Plug Plants
I bought some T & M mixed perennial plug plants in the spring, potted them on and didn't get round to planting them out. They have grown on beautifully on a bench outside but I now want to overwinter them until next spring to give them a fighting chance against the rabbits. I notice that T & M are doing their offer again and am tempted to buy more because they are great little plants. Question is how should I overwinter them (both this year's and any new ones which will be tiny). Would they be alright in an unheated polytunnel or unheated greenhouse? Both are too far away from house to run electricity to them. They are hardy perennials but I didn't know if they would be too vunerable to frost because they are in 5" pots. Any answers gratefully received. Thanks.
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Thanks Verdun, I'll get the fleece at the ready, got a feeling we might be in for a hard winter this year, since last year was pretty mild here. Have you or anyone else had any experience with Parascene heaters. I keep thinking about getting some non-electric heating for the greenhouse but keep getting scared off with stories of greenhouses covered in soot, also worried about fumes as well. Any thoughts? Just wish I could win the lottery so I could afford to run some electricity down to the greenhouse/polytunnel.
I find a cold greenhouse adequate for most things. My greenhouse is a 100 yards from the house, so electrical heating is not practical and I don't like parasene, as it makes everything too moist, which encourages fungal problems.
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Thanks punkdoc for the answer about Parasene, it's made my mind up. I hadn't thought the heat/condensation/moisture thing through so thanks for that point. I think I will just risk it with a fleece at the ready to cover on those particularly frosty nights. The greenhouse is contained within a beech hedge 'room' in the garden so it isn't quite as exposed as the rest of the garden.
Yes Jo, there are different weights of fleece.