Can I bring potted Dahlia into the house over winter?
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Comments (10)daylily77, I think that bulbs do need to be a bit moist whenever the weather is above freezing (think "moist, well-drained soil" as they say). I think if they really dry out they won't perform well and may even die. You want to mimic the amount of precipitation they'd get if they were in the ground as, for instance, the light rains that often come in late winter or early spring. I've never heard of actually putting the pots in plastic bags or otherwise covering with plastic to conserve water. I would worry a lot that they'd rot without any opportunity to dry out a little once in a while, especially if they go through stretches of being wet AND cold at the same time. I think they'd also need some ventilation, especially on warm days. What I HAVE heard of, and then tried with success, is wrapping the outsides of pots in bubblewrap, leaving the soil surface exposed. All you need to worry about is keeping the soil from freezing through, and bubblewrap should do it. I suspect that toomanyanimals might be refering to summer-flowering bulbs like cannas and croscosmias (not technically bulbs but rhizomes and corms, respectively). These should be brought indoors and allowed to dry out in their pots, and they will resume growth when you begin to water them in late winter or early spring. Some are a bit tricky, though. Cannas seem to need a bit of moisture from time to time, but letting them get soggy in a warm room will likely kill them (rot, again). Some others - like sweet potato vine tubers and zantedeschia (calla lilies) corms - should be "lifted" and kept barely moist in milled peat or a similar light medium. And by the way, I forgot to mention that true lilies do GREAT with the methods recommended above for spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and the like). cranebill, again...See Morequestion about bringing potted roses inside for winter
Comments (3)Yes, the polar vortex did a lot of roses in this year. So don't feel bad about losing yours. Sometimes things just happen. As for bringing them inside the house I do NOT recommend it. They will not be happy and you stand just as great a chance of losing them inside as you do outside in the garage. They won't get enough light and the humidity will not be right for them. They just fail to thrive inside. Put them in a protected spot in the garage, where they won't get blasted every time you open the door, up off the floor on blocks and water them some every month through the winter. It's still the best chance they have of making it. We can't predict the weather but hopefully it won't be as bad as last years....See Morebring potted tubers in for winter to grow indoors?
Comments (0)I have some smaller varieties that I have sprouted in pots (windowbox dahlias). I plan to put one of these in each of several big clay pots that go on my deck, then surround with annuals. Thinking ahead to October/November, if I bring the whole pot in, will that save me the trouble of digging the tubers up in the fall? I'm thinking either I could let it grow all winter as a houseplant, or let it die down naturally. I have geraniums in some of my big pots that go on all winter long in the house: bloom, too. They get leggy so I cut them back before they go out in the spring. Those same pots are planted with spikes (dracaena), ivy and annuals too: but the annuals all die after a month or so in the house, while the spikes, ivy, and geraniums have been going now for at least 4-5 years. (I've got the biggest spikes in the neighborhood!) Then when I put them out each spring I just add in the annual I want for that year. It would be really convenient to be able to do that with some of the smaller dahlias....See MoreOk To Bring Figs Into house Over Winter?
Comments (4)No problem bringing the figs into house. The issues with figs inside house during the cold months are: a. They leaf(wake up) out too early. b. They grow too leggy and distance between nodes are further apart. Tree tend to grow unnecessarily tall. Not a good idea. c. Once they leaf out, tendency to fruit. Without sufficient light & heat the fruit taste terrible. d. By the time spring comes along, with plant already fully leafed out, the plant is more susceptible to the cold outside. I would prefer to keep trees in an unheated garage & let the trees be there until spring. And if U have a green house this is probably the best time to wake them up. Paul...See Morediggerdee zone 6 CT
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