Winterizing Plants in Garage
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First winter for potted musa basjoo - garage or sunny window?
Comments (10)The following web address is an article posted by another member I followed about outdoor winter care. Although we had a mild winter, my basjoos were sprouting up in Feburary. MY Ice Cream and Black thai came up in late Spring. I also garage kept bananas, Queens, Sago and Pygmy Date Palms and my Palms actually leafed some except for my Sago's.My Sagos lost all their leaves but flushed once I put them outside in the Spring. I thought my Sagos had died.My garage kept Bananas stoped growing except for one that leafed. However this was my second year to keep plants in my garage and had better success than the first year.I did a better job with light and watering but still was unsure if I was over or under watering. I believe my garage temperature stayed in the upper 50's to low 60's most of the winter. Like Chad mentioned, I put a couple of pups in the garage as back-up but did not need them. I will do the same this year and have aquired some more light fixtures to install. The Basjoos I wintered outside was really nice to have alrady growing and filling-out in March when we had some nice days to sit outside. I had the tropical look going for me in March while other plants where just getting started. http://www.plantdelights.com/Banana-Trees-for-the-Garden/products/494/...See Morewill perenials live over the winter in pots in garage?
Comments (4)Don't overwinter your perennials in garages. Unless it's a open air garage (no walls). Perennials do require outdoor exposure to survive. they do need some moisture and also some sunlight to stimulate growth when spring arrives. So as much as you can ape an outdoor exposure you should. This can be achieved via a coldframe, with hay covering the pots for added insulation. The insulation just helps to keep the temperatures steady = not to warm it up. You may need to vent the frame when the sun gets too warm. Absent of a coldframe, place your pots (grouped together) in a protected spot, away from the wind and the hazzards of winter's freeze and thaw cycles. In our modern suburbs, I've found that the little alley between houses over such a protective haven. I had left my potted shasta daisies, climbing hydrangeas, black eye susans and roses in this area and I've had a high success rate. I hadn't even bothered to mulch them. If you don't have such an area -- place them close to fence corner away from the winds. In addition to heavy mulching with hay or leaves, I also would suggest that you pile up snow. Remember that what you are seeking is simply to steady the temperatures. Now if you cannot find such spaces at all, you can dig a trench and place the pots the ground and once again cover with earth and mulch. - Add snow when the snow starts for added insulation. This is the method used for bonsai trees that require overwintering outdoors. That work out. Ianna...See MoreFragrant winter plants in winter
Comments (13)For many years, we grew Prunus mume 'Kobai', but it self destructed in the terrible ice storm of 2003. Every now and then, we talk about replacing it because it was really lovely, especially when viewed against a backdrop of evergreens. My Edgeworthia chrysantha is probably the most fragrant winter plant, but its blooms won't open till late Feb or early March. It is a strikingly unusual plant even when not in bloom. It's planted near the front porch steps, so we never miss it when it blooms. The Mahonia is one of my favorites for winter fragrance. The scent is so lemony, and its a great bellweather plant for honey bees. They always come out on a warm afternoon to sample its nectar, probably more so than for any other plant....See MoreMy Winter Garage Greenhouse Experiment
Comments (6)Thanks guys! Dave, I am going to get some of my bare root plants potted up soon! I put some of the larger ones directly into the ground though, so I have to make sure it is safe. Patrick, you are right. They do look creepy in close-up pics like that ! LOL! Karen, I think it was early November when I took my plants into the garage, but the weather was still very mild here. Some of my plants were just starting to show leaf loss but not all of them. I cut all remaining leaves on my plants that I stored bare root but I left the leaves on the potted plants that I brought in and put under lights. I have a flourescent shop light that I keep on all the time on a workbench in that garage but there is no other light, so the halogens have been the only real source of light all winter to these plants. The halogens do put off a lot of heat which is another reason I decided to use them. I intended to put a remote temp gauge by the plumies to monitor what the temp was with lights on and off but never got around to doing it. I also tried early on using a portable heater but it kept kicking the breaker off on that circuit so I didn't use it. I do feel that if I had another heat source and monitored it more closely to keep it more consistently warm that they would have grown even more through the winter....See Morelaceyvail 6A, WV
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