I am bringing in a potted geranium this winter... Thanks for the tip about the soapy water and the sticky traps. I am lucky to be in zone 8b here in eastern Oregon
What color is your geranium? I love my pink ones. We saw some really deep red ones last week in a town planter blooming their heads off. They we're gorgeous and huge!
Zone 8b here; My previous place 4 + years ago My husband built me a greenhouse…I miss it so much. We purchased a greenhouse kit last November and the biggest issue since this kit will be more than twice the size has been getting our land surveyed, permits and the health department okaying it…which is ridiculous since it will be 25’ from sewer lines. Just received the okay from H.Dept. Now they want $667. Just to submit the paperwork-so criminal. So for the last 4 years I have converted our garage into my greenhouse…doing what you did in the video with grow lights. Last year I lost my dichondra silver falls; sad day. My penny vine I stored in an old refrigerator that the door was off of as an experiment and it did awesome on the top shelf and lower shelf I put in a diamond frost uphorbia which also did really well. I also had extra of each of these plants hanging from the beam in my garage; the ones in the unplugged fridge did best. Not sure if it was the insulated walls, the bright white on 3 wall sides from the fridge are a combination of both. Kept all tender plants just moist (watered every 2-3 weeks. Just thought I would share as another option as I prefer not to mix my outdoor plants with my indoor plants as sometimes it’s not just the pests that I am worried about but the viruses like nematodes and too many others to list.
Ugh, it's ridiculous how much governments control...I'm lucky to live out in the country but there are still irritations from them. Some day I'll have a heated greenhouse but until then, in the house they go. It's interesting how your plants did in the frig. Makes me wonder too what really worked.
@@PetalsAndMetal When you do get your greenhouse it will be like a whole new added room! When my husband and I were dating he knew I was a plant addict! I bought him a Japanese maple for his which was 8 months into our dating 😂He said no one’s ever bought him a tree before…so he built me a small greenhouse, which I painted the frame before the polycarbonate sheets went up.decorated it and had room for 2 small garden benches. We had electrical but no water so we had to carry jugs of water in. It ended up being our favorite hang out spot to just chill and either watch plants sprout or see all plants blooming in the winter with a foot of snow outside just felt magical. What I learned from that first greenhouse is go a little bigger than what you think you’ll need because if your storing all your pots, soil, fertilizers, tools..that takes up space. Also, I had wished we had built taller as it didn’t occur to me how much head space gets taking with hanging plants…I cleared them just fine as I’m only 4’10 but my husband is 6’2 and he constantly bumped his head 🤕 So just something to think about when you plan to do yours.
@@tinaknutsen I built a 10x20' hoophouse last fall thinking that would be big enough, but, no, it's not, lol. I'll definitely be making sure my greenhouse is bigger!
@@PetalsAndMetal I would love to do a hoop house someday but my list of garden love keeps growing 😂 …my husband never promised me a rose garden so I planted my own! He has built me my 1st greenhouse and is going through the process of this new one …I’m ecstatic! I just watched Laura from garden answer do the landscaping around her greenhouse which made me toss my original idea as I can see incorporating how she did the front and sides on a smaller scale. My son does construction and did the foundation and walk way on my first greenhouse. Which back then was done with shovels, rakes and a level. This greenhouse won’t break our backs as we invested in a tractor when we moved into our new place mainly because of the work we wanted to do to the back of the property. Part of the corner was overgrown with weeds, and we needed to either remove some trees and shrubs or relocate some. We put in a full row of arborvitae’s and all that work alone transformed the space beautifully. We had neighbors saying they couldn’t believe how nice it looked! The previous owners were pretty good about maintaining everything except for that area…and I found out why pretty quickly…. The soil was so rocky and compacted that we tried to dig out some of the plants, it was backbreaking work. That was when we decided to get the tractor…no regrets except I don’t know how to drive it and it’s probably safer that way! 😂
You’re one of the first gardeners that overwinter the annuals as well. And also I like how you use the paper bag to overwinter. I’m wondering if we could do a zoom video I’m not very good with the technology the spring on bringing the annuals out
I had no idea you could over winter petunias! I'm definitely going to give it a try. As far as watering, you said you let them go dry, but then when and how much after they're dry? Love your video. Looking forward to watching more as time allows.
Not completely, just enough water to keep them alive so I can propagate them in the spring. When it gets closer to spring, I'll start watering more and feeding them a bit too to encourage enough growth for cuttings.
I love it this video is what I need this year I espend to much money on plantas then right now I'm going to my garden and fallos your instrucción. Thanks ❤
This past year I experimented with various Supertunia, Tidal-wave, and Wave Petunias from Proven Winners throughout my landscaping and pots. I was blown away at the size and aggressiveness of such a beautiful plant. Have you winterized any Tidal or Wave Petunias? Is it better to cut clippings close to the root ball?
