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Honeysuckle
margw
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I took honeysuckle cuttings earlier in the year which have taken very well - too well. They are sitting on my kitchen windowsill and growing away like Jacks Beanstalk. What should I do.
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Hi Margw
Pinch the growing tips out, pot them up individually, give them a cane each and put them in a cold greenhouse or frost free cold frame for the winter. Ordinarily they'd be fine outside for the winter, but as they've been indoors they'll be a bit tender so protect them from the frost.
Last edited: 18 October 2016 19:42:07
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you. Do you think they'd be ok on my garage windowsill,I don't have a greenhouse.
As long as they don't dry out they should be ok. Or you could try hardening them off over the next couple of weeks, putting them outside in a sheltered spot during the day and putting them in the garage at night, until they're tough enough to stand the winter outside in their sheltered spot. They'll drop their leaves, but that's to be expected - they're deciduous.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you Dovefromabove. Greenish fingers crossed for the spring.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.