Sunday, October 30, 2011

Overwintering Container Plants

Jessica Walliser's Blog - Overwintering Container Plants - Hobby Farms

The leaves are really coming down now, and there is definitely a nip in the air. We have been busy raking and shredding the leaves and piling them into the compost bins—an endless chore to say the least.

In addition to all that, I’ve been getting my containers moved into the garage. I have two with huge elephant ears in them that I’m going to try to overwinter in the pot. I usually overwinter the bare bulbs in a box of peat moss, but want to try it this way and see how it goes. And, of course, my containerized fig tree will spend the next few months in the garage, too. It’s already lost all its leaves and seems ready to shift into dormancy.

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