Then, during July/August, walk around with the list and mark the ones that look happy.>
I like cautious <g>. But that thing is a bit too cautious. Not much of a grower here. 

<Your PFIC1 is healthy looking, but seems cautious to put out much
growth right away in this chill.  Smart iris!>
Thanks Mary Lou - have fun at Convention. Now that I've been to one, I have a greater appreciation for how hard it is to even <find> everything, much less take pictures. 
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