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Post by beanie on Oct 13, 2010 11:35:31 GMT
I've collected a few colours and am wondering if they will overwinter in a cold greenhouse or would I be better taking cuttings and overwintering the smaller plants in the house
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 14, 2010 5:49:48 GMT
I would say that it would be too cold to overwinter them outside tbh Beanie.
Can you take cuttings perhaps or take them inside.....whitefly can be a problem during the winter apparently.
RF
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Post by andy on Oct 14, 2010 7:29:18 GMT
You want to treat them like palargoniums....keep em cool (frost free) on the dry side and i'd also cut them back a bit. You can take cuttings from the bits you cut off.
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Post by beanie on Oct 14, 2010 16:18:17 GMT
Thanks both for the tips. I'm trying to keep space in the greenhouse if I can, there's still an awful lot to go in there when it gets colder so cutting them back will help. maybe another greenhouse would help but I can't spare the space
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Post by Tig on Oct 15, 2010 11:47:23 GMT
You have prompted me to lift mine and stick them in the plastic growhouse! They would have died for sure left out so it will be interested to see if there is anything other than a gooey mess come spring!
x Tig
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Post by Barbara on Oct 24, 2010 15:00:11 GMT
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I might do mine then,  I was just going to treat them like summer bedding ::)right I'll sort that tomorrow. thanks Beanie. |
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Post by Barbara on Oct 25, 2010 7:32:34 GMT
Er thats a no no then, the overnight frost has killed them off.  |
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Post by carolann on Oct 25, 2010 12:06:32 GMT
Oh dear Barbara you was a bit late there,  never mind eh. I tried to get some through the winter a couple of years ago I fetched them in the house so they would be a little wamer than the GH but alas they died not sure what happened but they seem to be nicer coloured flowers than the normal ones I will look out at B&Q next year as thats the only place I have seen them. |
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Post by Tig on Oct 25, 2010 19:22:30 GMT
Well don't feel bad Barbara, 'cos I put mine in one of the plastic growhouses and one is deaded already  Won't hold my breath that the other one survives many more cold nights. x Tig |
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Post by isabella on Oct 26, 2010 8:35:11 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Oct 26, 2010 10:52:28 GMT
Oh well maybe next time, and it's not as if they're expensive is it, ?, I think the tray I bought was 3.99. for 9. Thanks all for making me feel a bit better about them frosting  . |
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Post by isabella on Jan 27, 2011 15:18:49 GMT
I am really pleased that my cuttings have survived this long ;D i will let them grow a bit more thenm take the tps out and try to root them |
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Post by Barbara on Jan 27, 2011 16:29:42 GMT
I'll be buying them again, this time I'll take cuttings before the frost. |
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I was just going to treat them like summer bedding ::)right I'll sort that tomorrow. thanks Beanie.
I did take a few cuttings before though - 8 have rooted. I am keeping them on a windowsill in the house - hope they survive the winter 
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