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Talkback: A snow-covered garden
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This weather is not only a test for the birds plants and other wild life its certainly a test for the pots the plants are in, mine are suffering this winter with chuncks of pots allover its been the worst winter for pot casualty even my hanging bird bath.frost free means not 2009 winter frost free.
Anyway keep warm we'll collect them up in the spring and make some mosaques out of them.
Anyway keep warm we'll collect them up in the spring and make some mosaques out of them.
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The old addage 'you get what you pay for' springs to mind. Cheaper imported pots may not be as robust as more expensive pots made by potters in this country.
Perhaps a potter out there could post a comment wit more detail.
I have posted some photos of my insectivorous bog with snow on and it looks great. www.insectivorusplants.co.uk.
I also feel the snow helps to hold some of our plants back as we have had a number warm winters and spring plants have came out too quick and I feel may damage them in the end as they sometime re- flower again later as the season is longer then in the past.
The reason to damp in a greenhouse is at night the temp' form outside and in is different and this make drew on the glass, plastic and even your bubble wrap.
So it's best to make sure that you have no water about and that you have some old cloth that you can dry the wrap and stop the dripping onto your plants as geraniums like a dryer soils at winter and you are best make sure that you only water if the soil is bone dry.
A heater could help stop some wet, but as this can be trouble if you need to have cold for your plant have a rest.
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