Re: overwintering cuttings

Thanks Nancy,
I would pass the plants in the garage every day getting into the car, so it
wouldn't be a problem to check their moisture needs.  They are in small pots
because I am a big believer in proper pot size - too big a pot and they'll
rot.  Still, I haven't checked all of them, I bet some are ready to move up
to quart size now.

The quart sized ones that I had sunk to their pot lips a few years ago were
then covered well with shredded leaves for insulation, some made -some
didn't.  this is how I overwinter most pots - quarts to gallons and some
larger, but without sinking.  I have hoops over which I could place plastic;
which is better - black or white?  I used to use the hoops with remay
instead of the shredded leaves and had some success, but snow would weight
it down in places.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal or Nancy Robinson" <robyn82@bellsouth.net>
To: <woodyplants@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: overwintering cuttings


> I do not think they will need a lot of light but I wonder about how you
will
> keep the small plants from drying out during the long weeks of winter.  I
> would think they would need larger pots or put into mulch outside maybe
> covered with plastic during the coldest periods.  I lost 200 magnolia
> cuttings outside in April when we had a freak snow and cold period.  Now I
> put everything in a coldframe or under plastic which acts as a coldframe.
> My orchid tables are covered with the plastic and weighted down.  A small
> amount of air is trapped to protect the tender plants from the drying air
> and extreme cold snaps.
> Let us know how the plants make it in the spring.  I need two more weeks
to
> pot up my hellebores but will not get it.  They are on their own.
> Nancy Robinson
>
>
> > A few years back I overwintered cuttings taken that June in quarts sunk
in
> > the ground.  Didn't do so well here in Zone 5.  Last year I overwintered
> > cuttings in qts and 4 inch in the garage and they did great.  It ranges
> > maybe 40 to 550 in there.  This year I was ultra-successful with
cuttings
> > and have a bout 4 trays of 2inch and 4 inch pots of young shrub cuttings
> > which I know wouldn't make it outdoors, so they'll be garaged.
> >
> > My question is, how much light do they need over winter in these
> conditions?
> > I have one window in the garage and it's packed with overwintering
grasses
> > and other plants.  Since these cuttings won't go totally dormant over
> > winter, won't lose their leaves, will they survive on a shelf with very
> > little light?  Or do I need to set up fluorescents for them?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
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