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Not to stress you out and I wish I had mentioned it sooner that you could Google/look into a product 'Near me' that is called Mycorrhizal Inoculant that is a beneficial fungus in a carrier of practically kitty litter that attaches to a plant's roots and increases the capacity of the plant to obtain nutrients from the soil by a symbiotic relationship with the plant. Blah, blah, blah, they work together and many reputable growers use it and I, myself would rather grow into simply Mycorrhizae-enhanced soil than into the most fertile soil ever without it. It may be $15-$20 for a small bag of it but you'd also be using it to do what is called 'burying the vines', where you'd literally be placing soil over the vines at the base of each leaf of the plant to cause it to sprout roots from each of those locations and Myco(rrhizae) is used to exaggerate that effect. There are popular brands even here but you'd want it right away if you were planting out in the next day or two. We/I'd not steer you wrong and perhaps simply look into it. There'd be no setback. It'd be like selecting 'Deluxe' when washing your car. No pressure nor problem if you elect to not use it and go with the flow this time around. You may get sick of this audience eventually, but I clap and holler loudly, lol! Take care---eric g

4/10/2026 6:28:37 PM

Sunken Lands Arkansas

Those jewels have made a good turn around!
I bet they love the great outdoors.

4/10/2026 9:43:12 PM

Grittyville, WA

I dont know why southern growers worry about temps or little huts. As long as they dont freeze they'll be fine. I'd be worried about cooking them a few hours of sun under a small plastic hut and they could be cooked.

4/12/2026 9:59:01 AM

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Maybe get a digital (remote?) thermometer to keep in at least one and monitor the temp to be </= to perhaps 85. Perhaps a lightweight cover of any kind could be placed over them during peak-sun periods. And, yes, avoid their freezing. eg

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4/12/2026 7:01:26 PM

Huntsville, AL, USA

I'll definitely look into the Mycorrhizal Inoculant! Since this will probably turn into more of an experimental season for me, I'll see if I can find some and try it out :D

As for worrying about the weather in the south, the weather in my particular part of the south is a bit wishy washy when seasons are changing. We don't have consistently stable weather because we're in a small valley that's set inside of a larger valley, it can be freezing one day and 90 degrees the next and sometimes there's no way to really know ahead of time. We should get stable temps in a month or so, but we had an unusually cold winter so who's to say. The good part about being a worry wart, though, is that I'll probably be checking on them every hour or so during the day so I should hopefully be able to avoid cooking them haha

I have thought about getting a laser thermometer or something similar but thought maybe that was going overboard, I may buy one anyway though, since it was mentioned

4/13/2026 9:35:26 AM