Jason Ksepka
Junior Member
Posts: 52
Location: Central New Jersey
Grow List: Temperate species for outside growing in NJ
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Post by Jason Ksepka on Feb 10, 2018 22:51:07 GMT -5
The bulk of my vft’s are in two smallish planters. The round one is of cultivars, the square one of wild-types. They stay outside uncovered for most of the winter. If it is going to get colder than 28*F I’ll try to remember to put them in the garage. If it is going to get below 18*F I’ll stick them in the basement. Today I took them out of the garage and began removing last year’s dead leaves. I still have more cleaning yo do. But so far, they look like they came through pretty well.
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Post by jerrytheplater on Feb 16, 2018 22:43:32 GMT -5
I still have mine in the refrigerator.
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Jason Ksepka
Junior Member
Posts: 52
Location: Central New Jersey
Grow List: Temperate species for outside growing in NJ
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Post by Jason Ksepka on Feb 18, 2018 20:55:18 GMT -5
Have you considered putting them outside to take advantage of a natural winter? You really just need to be careful when temps go below 28*F or during feb-mar when temps fluctuate wildly.
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Post by jerrytheplater on Feb 21, 2018 21:52:51 GMT -5
We had close to 0F this year, maybe it was 4F or so. I have never tried them outside for a natural winter. I have kept them in my detached unheated garage, but I lost a few Sarr hybrids one winter. (I forget the lowest temps for that year and no longer keep those records like I used to.) A few VFT died, but then, those that lived have been selected for a degree of winter hardiness. I have not tried them since that winter.
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