Just found your thread and interested to know how you’ve got on @Bill_and_Ben This was my first winter with a 12x6 cedar greenhouse with electric supply and I’ve had some issues with botrytis on overwintering cuttings and have lost a couple of branches on a floor standing lemon I was overwintering. Latter rescued from a compost heap and the G&T lemons are still on it so not a total disaster and probably because I had it too close to the glass. Researching space heating now to increase my options next year as I plan to permanently plant mini apricot and nectarine into it this year as well as the lemon and kaffir lime.
@Cuckoo_bushes Well in typical fashion and in response to the weather getting cold and wet quickly I ended up doing nothing! I did put in a large dark trug filled with water to do the absorb heat during the day and give it out at night trick someone recommended. I was also concerned about the cost of an electric fan or tubular heater compared to the cost of the plants I was trying to save - I wasn't convinced I could justify the cost of the heater and the electricity.
End result is, after the coldest winter (down to -6C a few times) in years my greenhouse did not fare well. I'm pretty sure the Ensete Ventricosa Maurellii (Abyssinian Banana) I bought online last April is a goner. More frustratingly I've also had botrytis on overwintering cuttings and I have mould on a lot of the staging. I've had the staging outside this weekend, sprayed it with mould cleaner and scrubbed it thoroughly. This is the first time since buying the greenhouse in 2014 that I've had botrytis or mould. I wondered if it was due to the extra moisture in the greenhouse with the trug of water? Interesting that you've had botrytis issues with no heating I assume? Not that the trug of water was really heating...just a crude attempt to keep the temperature a degree or two above what it may have been.
I brought my lime and poinsettia (see photo) into the house and have had them on my landing where they've been looking very healthy but just a few days ago my lime started dropping leaves, others are sticky with that scaly bug thing citrus plants get. Now debating how to save my precious lime after it was looking so good with lots of fresh bright leaves coming just a week ago!
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I brought my lime and poinsettia (see photo) into the house and have had them on my landing where they've been looking very healthy but just a few days ago my lime started dropping leaves, others are sticky with that scaly bug thing citrus plants get. Now debating how to save my precious lime after it was looking so good with lots of fresh bright leaves coming just a week ago!