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Sprouting in bags.. ahh!

PurpleandpinksPurpleandpinks Posts: 78
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My first lot of plants arrived today - mostly lupins and peonies. Lots of them are sprouting in the bag... Even though the earliest recommended planting is March.

I am a complete novice and I don't know if this is really bad, or if I can do anything about it.

Any advise for those wiser is much appreciated.

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  • PurplerainPurplerain Posts: 1,053
    You could pot them up individually in multi purpose compost. Once you have done that, keep them in the light but cool and undercover. They can be planted out in a month or so when the weather improves.
    SW Scotland
  • PurpleandpinksPurpleandpinks Posts: 78
    Thanks purple.

    Do you tjinkthi kitchen/utility area be ok? But uncover do you mean literally? Sorry I know these are stupid questions.
  • PurplerainPurplerain Posts: 1,053
    edited February 2019
    If you have a window in the utility that would be fine. I grow on most of my plants in a back porch. As long as it's cool and light they should be ok.

    I should have added that there are no stupid questions around here. That's how we learn.
    SW Scotland
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Not "uncover" but "under cover", Purpleandpinks.  Meaning protected from frost, because the little plants are starting to grow earlier than they would do, if they had spent all their life in your garden, and their new shoots are too tender to cope with the great outdoors at this time of year.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • PurpleandpinksPurpleandpinks Posts: 78
    Thank you - I understand what you mean now by undercover! I was picturing a tarp over it!! Sorry for all the typos, not sure what's happened there. 
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