how to store new bought vine

[sunnymay10]

Hi all,

hope someone has some advice, I'm not sure where to put some recently bought new plants.
They had signs of growing when I bought them, thought it was too cold to put out in the shed from the shop, so there under the stairs in the hall, it's not that hot there as there's no central heating , but the plants have started galloping away, and it's still too cold to put outside, I'm sure the new groth would die off.
The plants are a couple of vines, some rhubarb and strawberries, the rhubarb I think could go out, but not the vine I wouldn't have thought or can you tel me otherwise.
There not top notch plants from nurseries, they came from a DIY store, but I still don't want to loose them, however little they cost, look forward to any thoughts.

sunnymay10

[BUFFS]

hi there,if you put a good bit of sacking around the roots of the vine it will be fine in your shed,rhubarb and strawberries wont come to any harm out there either, as strawberries were developed from their alpine cousins, and rhubarb seems to love a good chill..so relax,wrap the vine roots and thats it ,the rest will be fine.

[sarraceniac]

I'd pot up the vine in some multi purpose and put it in the shed. You don't say where you are. It would make it easier to answer this sort of question if you could amend your profile to give us some idea of your USDA zone but whichever part of the UK you are in the vine should be dormant for another few weeks. If it is showing shoots it needs slowing but still wants to be planted. I'm just assuming that all mine have made it through this winter but it is the worst we have had for years.

[sunnymay10]

Thank you both for the very helpful advice and i have now added my location as you can see.
The plants are for the Brittany location, but at this time of the year the temperatures are very much the same as Devon, so not much change there.
So fingers crossed for the vine, I'm sure the rhubarb and strawbs will be fine.

sunnymay10.

[BUFFS]

hi there,its probably been colder up here than at your location,we had-6 during the day for 9/10 days and -13/14 each night,my strawberries are sitting in pots outside quite happily,your vine is starting because its too warm under your stairs,so this heat has started your plants off,no great harm done,just put them in the shed to cool off,the buds and blossoms will seem to stop dead but come some warmth, growth will resume.they grow vines etc in germany and have 10-15ft of snow,if you pamper your plants you will weaken them.i used to worry but keep them healthy and they seem to shrug off what would kill us = tough cookies..

[sunnymay10]

Hi Buffs,

thanks for your reply,
in Brittany it does get cold, worst months I think are jan and feb, we had -5 for a few weeks running, and our house doesn't have heating all over, the under stair temp at the moment is around 45-50 but also a bit dark, so I suppose the plants thought it was time to wake up. I just thought putting it out into -2 or 3 would shock them.
Here's hoping!
sunnymay10

[BUFFS]

sorry for the delay but as long as your shed is not really damp(you dont want any mould) they should be fine ,its just a bit worrying when you start out,we have all been there and luckily there always seems to be someone who has had the same problem who can help you out on this site,we are all still learning, id be lost without it sometimes,....good luck in that beautiful area,im dead jealous.....