Aren't they amazing?! I haven't tried Tidal but I did bring in an Easy Wave Rose this year. I cut them back pretty close, to about 4" so there's room for new growth and less that the roots have to provide for. I bring so many in that I need to cut them back simply for the space. My main goal is really just to keep them alive until later winter when I can start to take cuttings and propagate them.
haha yes I did! I was always getting those confused so now I just say 5 and 6. (I put some text up on the screen that I had it wrong, was it not visable?)
I've never overwintered one but you should be able to since it's a perennial in warmer zones. I would cut it back a bit, no more than a 3rd and make sure it has bright light but no direct sun.
Thank you so much! I am happy that you found the video useful. I just got my second set of lights yesterday and hoping to get them up tomorrow. I don't think I mentioned in the video they also have a timer with 3 different settings. I am an Amazon Associate and may make a small commission from your purchase. Led Strip Lights I talked about: amzn.to/3DQgQvD
👋 Hello! I also named my four year old Susie.. just wanted to mention that haha😊 I just wanted to know how everything grew for you this year(cuttings and all) considering this video was from last year? Also, how do you take and root your petunia cuttings in the spring time? Do you leave your led lights on 12 hours? Thankyou much! 🙂 Will subscribe 👍
Your four year old has an awesome name! Lol Lights are left on for 16 hours. Coleus did great, inpatients didn't make it. I ran out of room and ended up tossing the petunias because they are so easy to start from seed.
The lights are from Amazon. I forgot to mention they have a timer too. I love that they are so thin that I can't actually see them, that they're hidden behind the shelf trim. I have lights in the other room and they are blindingly bright! Are you bringing anything in for the winter? amzn.to/3RL10Wt I may receive a small commission from this link.
@@PetalsAndMetal thank you! I don't have a lot of great natural light in my home so I'll be depending on lights! I am going to try to bring in my begonias, geraniums, petunias, and coleus! I'm very excited to try all of these since this was my first year with gardening at all! It would be awesome to have a head start next spring and not have to buy so much!
@@ladyheroin7590 your excitement has brought a smile to my face! Keep me posted on how things are going through out the winter. There's so much joy in watching a plant grow!
Thanks for all the great info!
You bet!
Great job making this video! So much information!
Thanks for making this video. Very informative. I have some coleus to overwinter. Thank you ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Tank you i love the idea to bring in to the house .👏
Thank you for sharing your experience end knowledge ❤
Love love love your Empoli bottle on your shelf
Thanks! I have a neat collection of glass.
Fantastic video 😊full of information presented in a loving knowledgeable way easy to listen to.Thanks
Thank you!
I am bringing in a potted geranium this winter... Thanks for the tip about the soapy water and the sticky traps. I am lucky to be in zone 8b here in eastern Oregon
What color is your geranium? I love my pink ones. We saw some really deep red ones last week in a town planter blooming their heads off. They we're gorgeous and huge!
@@Litknits it's colder than normal here! 😩
Oops! I accidentally deleted your comment. So sorry!
Love, love your video so helpful for overwintering flowers.😊
Thank you Ellie! What will you be overwintering?
Zone 8b here;
My previous place 4 + years ago My husband built me a greenhouse…I miss it so much.
We purchased a greenhouse kit last November and the biggest issue since this kit will be more than twice the size has been getting our land surveyed, permits and the health department okaying it…which is ridiculous since it will be 25’ from sewer lines. Just received the okay from H.Dept.
Now they want $667. Just to submit the paperwork-so criminal.
So for the last 4 years I have converted our garage into my greenhouse…doing what you did in the video with grow lights.
Last year I lost my dichondra silver falls; sad day.
My penny vine I stored in an old refrigerator that the door was off of as an experiment and it did awesome on the top shelf and lower shelf I put in a diamond frost uphorbia which also did really well. I also had extra of each of these plants hanging from the beam in my garage; the ones in the unplugged fridge did best. Not sure if it was the insulated walls, the bright white on 3 wall sides from the fridge are a combination of both. Kept all tender plants just moist (watered every 2-3 weeks.
Just thought I would share as another option as I prefer not to mix my outdoor plants with my indoor plants as sometimes it’s not just the pests that I am worried about but the viruses like nematodes and too many others to list.
Ugh, it's ridiculous how much governments control...I'm lucky to live out in the country but there are still irritations from them.
Some day I'll have a heated greenhouse but until then, in the house they go.
It's interesting how your plants did in the frig. Makes me wonder too what really worked.
