Re: overwintering cuttings

Nancy, that sounds wonderful.  I took some of your and Donna's advice.
Here's what I did:
Though the Florida room is drafty, it is protection from wind and it does
absorb heat during the day.  It is at the southwest corner of my house.
Last night I cut down some thick cardboard boxes to a bit above the height
of the pots in their flats.  I took an old corrugated foam mattress cover
and cut it into sections to line the boxes and then cut strips to line the
sides  after putting the flats in.  This should insulate them fairly well I
hope.  Then I put them on an iron baker's rack in the Florida room.  They'll
get some light during the winter, they'll get the cold treatment they need,
but they should be insulated well enough to get by.  If we do get some of
those minus 20 days , though, I think I will transfer them to the garage
where it might be 35-40 on those days.

So what do you all think?  Sound ok?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal or Nancy Robinson" <robyn82@bellsouth.net>
To: <woodyplants@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: overwintering cuttings


> I find the Japanese maples do well in tiny pots for a long time but other
> plants need a little more moisture.  Since my water up on the mountainside
> will be off or frozen, I want them to be able to live for several months
> with little attention from me.  I used the semi clear plastic.  That is
what
> is available here so I use it.  My cold greenhouse has a lot of unused
> space.  What will grow in the top space of a greenhouse?  It gets down to
12
> degree F regularly.  I have the cyclamens, Amorphophallus,arums, etc in
sand
> on the bottom of the greenhouse.  I know now I should have just built a
lot
> more coldframes as for useable space but still it is nice to go into the
> greenhouse just to smell the cyclamens, Nicotiana and to get warm.
> Nancy  Tennessee
>
>         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.  >
> > 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?
>
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