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[Dan Nave <nave1@comcast.net>]

I only have six, so I think I'll just start them indoors.

I just put them in water.  We'll see how it goes.

Dan

On 1/21/2012 6:49 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
> Personally, I would hold them a couple months.  But last year I bought
> a couple hundred of these in late Feb, holding them until late April
> when I could start them outdoors in my unheated greenhouse, and some
> of the cuttings had already become desiccated and I lost about 25% of
> them...   which is to say I wouldn't hold them for too long..
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Dan Nave<nave1@comcast.net>  wrote:
> > I had ordered  six elderberry cuttings from Elderberry Life, two each of 
> > Wyldwood 1 and 2, and  Bob
> > Gordon.
> >
> > They just mailed them to me and the instructions imply that I should root 
> > them in water and plant in
> > soil, then outside when danger of frost is past, or just in soil and then 
> > outside.  I put them in
> > the refrigerator temporarily.
> >
> > My question is, does it seem reasonable to start them like this so early?  I 
> > would have to do it
> > inside or course, we aren't past the danger of frost until Mother's day 
> > (middle of May) and it was
> > 10F below zero night before last...
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
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