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Nov 12, 2021 - 02:56 PM
Overwintering just means to keep the plant alive over the course of the winter. There are a couple of ways to do that and you could overwinter that plant outside, with a few modifications. Here are a few tips:
1) You could just plant your zone 10 plant in a pot and bring it inside once the temperatures get below 30°F. This is certainly easy IF you have the room indoors to do it. If not, you'll have to get crafty with how you overwinter your plant.
2) Plant it outdoors, but close to the wall of your house. Sometimes, the tiny amount of thermal energy that escapes through your walls can warm a plant enough to survive outdoors, especially if it's growing in an environment that's only one zone below its zone.
3) Use a sheet. We employ this strategy with some plants that we grow for decoration outside of our greenhouses. We're in a zone 7 area but we grow some outdoor Agave that are zone 8 for decoration, but we cover them with an opaque sheet in the winter. We don't have to worry about stretching because many succulents go dormant in the winter anyway.
Remember that zone 10 plants can survive temperatures down to 30°F so if you find that your area's winter temperatures don't fall that low very often, overwintering outdoors is a viable option.
1) You could just plant your zone 10 plant in a pot and bring it inside once the temperatures get below 30°F. This is certainly easy IF you have the room indoors to do it. If not, you'll have to get crafty with how you overwinter your plant.
2) Plant it outdoors, but close to the wall of your house. Sometimes, the tiny amount of thermal energy that escapes through your walls can warm a plant enough to survive outdoors, especially if it's growing in an environment that's only one zone below its zone.
3) Use a sheet. We employ this strategy with some plants that we grow for decoration outside of our greenhouses. We're in a zone 7 area but we grow some outdoor Agave that are zone 8 for decoration, but we cover them with an opaque sheet in the winter. We don't have to worry about stretching because many succulents go dormant in the winter anyway.
Remember that zone 10 plants can survive temperatures down to 30°F so if you find that your area's winter temperatures don't fall that low very often, overwintering outdoors is a viable option.
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