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I thought about that after I posted it. We generally plant sets here, or seeds. I forgot they also come in started plants, so it does depend what they have. I assumed sets, so that's what my answer reflected.

If you have somewhere that's 50-60 degrees that's also dark I would store them, and plant in April. As long as they aren't sprouting you are okay.

The key for me is neglect. They like to dry way out between watering. Too much much water will cause them to drop leaves, flowers, and not bloom. They like being pot bound and dry. So try some tough love. A bright window helps too.

Mine have been blooming for about a month already. :) They are worth the wait.

I cut mine back after a hard freeze.

I saw this happen on an Echinacea. I believe it's a weird mutation.

I do get a bit wet trying to fill them myself. With help they are pretty easy. Put them around a 5 gallon bucket. Someone holds the water reservoirs open, the other works the hose.

Here's last year on May 24. The tomatoes are starting to grow out of the top. They are handy for those late season surprise frosts that we always seem to get here. Frost day is May 15 but you can't trust that.

I am brave. :) I figured worse case scenario they will rot because it doesn't quite warm up enough. That happened one year and I was able to shove the tops in the ground and they rooted. I like to gamble because our growing season is so short. May to September. Long range forecast shows...

It was nearly 80 degrees here. I filled my kozy kotes with water and planted my teeny tomatoes out in them today. Hopefully they do okay.

Thanks for the kind words. I'm looking forward to digging in the dirt too, even if it's with one arm. I tried an experiment and seeded some cold crops before this snow. We will see if the seeds survive and germinate. If they do it will be spectacular. If not it's a few dollars in seeds. :fl

The joint itself isn't worn out. It would probably last my lifetime. It's because I have no rotator cuff in the left arm, and I cannot raise my arm much. I tore it I'm my 20's and never had it looked at. I didn't need to do this, but I would like some more use out of my arm and am hoping this...

Thanks. I'm terrified. :rolleyes: you'd think with 4 replaced joints I would be an expert. Nope, still terrified. :oops:

They take the ball off the implanted joint and screw it into the socket. The end of the arm bone gets a plastic cap. They claim it's easier since I already have the stem in the arm bone, and they just need to do some alterations. :hmm...

I hope it will all be worth it too. :fl I currently have troubles raising that arm because I no longer have a functioning rotator cuff. Bad thing is I recently hurt my right arm moving rabbits. :rolleyes: So they both hurt. :hmm

I cannot express how easy gardening is with them. I feel like I'm cheating after all these years gardening in the ground. :)

I was hoping to get something done here before I go in to get my left shoulder replacement reversed on the 24th of April. I guess I will be trying to garden with one arm for 6 weeks. Husband will be put to work too. Can't even fire up my pond. :he

Not here. :hmm We are back to a foot of hard crusty snow. Gonna be a while until I can garden here.

What does frustrate me is when zones aren't properly displayed, or trees are grafted. Most of my grafted fruit trees die after a few season. I have given up planting them. It's easier to just buy the fruit these days.

Plant survival in any particular zone can be affected by all kinds of things. Where you plant, how your yard is set up, whether there are buildings to shelter plants, or concrete to heat up, are just a few things. I generally don't plant stuff here in zone 4 unless it's more hardy than zone 4...