fireturtle
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« on: September 23, 2009, 12:11:00 PM » |
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Hi, everybody.
I'm totally new at this forum stuff, and just have a question. Am in Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, CA I have 4 larger exotics in 24" containers. When the temps got below 50 and especially below 45, we'd roll them into the garage, along with the plumeria, and roll them out in the morning when it warmed up. That worked well, and the small hibiscus were brought inside (that was OK when there were only 4 small ones on the floor), along with the orchids. This year I have a 2-fold problem. #1 There is no room in the garage to be able to put the plants in there at night, and #2, I now have 12 little guys, 10 of which were in 4" pots and recently transplanted to 8" pots. 4 of them are recent purchases and still quite small. No room where they were last year to keep them all inside at night and on cold days. I think building them some shelves in the den and putting a grow light on them will solve that problem. If somebody has a better idea, please let me know.
What should I rig up for the bigger plants to keep them out of the cold at night? There is a 10'x12' cement pad where our shed used to be (and won't be rebuilt before winter) that is currently being used for a plant nursery. The only problem is that there is currently no way to get electricity to that area for lights, fans or heaters of any kind.
Any ideas you may have will be greatly appreciated. The time to think about this stuff is now before we get into the winter weather, and I sure don't want to be last minute trying to figure out where to stash 16 hibiscus because of a cold snap. Our big giant hibiscus and the 3 smaller ones in the tortoise pens are standard hibiscus and can handle colder temps. The smaller ones are in containers because of gophers, so I can cover them if temps get into the 30's, which doesn't happen too often.
Thanks in advance.
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