LOL Allison, today has been Wednesday for me! Sheesh!

Oh Karen, I can do some seriously dumb things sometimes. I guess I must have placed this order when we were looking at that huge house on 10 acres. LOL I'm not sure why I thought I needed all 81 of these. http://cubits.org/chatters/thr...

I am so tired. I took me hours to unpack and I didn't even pot them up. I just set them all up in trays and bottom watered. They'll be fine like that for awhile.

I was wishing you were here to help me, Sidney!

last year I didn't pot mine up either... and they were fine for almost a month before I planted them.. the cell pack I used was a tad big so I put some polymer gels in it to hold them up

You folks are better plant Moms than me. I could never hold them like that for weeks without potting up. I'd forget about them, or be negligent at watering, and they'd dry out and die. Last year I planted them in yogurt cups and held them like that for a couple of weeks until I could plant them outside.

But, I only ordered 10 or 12 plants, a little more do-able than 4 boxes...

Karen

Brinda,
I'm so HAPPY for you! wow - 4 boxes of plants!

I wish it was me.....
:))))) Have fun
Alice

Okay, I'm real happy you all let me in on the coleus cutting co-op, but after reading this whole thread, I'm jealous! Tell me about the Rosy Dawn orders. Did each of you order from their website? Did you get a price break? Can coleus be shipped once it gets hot?
so many questions...and wow, I'm really enjoying the pictures!
cindi

yes we did get a price break.. so far I have shipped coleus all year.. cold or hot has not effected them... the cuttings I received from Florida last end of summer.. and just put in a garbage bag were mostly ok... a few wilted but overall they were good

if I were just sending a few cuttings the mild weather is best though

I placed an order with Rosy Dawn and received my plants yesterday. They are fabulous....much bigger than the ones I purchased last year. Hope we can do this every year.

Got my RDG order earlier this week. potted them up the other night... they're outside underneath my potting shed, although i should be more careful... it's not very warm yet at night. most of the plants we huge and beautiful, with roots i had to cut through to pot them... the ones that were tiny, well, they gave me a few bonus ones:

Mean Streak
Brooklyn Horror
Irish Eyes

I think another one, but i can't remember the name...

Still wading through my Gebhart's order... no time to pot them yet. but that's for another forum.

hopefully i won't lose most the way i did over this last winter. stupid mealybugs. i don't know where they came from. probably from a box store plant i bought at clearance. another reason i brought these outside and away from my mealybug indoor palace LOL. most of them are gone but i'm paranoid now... i keep spraying down the place and leftover plants with rubbing alcohol spray. yuck.

anyway, happy planting all!

new classified is up

http://davesgarden.com/communi...

Since not everyone has a DG acct, here's a quote:
Rosy Dawn Gardens' full catalog of coleus will be available for Dave's Garden Members at the reduced price of $3.75 per coleus plant.
To get your discount, please follow the following directions:
Visit our website at http://www.rosydawngardens.com
Fill your online shopping cart.
Important! Before you check-out, view your shopping cart, scroll down to "Sales and Discounts" and type in coupon code dg2011 and hit apply. (You only need to enter the coupon code once.) You must use this coupon code to get your discount. You must enter the code before you check out your order.
Choose your desired ship date when you check out. We reserve the righthe right to delay shipment in cases of severe weather conditions.
Offer expires January 31, 2011. Additions to orders after that date will be charged regular price of $4.75 per plant.
Please note: Payment is required to confirm your discount. Credit cards will be charged when order is placed.t to

Woooohoooo!

How is everyone? I just walked into my office this morning with coleus on my mind and popped into Cubits and found a cmail from Pam at RosyDawn. Which made me wander over here and I see that Sidney is on top of her game!!!!

Great going Sidney!!!! I'm so ready for warm weather and Coleus!!!

Oops Brinda, I thanked you for the Rosie Dawn info and it's actually our Sidney I should be thanking. Thank you Sidney!

You are ever so welcome.