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Originally Posted by caliboy1994
Generally in my area we don't get below the 30s in the wintertime, so I just leave my plants out unprotected (we got to 31 last winter and had a few frosts, and that was cold for us). Frosts are rare here, and many years they don't even happen at all. What I'm trying to get at with this is simply to extend the active growth period of my plants for a few weeks to a month, because our winters are rather long.
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I guess I don't see how warming the roots/corm would extend the season; I assume the leaves being chilled is what slows down growth.
Up north I covered plants if there was an early or late unexpected frost. It made a huge difference in the spring but not so much in the fall.