So happy you loved the video Vera :-D it really is a challenge to keep our plants going through the dark winter months, thanks so much Vera for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Italy for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Good call Lyn 🙂 I've been opening the windows in between storms, didn't half have some condensation after that frost though 😬 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening ☺☺🌵🌵
The weather really has been absolutely freezing this past week, and yesterday it was freezing fog all day, when I went outside it was like walking in a refrigerator haha , but today its gone really mild again, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Excellent video!!! I'm planning on over-wintering my cacti in a greenhouse this year and I was worried about which ones would tolerate it. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing your experiences growing beautiful cactus!
So happy you loved the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
You are my favourite source of knowledge. You explain the most imporant issues like if it were a piece of cake. You literally make our lives better. Great job. Thank you.
Awwwww that is so lovely of you to say this Emilia :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
So happy you loved the video Magda and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
So happy you loved the advice Sarah :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Excellent informative video, Lyn 😊 Winter can be a very challenging time of year for the plants, and especially so for new growers. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a wonderful evening from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
So happy you loved the vid Daz :-D Winter really is a challenge for our plants and this past week has been icy cold and minus night temps, but it looks like the temps are going to go back into double figures during the day from today, roll on the spring we say haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
This is an excellent video, Lyn ! I am pretty new, and I have tried to gather all this information by asking questions and reading posts on line. I have found that there are too many ideas held by people that are only applicable to their particular situation, but do not consider all of the different situations people/growers find themselves in. You have been careful in this offering to at least touch on the majority of situations and applications. Thank you for your thoughts, guidelines and time.
So happy you loved the video Bill :-D it is always such a dilemma with our plants getting them through the cold and dark winter months, I wish it could be Summer temperatures all through the year haha, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
So happy you loved the info and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
I always appreciate your videos that cover season care on your plants. Its great to have every bit of info packaged up with a pretty bow on it. Excellent video! Hope you are staying warm. Regards to Hans 😊🥰
So happy you loved the video Nina :-D we are having a lot of very cold weather now and I have my nice woolly jumper and socks haha, thanks so much Nina for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain from Hans and me for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
thanks so much Linda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
That heater fan seems great! Winter always makes me nervous even when I know I've gotten many through before. Reacclimating them in the spring is a bit of a chore too. I wish I had an ideal situation for winter but I just bring mine inside without significant light or dark and trickle water every month or so to help the roots in my arid climate. Sending sunshine and great vibes from New Mexico
Winter really is a challenge for our beloved plants and thats brilliant that you are able to bring your plants inside to protect them over winter, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to New Mexico for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
thanks so much Judith for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
So happy you loved the info, My Hoya linearis is doing well and I have it in my bathroom, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
thanks so much Thorsten for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
thanks so much Horst for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Berlin for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
All my Windows are Southern oriented. My balcony is closed. The range of temperatures during the winter varies between 18- 24C. Given these conditions should I respect the rule "No watering till beginig of April? Thank you! 😊
Thats fantastic you have Southern windows which is perfect for the lighting, I would still keep your cacti mostly on the dry side over the winter, but because of the warmer temperatures you can give them a light watering if they show any signs of shrivelling, a light watering once every 4-6 weeks will be safe to give them with temps of18-24c, thanks so much Ariana for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Love that you explained about the daylight changes. Does that also apply to succulents (the not watering)? I've got some blue chalk sticks Everest in my unheated bedroom, and an aloe parvula in my unheated kitchen. Lol! It sounds like I live like a monk, but the fact is the heat from the rest of the house is enough without heating those two rooms. Shall I not water them all winter then?
@@M_SC 😂 This flat has underfloor heating which is turned on room by room. There's no door on the kitchen, so the heat from the main body of the house just passively flows in there. My bedroom of course does have a door, but due to my having two dogs who need free range, that door is always open as well. Thus, the two rooms, even though totally unheated, feel comfortable from the ambient heat that flows in there from the main thoroughfare of the house. Frankly, my bedroom does get pretty damn cold at night, but I like it that way, lol! I sleep better in the cold for some reason. I hope that clarifies. ^^
Hi there :-D I stop watering the majority of my Succulents over winter but I do still give a light watering to some of my aloes and Echeverias and Crassulas that show any signs of shrivelling, I notice that many Aloes and other succulents will still grow and often flower during the winter months, but its still best to keep them mostly dry over winter to prevent them from growing elongated, but if your Aloe and your blue chalk sticks Everest show any signs of shrivelling you can definitely give them alight watering over the winter months, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Can I ask how well your poly tunnel stands up to wind and snow. I live in Minnesota and during winter we can get 20mph winds and sometimes over 12" of snow. I've been thinking of getting a poly tunnel but don't want it to blow away, rip or collapse especially overnight. We can also have temps of -20f or below plus windchill, I'm wondering if the poly wrap would stiffen and sprit or tear because of the cold temps and wind/windchill.
