Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Plot 6B on December 20, 2021, 21:23
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How are yours doing in a unheated Greenhouse. Ours are suffering and losing leaves, any ideas please. Thanks in advance.
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What kind are you talking about? Echiveria and Aeonium or the more tender types? The first 2 will stand quite cold temperatures, so long as the soil they are in is very free draining and kept dry over winter.
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I have quite few different types. Last year I put them in a bathroom that is only set on frost free, and doesn't really get used. They still lost loads of leaves etc. This year they are in the un-heated garage and lots of leaves are already dropping off. They will have to take their chance and I will give them the kiss of life next spring. Mrs Bouquet
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What kind are you talking about? Echiveria and Aeonium or the more tender types? The first 2 will stand quite cold temperatures, so long as the soil they are in is very free draining and kept dry over winter.
They are Aeonium's New Shoot.
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I have quite few different types. Last year I put them in a bathroom that is only set on frost free, and doesn't really get used. They still lost loads of leaves etc. This year they are in the un-heated garage and lots of leaves are already dropping off. They will have to take their chance and I will give them the kiss of life next spring. Mrs Bouquet
Thank you, I hope they grow back for you!
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I used to grow a couple of Aoeniums and I’d echo Mrs B’s experience about them dropping leaves over winter even when kept indoors in a cool room.
They are incredibly tough plants. If they get really leggy, you can cut the stem effectively removing all the leaves and they re sprout. It actually makes them better as they then throw 2 or 3 new buds out and all grow and develop leaves. That option is best left until the spring when light levels and warmth increase though :)
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I used to grow a couple of Aoeniums and I’d echo Mrs B’s experience about them dropping leaves over winter even when kept indoors in a cool room.
They are incredibly tough plants. If they get really leggy, you can cut the stem effectively removing all the leaves and they re sprout. It actually makes them better as they then throw 2 or 3 new buds out and all grow and develop leaves. That option is best left until the spring when light levels and warmth increase though :)
Thanks I'll certainly try that in the spring. Thank you!
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How are yours doing in a unheated Greenhouse. Ours are suffering and losing leaves, any ideas please. Thanks in advance.
My experience is they're tough! Move the dead leaves so there's nothing for mould to grow on & give them a good water & feed in spring & they'll recover ok.
I have cacti and succulents in a porch that gets down to just above freezing. According to my book the cacti should be above 5 C but its definitely below that some nights. I think I get away with it because they're very dry, ( I never water them in December or January & very sparingly the rest of the year) and because I only feed or repot them in spring, so any fleshy new growth has matured before the cold months.
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How are yours doing in a unheated Greenhouse. Ours are suffering and losing leaves, any ideas please. Thanks in advance.
My experience is they're tough! Move the dead leaves so there's nothing for mould to grow on & give them a good water & feed in spring & they'll recover ok.
I have cacti and succulents in a porch that gets down to just above freezing. According to my book the cacti should be above 5 C but its definitely below that some nights. I think I get away with it because they're very dry, ( I never water them in December or January & very sparingly the rest of the year) and because I only feed or repot them in spring, so any fleshy new growth has matured before the cold months.
Thanks for that!!