Grill in Garage in Winter
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Question about over wintering iris in the garage
Comments (11)If your garage doesn't freeze or freeze for very long then pot them up and only water them 3 or 4 times during the winter. If the garage is going to have them freeze solid then your better off just stuffing them in a spot in the ground near the foundation. Brown bagging them might work. Maybe mist them once and a while. Don't use damp sawdust or peat. They will rot. While they are dormant you have to be careful not to drown them. They really need very little water especially while they are sleeping. Can't let them dry into iris leather either. That's why I say potting them up might be your best bet. I've kept a few in pots in a cold room in the house. Stuck them in the window and pretty much ignored them for most of the winter. Pretty much treated them like a real cactus. Tried to keep them as dormant as possible. Watered very sparingly. I'd have to use dynamite to plant anything in March here. Did kick them out at the end of April or beginning of May when the snow is done and I can move the soil. Got a little sunburn and windburn but survived....See MoreWintering Hostas in pots in the garage
Comments (15)They are all sprouting about a half an inch to an inch above the soil. A lot earlier than the ones outside, because they warm up sooner. ==>>> two thoughts ... first.. you should have moved them outside ... say around march first ... when completely dormant ... so they sprouted more in tune to local weather ... in my z5 MI .... we have soil thaw by the third week of march.. or so ... and by that time.. the pots should not be at risk of freezing solid.. and if it rains .... thats ok.. if the pot isnt frozen solid .... second .... the easiest way to water in winter.. is to use ice cubes ... that makes it very easy to not over water ... all you need.. in terms of water.. is to keep the media damp enough.. that it isnt sucking moisture out of the roots ... the plant itself simply doesnt need water ... ken...See MoreFig tree in the garage over winter. Mouse problems?
Comments (9)Some people like to make comments on topics they have no experience with :-) ==>> and some people are just down right rude ... and i dont care about your colon smiley face .... why cant you just respond without attacking someone???? .. you could have easily made your point without such .... this link states: Zones6-10, may survive as low as zone 5 https://www.epicgardening.com/chicago-hardy-fig/ so it all depends on HER z5 ... her garage.. and her pot.. media.. how often the door is opened .....etc ... i was just explaining it still a roll of the dice in z5 .. and a plastic bag wont change any of that ... whatever.. im so tired of being denigrated by certain responders .. and then you all wonder why GW isnt the happy palce it used to be .. ken https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=denigrated&ia=definition...See MoreWinterizing Plants in Garage
Comments (11)I'm in zone 5, and it's still good planting weather; in fact, I'm heading out to the nursery later to scour deals on trees. :0) I've been over-wintering perennials, shrubs, roses, and trees in unheated garages and barn for as long as I've been gardening. I've had few losses over 20+ years; the losses I've had were primarily due to not tending to them properly in the SPRING (see below). The trick is to get them dormant and keep them dormant. Don't pull them into storage until they are beyond a doubt dormant (my rule of thumb is overnight in the 20's or lower). Don't prune them now, and make sure they're very well watered before pulling into storage. Keep them out of direct sunlight in the garage. Mid-winter I pack some snow on top of the pots (yes, even though the soil in them in frozen) -- as the temps rise in the spring and the root mass slowly thaws, the packed-on snow melts along with it and gently thoroughly waters the plant. When you start to see trees and shrubs in your area budding up, it's time to start brining them in and out for the day. This is the PITA part. If I'm home, I just pull the plants next to the garage door and leave the door open for them to get some sunlight, but if I'm not going to be home then I have to drag them in and out for the day. This is where you might lose them -- if you forget to pull them back in and there's a super-cold night it could kill the buds (happened to me with fruit trees earlier this year), or if inclement weather hits it can do them in -- especially ice. Once weather reliably starts to warm, it's safe to start leaving them out overnight -- that's usually sometime in mid-April-ish where I am, but here again have to keep your ear tuned to the weather, sometimes we get nasty ice storms and crazy weather swings in April up here. At the very least, have a tarp handy if you don't want to drag them back in. It's not the light frost that's the problem, it's the ice and freeze-thaw cycle that can occur with rain and subsequent freeze if temps drop. The over-wintering is super-easy, it's the spring tending that's a PITA. Especially with larger plants like potted trees or large shrubs. I don't over-winter much anymore, a couple hostas I've grown in pots for a long time, and I have a few perennials I potted up that I'm hanging onto for future use. So yea, if you have time, plant them somewhere, even if it's just in a temporary location -- it'll save you the work of tending in the spring....See Morebmmalone
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