Re: catalog order storage
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- Subject: Re: catalog order storage
- From: A* D* <a*@crwys.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 00:23:30 +0000 (GMT)
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On Tue 04 May, pattie@juno.com wrote:
>
> I just received part of my catalog order from
> Burgess seed. They said they would ship them
> at the appropriate planting time, so I guess the time has come.
> Problem is, my planting areas are way to wet to plant in.
> I figure that I should be OK in 3 to 4 days.
> So my question is, should I keep all these dormant
> plants inside the shipping plastic bag, or take them out and
> do something with them while waiting to plant?
> Stan the cheap and lazy gardener
> Boulder Co. Zone 6
>
I would say it is a question of how dormant. If they have not started
shoots and leaves I would keep them cool and frost free until wanted,
if there is any sign of growth, shooots, leaves, open the top of the bag
or they might go mouldy, and give them some light and check that they
don't dry out completely. Either way they should be all right for some
days.
I had some gooseberry bushes delivered and put them in the
greenhouse for weeks, forgot all about them but they stayed cool.
Eventually I found them, soaked the roots and planted them, they are
doing fine. I bought 3 rhubarb roots, planted them out according to
instructions, left them for 2 months, no sign of life so I dug them up
they were covered with mould and going soft so I soaked them in
horticultural fungicide for 2 days and potted them up, put them in
the greenhouse and 2 of the 3 have now got small leaves and stalks.
Allan
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Allan Day Hereford allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