Hi Stephen :-D the good news is the polytunnel has been great for the strong winds and storms as it has been bolted down into the ground with the metal poles, but the cover has got ripped and torn with a few holes and rips due to birds landing on the roof and twigs flying, if I was to get another polytunnel I would definitely choose a polycarbonate greenhouse as they are much stronger with the covers and would be much stronger to support the weight of snow on the roof, a polytunnel is great for short term for a couple of years, but a polycarbonate greenhouse/polytunnel would be much better for longer lasting, thanks so much Stephen for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Minnesota for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Hi there, its best to treat your cactus an a Rattail cactus, the good news is the care requirements are pretty similar with their watering but Rattail cactus do need more warmth than many of the Opuntia do, but a minimum winter temperature of 5c /41F and dry will be absolutely fine for your Rattail cactus, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Hi I understand all your video, but I also have tropical plants and placed them in a greenhouse together 😮 how can I make it function without loosing plants! This year I started with tropical plants & now it’s like 1/3 cactus, and may be 15% Hoyas 15% succulents and rest are tropical! I placed cactus, succulents & Hoyas in sunny spots, like 100% day light and tropical in less day light. Some already dormant as leaves went brown like begonias, geraniums. But I also have ferns 😳😱😩 so, I honestly do not want to loose my cactus as I have them for many years 😊 it’s only a greenhouse and temperature inside is warm, also heater is set to turn on when temperatures drop below 45 Fahrenheit degrees inside. I have two jade plants that are about 1 yard tall, these two also for few years with cactus been together, but my tropical plants are my issue now because I placed them all together 😳 no other way to winter them as they’re outdoors (from march through October maybe)
Hi Maggie :-D the good news is that you can overwinter all your plants together in the greenhouse with no problems, keep your cacti dry with no watering but you can still water any of your tropical plants that need it over the winter, I know quite a lot of growers who have a selection of many different types of tropical plants and have cacti in the same greenhouse for the winter and they will be absolutely fine, and thats perfect with the heater that is set to turn on if the temps drop below 45F, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Hi Mark :-D I have grow lights over my plants in my office and I still keep them all mostly unwatered over the winter, I do sometimes still have to give them a light watering if any show any signs of shrivelling usually by the Jan/feb time, but I give them just enough water to stop them shrivelling to much, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Really informative video Lyn, thank you for sharing! I love your polytunnel, I hope one day I'll have one! 😃❤ Plant Power to you and Hans! XXXX
So happy you loved the video Vera :-D it really is a challenge to keep our plants going through the dark winter months, thanks so much Vera for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Italy for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Good call Lyn 🙂 I've been opening the windows in between storms, didn't half have some condensation after that frost though 😬 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening ☺☺🌵🌵
The weather really has been absolutely freezing this past week, and yesterday it was freezing fog all day, when I went outside it was like walking in a refrigerator haha , but today its gone really mild again, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
this video was a check list to me, thanks so much
So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Excellent video!!! I'm planning on over-wintering my cacti in a greenhouse this year and I was worried about which ones would tolerate it. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing your experiences growing beautiful cactus!
So happy you loved the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
You are my favourite source of knowledge. You explain the most imporant issues like if it were a piece of cake. You literally make our lives better. Great job. Thank you.
Awwwww that is so lovely of you to say this Emilia :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Great video, lots of information useful especially for those new to the hobby. Thanks for sharing.
So happy you loved the video Magda and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Brilliant advice if learnt something new today thanks you 🌵🍀
So happy you loved the advice Sarah :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Excellent informative video, Lyn 😊 Winter can be a very challenging time of year for the plants, and especially so for new growers. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a wonderful evening from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
So happy you loved the vid Daz :-D Winter really is a challenge for our plants and this past week has been icy cold and minus night temps, but it looks like the temps are going to go back into double figures during the day from today, roll on the spring we say haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
This is an excellent video, Lyn ! I am pretty new, and I have tried to gather all this information by asking questions and reading posts on line. I have found that there are too many ideas held by people that are only applicable to their particular situation, but do not consider all of the different situations people/growers find themselves in. You have been careful in this offering to at least touch on the majority of situations and applications. Thank you for your thoughts, guidelines and time.
So happy you loved the video Bill :-D it is always such a dilemma with our plants getting them through the cold and dark winter months, I wish it could be Summer temperatures all through the year haha, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
Very good information 👍Big thanks. Will definitely follow it.
So happy you loved the info and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Thank you, Lyn! Superb informative video 👍🏻
So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
I always appreciate your videos that cover season care on your plants. Its great to have every bit of info packaged up with a pretty bow on it. Excellent video! Hope you are staying warm. Regards to Hans 😊🥰
So happy you loved the video Nina :-D we are having a lot of very cold weather now and I have my nice woolly jumper and socks haha, thanks so much Nina for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain from Hans and me for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Great video, as always. ❤
thanks so much Linda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
That heater fan seems great! Winter always makes me nervous even when I know I've gotten many through before. Reacclimating them in the spring is a bit of a chore too. I wish I had an ideal situation for winter but I just bring mine inside without significant light or dark and trickle water every month or so to help the roots in my arid climate. Sending sunshine and great vibes from New Mexico
Winter really is a challenge for our beloved plants and thats brilliant that you are able to bring your plants inside to protect them over winter, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to New Mexico for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Thanks for all your wisdom.
thanks so much Judith for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Thanks for the info Lyn 💚🌵
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
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thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Thank you for all of your information! How is your Linearis doing?
