I miss my c&s...
Hi, all,
Once upon a time, I used to visit the C&S forum a LOOOOOOOOT, when I grew and kept a rather sizeable c&s collection. (I remember cactusmcharris, rosemarie, teatree, priategirl, hijole, rina...) Then, I disappeared from the face of the planet (for a number of reasons - the primary being that I just didn't have time to devote to the forum anymore).
Since then, I've moved a few times, and ultimately had to give up my c&s collection. Many of them died because I just didn't have a suitable place to put them (no south-facing windows with enough room to keep plants). I tried keeping some outside under the front patio cover, but the summer California desert sun managed to find them and scorch them. I finally had to give up the last of them when we made our last move.
I now live in Northeast Ohio, and have one solitary Haworthia that my husband got me when I was feeling particularly blue (I did NOT want to leave California). I long to have a c&s collection again, but I'm afraid I have nowhere to keep them where they'll get the sun they need, and not freeze to death in the winter. I see the c&s sections in Home Depot and Lowes whenever I go in, and they just call to me like a siren...but I try to be strong and resist their adorable-ness.
I know a good number of you live in cold climates (some even colder than where I'm at now). How do you keep your collections safe and happy?
Here's a photo of the only succulent I have now, a Haworthia sp.:
I'm slowly learning that I can garden with other types of plants; I'm working on making a patio planter, and I plan to grow vegetables and fruits. But I really, really, really miss my c&s.
Anyway, I just wanted to say a quick hi, and ask how y'all make the magic happen in the colder climates. Maybe I'll eventually get up the nerve to try and start a new c&s collection, especially since spring is finally here, and summer isn't too terribly far off. (I just don't know how Crassulaceae do in this part of the country/continent, and I'd be heartbroken to lose any plants.)
Hope everyone is well. And a big wave hello to my old friends who are still on this forum.
*CG*
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI am in western Montana - quite cold here in the winter time, and a bit further north than northeast Ohio. I keep many succulents and one cactus in a northwest facing window that is covered by a white curtain that reflects a lot of light back onto the plants when it is closed. Those succulents stay in the window year-round - not much growth at all during the winter months and I keep them quite dry, but they have been really going nuts lately with lots of new growth (and more water). I also have a mixed succulent pot that lives in my office's south-facing window during the winter (they got a bit leggy this past winter), and they will be repotted soon and moved to our backyard in late May to receive full sun.
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