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Time to take the rootings to the greenhouse?

About half of my cuttings took and have been transplanted to larger containers for over 3 weeks now. Should I keep them inside the house or move them out to the tunnel with the  three year old trees? I am really pleased with my success considering it was my first attempt at rooting fig trees. I enjoyed it so much that I am trying to root currant cuttings and hydrangea cuttings :) using the same method. I only have 18 currant bushes and currants sell so well at the farmer's market I decided to give it a try. I had some grading done along one side of my farm and a row of 100 hydrangeas and lilac bushes would be very beautiful there :) And I could sell cut flowers from them in a few years. Thanks so much for teaching me another way to have fun with plants :)

Linda

I think you are safe to do that even if it frosts, I would put them out at the beginning of a cool cloudy period so they are not shocked by the extra sun, or shade them otherwise. I wish I had a high tunnel, I am waiting at least another week to avoid frost, which we usually get here in May.

Lilac is my favorite flower, but so early that farmer's markets are not open yet. You can peddle them to flower shops though. Other early season money-makers are pussy willow, crab apple, and quince. Flower shops also want greens so evergreen bushes like euonymus and boxwood are good to have down the road. Sunflowers sell very well at farmer's markets here, as do dahlias and hydrangea. I used to work at a flower shop and farm stand by the way...

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