My plants are all still dormant!
havent even taken them out of the basement stairwell yet..
I considered it when we had the freak warm spell in Mid-March,
but now it has cooled back down to normal for this time of year..
still getting a few nights below freezing, so its not quite time yet, but soon..
Im doing a new method with my plants now..
did it for the first time last Spring, and it worked fine..
In previous years my plants would go into the basement stairwell (or the fridge, going back many years)
about the 1st of November:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/scottychaos/CP/page5c.html
I would then take them out about Mid-February..simply because 3 and 1/2 months was long enough for dormancy..
but then, I would have to keep them inside for at least a month to 6 weeks..
I dont like keeping them inside..
So now im simply keeping them dormant until they can go outside for real!
They have now been dormant 5 solid months..(a typical winter length for these parts)..
I plan to take them out in a week or so..
I also need to do a full repot on everything this year, which is another reason I don't want them to begin growing too early..
Scot