Re: [CH] Overwintering

Tina Brooks (shoestring_louise@yahoo.com)
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:25:18 -0700 (PDT)

--- Byron <byronbromley@tellink.net> wrote:

> A couple more tips. 
> 
> Set transplants in pots,  use potting mix,  makes
> the pots lighter.
> 
> For the summer, dig a hole for the pot,  insert pot
> in the ground,  with 
> the top of the pot an inch or two above the soil
> line,
> 
> This keeps the roots a little cooler,  and you won't
> need to water as 
> often,  also keeps a few of the creepy crawlers out.
> 
> 
> Then when summer is done,  just pull the pot out of
> the ground and rinse 
> it off,  this saves transplant shock.
> 
> L.B.
>  
> 

Great idea! I will remember that for next year.

T

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