So happy you loved the info, My Hoya linearis is doing well and I have it in my bathroom, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
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thanks so much Thorsten for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
This is the video I need. I have an enclosed balcony. Very bright. But cold. Not sure if it stays above 5. I’d better get a thermometer
So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
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thanks so much Horst for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Berlin for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
All my Windows are Southern oriented. My balcony is closed. The range of temperatures during the winter varies between 18- 24C. Given these conditions should I respect the rule "No watering till beginig of April? Thank you! 😊
Thats fantastic you have Southern windows which is perfect for the lighting, I would still keep your cacti mostly on the dry side over the winter, but because of the warmer temperatures you can give them a light watering if they show any signs of shrivelling, a light watering once every 4-6 weeks will be safe to give them with temps of18-24c, thanks so much Ariana for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Love that you explained about the daylight changes. Does that also apply to succulents (the not watering)? I've got some blue chalk sticks Everest in my unheated bedroom, and an aloe parvula in my unheated kitchen. Lol! It sounds like I live like a monk, but the fact is the heat from the rest of the house is enough without heating those two rooms. Shall I not water them all winter then?
This Canadian doesn’t understand how you cannot heat particular rooms.
@@M_SC 😂 This flat has underfloor heating which is turned on room by room. There's no door on the kitchen, so the heat from the main body of the house just passively flows in there. My bedroom of course does have a door, but due to my having two dogs who need free range, that door is always open as well. Thus, the two rooms, even though totally unheated, feel comfortable from the ambient heat that flows in there from the main thoroughfare of the house. Frankly, my bedroom does get pretty damn cold at night, but I like it that way, lol! I sleep better in the cold for some reason. I hope that clarifies. ^^
@@M_SC I'm in Zurich btw
Hi there :-D I stop watering the majority of my Succulents over winter but I do still give a light watering to some of my aloes and Echeverias and Crassulas that show any signs of shrivelling, I notice that many Aloes and other succulents will still grow and often flower during the winter months, but its still best to keep them mostly dry over winter to prevent them from growing elongated, but if your Aloe and your blue chalk sticks Everest show any signs of shrivelling you can definitely give them alight watering over the winter months, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Oh that's very helpful, thank you! Have a wonderfully plant-y day! ^^
Can I ask how well your poly tunnel stands up to wind and snow. I live in Minnesota and during winter we can get 20mph winds and sometimes over 12" of snow. I've been thinking of getting a poly tunnel but don't want it to blow away, rip or collapse especially overnight. We can also have temps of -20f or below plus windchill, I'm wondering if the poly wrap would stiffen and sprit or tear because of the cold temps and wind/windchill.
Hi Stephen :-D the good news is the polytunnel has been great for the strong winds and storms as it has been bolted down into the ground with the metal poles, but the cover has got ripped and torn with a few holes and rips due to birds landing on the roof and twigs flying, if I was to get another polytunnel I would definitely choose a polycarbonate greenhouse as they are much stronger with the covers and would be much stronger to support the weight of snow on the roof, a polytunnel is great for short term for a couple of years, but a polycarbonate greenhouse/polytunnel would be much better for longer lasting, thanks so much Stephen for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Minnesota for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Let's say I have a rattail cactus granfted on an opuntia, should I treat it as an opuntia or a rattail cactus?
Hi there, its best to treat your cactus an a Rattail cactus, the good news is the care requirements are pretty similar with their watering but Rattail cactus do need more warmth than many of the Opuntia do, but a minimum winter temperature of 5c /41F and dry will be absolutely fine for your Rattail cactus, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
Hi I understand all your video, but I also have tropical plants and placed them in a greenhouse together 😮 how can I make it function without loosing plants!
This year I started with tropical plants & now it’s like 1/3 cactus, and may be 15% Hoyas 15% succulents and rest are tropical!
I placed cactus, succulents & Hoyas in sunny spots, like 100% day light and tropical in less day light.
Some already dormant as leaves went brown like begonias, geraniums. But I also have ferns 😳😱😩 so, I honestly do not want to loose my cactus as I have them for many years 😊 it’s only a greenhouse and temperature inside is warm, also heater is set to turn on when temperatures drop below 45 Fahrenheit degrees inside. I have two jade plants that are about 1 yard tall, these two also for few years with cactus been together, but my tropical plants are my issue now because I placed them all together 😳 no other way to winter them as they’re outdoors (from march through October maybe)
Hi Maggie :-D the good news is that you can overwinter all your plants together in the greenhouse with no problems, keep your cacti dry with no watering but you can still water any of your tropical plants that need it over the winter, I know quite a lot of growers who have a selection of many different types of tropical plants and have cacti in the same greenhouse for the winter and they will be absolutely fine, and thats perfect with the heater that is set to turn on if the temps drop below 45F, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX
What about watering under grow lights?
Hi Mark :-D I have grow lights over my plants in my office and I still keep them all mostly unwatered over the winter, I do sometimes still have to give them a light watering if any show any signs of shrivelling usually by the Jan/feb time, but I give them just enough water to stop them shrivelling to much, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXXX