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I just couldnt wait (potting up a dormant plant or two)

7 months ago
last modified: 7 months ago

I potted up two of my dormant colocasia corms and now have them under some grow lights. In the past I almost always wait till about Valentines Day but with this extra wintery winter in December and January I wanted to do something "spring like".

Anyone else having potted up dormant plants?

Comments (8)

  • 7 months ago

    Nope, no dormant plants here, Rouge. We started renovating a bed last year and we had our hands full with that, right up until Thanksgiving. And I have a lot of catching up to do in the house to get done before gardening season starts. Would enjoy seeing photos of what you're planting up as it starts to grow.

    rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) thanked prairiemoon2 z6b MA
  • 7 months ago

    I gave the dried up and neglected geranium pots some water, fertilizer, and better spots under the lights, and also potted up the sad coleus cuttings which have been sitting in water all winter. They already look much better even though they're in a cool room, which has been much cooler this winter because of the weather.

    Usually this doesn't get done until late Feb or March, so yeah, I'm also jumping the gun a bit!

    rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) thanked katob Z6ish, NE Pa
  • 7 months ago

    Excellent @katob Z6ish, NE Pa!


    I will hold potting up my dormant geraniums till lots later as I dont have much room (neither under grow lights or in sunlight).

  • 7 months ago

    Nope, not yet -- still too early.


    I'll pot up my dormant geraniums late February or early March; they spring to life relatively quickly, and if I pot up too early they get quite big and hog up too much room on the light cart.

    rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) thanked porkchop_z5b_MI
  • 7 months ago

    I need more lights!

    I dug up a few bulbs last fall and had them in my garage until we started getting below zero temps outside, then I brought them in. They're still in the house but I haven't tried to pot any up yet. It's mostly Caladiums, Cannas and Sweet potato vine. I also had a big pot of salvia Purple and Bloom in my garage that I brought in. It has broken dormancy now and has some little two inch sprouts so I guess I'll keep it in the house and just treat it as a houseplant until it's warm enough to put it outside. I was going to put it back in the garage after the cold spell but the cold spell lasted too long.

    I have potted citrus (lemons, kiwi lime, and blood orange) that I kept in the house all winter. I'm pretty sure my garage is too cold for those. Also mandevilla and Jasmine. I have trouble finding which plants NEED dormancy but can't be left outside here.

    My attempts at keeping geraniums over winter years ago were unsuccessful but maybe because my garage gets below freezing.

    Colocasia is borderline here. I left mine in the ground last year and it didn't come back. I need to replace it. I left a canna in the ground that I didn't care for and of course it came back. lol


    rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) thanked christie_sw_mo
  • 7 months ago
    last modified: 7 months ago

    My attempts at keeping geraniums over winter years ago were unsuccessful but maybe because my garage gets below freezing.

    @christinmk z5b eastern WA, it has been my successful experience overwintering dormant, bare root geraniums, in a closed cardboard box, in a room which is "warm" ie simply regular room temp.

  • 7 months ago

    wheat grass for cats


    I have never been successful in having our cats like this grass...weird.