Wintering my sempervivum / echeveria
Jason, zone 7A, near Greensboro NC
2 years ago
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Echeveria,and red Sempervivum
Comments (0)I have two kinds of the Echeveria- Grey Green Echeveria, Blue Green type,and also one red Sempervivum. I did a trade for these they wont work in my zone. I am looking for wants but you never know I may need it....See Moresempervivum inside in winter?
Comments (1)I have found that Semps. do much better with fresh air and pretty bright light during winter.Your zone is colder than mine by far,but these are hardy alpine plants.If it were me,I'd place them outdoors in the morning and indoors during the nights during winter....See MoreNo luck with sempervivums + echeveria
Comments (11)they're indoors but i place them by the window, so I'm pretty sure they have more than 8 hrs of sunlight. :( then I use a mixture of pumice and soil. ?? Plus, upon repotting, I like waited for 1.5 weeks before watering them. What else am i missing :'(...See MoreWINTER CARE FOR SEMPERVIVUMS
Comments (11)After reading the various comments, I'm thinking my best bet would be to, as tcstoehr and breton2 suggest, plant the entire thing, pot and all in the floor of the greenhouse - if the greenhouse floor were dirt. However, since it's cement, this would mean planting in a flat of dirt - some insulation, but enough? Oh, and Rina, it's not the plants I'm worried about surviving, it's the pot. The plants are supposed to be hardy to lower than my zone, but the bonsai pot probably couldn't take the pressure of the freezing soil. And I'm not really sure how hot it will get in there in this winter, our winters have varied so much the last few years. Last year, there were a couple of warm-ups and it maybe got into the 60's in there. Year before that, no winter warm-ups to my recollection, and things stayed pretty frozen in there even with the sun coming out. But good point about the fluctuating temps. OK, so I'm left with few choices here, though this much is evident - shouldn't have planted in my bonsai pot. :) Stick to plastic, wood or cement for future if I'm using containers. Think I'll wet it down, wait for the light freeze that's predicted tomorrow morning. It won't be enough to crack the pot, but it might be enough to hold the arrangement together and have it come out in one piece, if I first loosen the soil around the inside of the pot with a knife. Then I can plant the whole piece, minus pot, outside in one of the raised beds. Sound feasible? Next year, I'll see about a different container....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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