Comments on: Should I wait for flower gardening or can I start now? http://www.hellergreenhouse.com/gardening/should-i-wait-for-flower-gardening-or-can-i-start-now 260-238-4040 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:07:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: papastolte http://www.hellergreenhouse.com/gardening/should-i-wait-for-flower-gardening-or-can-i-start-now/comment-page-1#comment-563 papastolte Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:56:59 +0000 http://www.hellergreenhouse.com/gardening/should-i-wait-for-flower-gardening-or-can-i-start-now#comment-563 Rather than relying on daytime high temperatures, you should check out nighttime lows to see if there has been frost recently, and if you expect frost to continue. Meanwhile, you can prepare the soil, by putting a fresh layer of topsoil on it, and raking it in to the existing soil. If you believe in fertilizer, you could mix that in, too. Some flowers are very hardy in cold weather, pansies, for example.<br><b>References : </b><br> Rather than relying on daytime high temperatures, you should check out nighttime lows to see if there has been frost recently, and if you expect frost to continue.

Meanwhile, you can prepare the soil, by putting a fresh layer of topsoil on it, and raking it in to the existing soil. If you believe in fertilizer, you could mix that in, too.

Some flowers are very hardy in cold weather, pansies, for example.
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