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Sep 13, 2013 3:44 AM CST
Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
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Mike, you sure are organized. I love the way each plant has it's own plastic shoe box. The good thing about potting them is that you can control their environment a little better. They still need a cold spell and because you are in zone 10 you want to maximize the amount of cold air getting to the roots, plus you will have them in complete shade. Even with these precautions you might loose a few because of the chill requirements. We will have to evaluate things as we go along. I actually know of people who dig theirs up and put them into the refrigerator. That is fine if you have a separate refrigerator, like in the garage but I do not and have accepted that I do loose a few every year and simply replace them with hostas that are better suited for the south. I am use to that because we always store bulbs in the refrigerator because there is not a good cold spell, they have to be dug up each year and stored in frig. Bummer isn't it.
After you pot them all up you can water them with some peroxide water. Just half a cup(3%) in a gal of water, wash them down good to make sure all the air pockets are gone. If the soil washes down to where you see roots just add a little more soil. The peroxide water will help keep the fungus down and prevent root rot.
Here is a chart you can use for other things around the house and garden.

http://www.using-hydrogen-pero...
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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