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Hello All,
After all you helpful responses to my hot sun-room question, I would like to swing to the other temperature extreme!
With the beautiful blue skies and sun today, it's hard to believe that next week is going to be quite as awful as predicted, but that's the joys of the British weather, right? Alexa tells me to expect snow flurries and a low of -3 C tomorrow, so I want to be ready. I have some fleece and various pots/plastic bottles, but I'm just not sure which of my plants need them. I also have the option of lifting some things into my sunroom (which is currently considerably cooler than it will be in the summer).
Outside, I have:
1) Rhubarb in a container - I haven't protected it at all over winter so far, but the crown is just starting to show signs of life. I planted it early last year and was hoping to get my first (small) harvest from it this year, so don't want to do anything to upset it now. I've been out and put a large upturned pot and some fleece over it.
2) Winter lettuce mix - planted straight into a container (in a sheltered spot) a couple of weeks ago and showing no signs of any germination. It may well have been too early to try. I've slung some fleece over the container, just in case the seeds are just taking their time.
3) Three raspberry canes, planted out into container bags a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't be worried about these, but they aren't established yet and came with some green shoots/buds. Do I need to protect them?
4) A honeyberry bush. I know it's native to Siberia and therefore should be fine, but I only bought it and planted it out a couple of weeks ago, and since then it has put out some green leaves.
There are a few other things, but they have already overwintered everything the season has thrown at them so far, so they are either already dead (I have my suspicions about my edible fuchsias) or fine (my swiss chard seems to shrug off everything and I'm sure my gooseberry is okay as there was lots of green wood when I pruned it).
If I do cover things with fleece, do I need to make sure that the fleece isn't touching any of the greenery?
Sorry for all the questions. I gardened with a fair bit of gung ho and rather patchy success last year. Hoping to get more plants all the way through to harvest this time around!
After all you helpful responses to my hot sun-room question, I would like to swing to the other temperature extreme!
With the beautiful blue skies and sun today, it's hard to believe that next week is going to be quite as awful as predicted, but that's the joys of the British weather, right? Alexa tells me to expect snow flurries and a low of -3 C tomorrow, so I want to be ready. I have some fleece and various pots/plastic bottles, but I'm just not sure which of my plants need them. I also have the option of lifting some things into my sunroom (which is currently considerably cooler than it will be in the summer).
Outside, I have:
1) Rhubarb in a container - I haven't protected it at all over winter so far, but the crown is just starting to show signs of life. I planted it early last year and was hoping to get my first (small) harvest from it this year, so don't want to do anything to upset it now. I've been out and put a large upturned pot and some fleece over it.
2) Winter lettuce mix - planted straight into a container (in a sheltered spot) a couple of weeks ago and showing no signs of any germination. It may well have been too early to try. I've slung some fleece over the container, just in case the seeds are just taking their time.
3) Three raspberry canes, planted out into container bags a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't be worried about these, but they aren't established yet and came with some green shoots/buds. Do I need to protect them?
4) A honeyberry bush. I know it's native to Siberia and therefore should be fine, but I only bought it and planted it out a couple of weeks ago, and since then it has put out some green leaves.
There are a few other things, but they have already overwintered everything the season has thrown at them so far, so they are either already dead (I have my suspicions about my edible fuchsias) or fine (my swiss chard seems to shrug off everything and I'm sure my gooseberry is okay as there was lots of green wood when I pruned it).
If I do cover things with fleece, do I need to make sure that the fleece isn't touching any of the greenery?
Sorry for all the questions. I gardened with a fair bit of gung ho and rather patchy success last year. Hoping to get more plants all the way through to harvest this time around!
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