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sputinc7 · 05-09-2016, 09:03 AM

When I was in central Illinois, I put them out in buckets when the nights were out of the 30's. (Had to bring them back in from time to time, temporarily.) and in the ground about now, mid May.Cold won't hurt them,(Below 32 will.) just slows their growth until it warms.

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