@@PetalsAndMetal
When you do get your greenhouse it will be like a whole new added room! When my husband and I were dating he knew I was a plant addict! I bought him a Japanese maple for his which was 8 months into our dating 😂He said no one’s ever bought him a tree before…so he built me a small greenhouse, which I painted the frame before the polycarbonate sheets went up.decorated it and had room for 2 small garden benches. We had electrical but no water so we had to carry jugs of water in. It ended up being our favorite hang out spot to just chill and either watch plants sprout or see all plants blooming in the winter with a foot of snow outside just felt magical.
What I learned from that first greenhouse is go a little bigger than what you think you’ll need because if your storing all your pots, soil, fertilizers, tools..that takes up space.
Also, I had wished we had built taller as it didn’t occur to me how much head space gets taking with hanging plants…I cleared them just fine as I’m only 4’10 but my husband is 6’2 and he constantly bumped his head 🤕
So just something to think about when you plan to do yours.
@@PetalsAndMetal …meant to say Japanese maple for his birthday 😂
@@tinaknutsen I built a 10x20' hoophouse last fall thinking that would be big enough, but, no, it's not, lol. I'll definitely be making sure my greenhouse is bigger!
@@PetalsAndMetal
I would love to do a hoop house someday but my list of garden love keeps growing 😂
…my husband never promised me a rose garden so I planted my own!
He has built me my 1st greenhouse and is going through the process of this new one …I’m ecstatic! I just watched Laura from garden answer do the landscaping around her greenhouse which made me toss my original idea as I can see incorporating how she did the front and sides on a smaller scale.
My son does construction and did the foundation and walk way on my first greenhouse. Which back then was done with shovels, rakes and a level. This greenhouse won’t break our backs as we invested in a tractor when we moved into our new place mainly because of the work we wanted to do to the back of the property. Part of the corner was overgrown with weeds, and we needed to either remove some trees and shrubs or relocate some. We put in a full row of arborvitae’s and all that work alone transformed the space beautifully. We had neighbors saying they couldn’t believe how nice it looked! The previous owners were pretty good about maintaining everything except for that area…and I found out why pretty quickly…. The soil was so rocky and compacted that we tried to dig out some of the plants, it was backbreaking work. That was when we decided to get the tractor…no regrets except I don’t know how to drive it and it’s probably safer that way! 😂
Really I had no idea! Thank you so much. I’m gonna give this a try. Can you explain a bit more about growing out and taking cuttings please
Thanks for the video! Very helpful!
Thank you for letting me know it was helpful! It encourages me to keep making videos sharing my passion. Best of luck with your plants!
I’m Sabrina from Campbell’s Freedom Farm. I also overwinter my annuals. One day would love to do a zoom video on this
Hi Sabrina!
You’re one of the first gardeners that overwinter the annuals as well. And also I like how you use the paper bag to overwinter. I’m wondering if we could do a zoom video I’m not very good with the technology the spring on bringing the annuals out
Awesome!
That's pretty much my favorite word! Thank you and I hope you have the most awesome day!
Good video, thanks! Have you ever tried to over-winter pansies? I planted a bunch in late September and thought I might try to over-winter.
Pansies usually come back for me just leaving them in the ground. Don't know your zone so can't say if that would work for you.
I had no idea you could over winter petunias! I'm definitely going to give it a try. As far as watering, you said you let them go dry, but then when and how much after they're dry?
Love your video. Looking forward to watching more as time allows.
Not completely, just enough water to keep them alive so I can propagate them in the spring. When it gets closer to spring, I'll start watering more and feeding them a bit too to encourage enough growth for cuttings.
I love it this video is what I need this year I espend to much money on plantas then right now I'm going to my garden and fallos your instrucción. Thanks ❤
This past year I experimented with various Supertunia, Tidal-wave, and Wave Petunias from Proven Winners throughout my landscaping and pots. I was blown away at the size and aggressiveness of such a beautiful plant. Have you winterized any Tidal or Wave Petunias? Is it better to cut clippings close to the root ball?
Aren't they amazing?! I haven't tried Tidal but I did bring in an Easy Wave Rose this year. I cut them back pretty close, to about 4" so there's room for new growth and less that the roots have to provide for.
I bring so many in that I need to cut them back simply for the space. My main goal is really just to keep them alive until later winter when I can start to take cuttings and propagate them.
How warm is the temperature in your room
Usually 72-74 degrees. We keep our home pretty warm.
As I understand it, there is no border between zones 5A and 6B. Did you mean 5B and 6A? Thanks for your video.
haha yes I did! I was always getting those confused so now I just say 5 and 6. (I put some text up on the screen that I had it wrong, was it not visable?)
How about New Guinea impatiens? Can we do these?
I've never overwintered one but you should be able to since it's a perennial in warmer zones. I would cut it back a bit, no more than a 3rd and make sure it has bright light but no direct sun.
The lime colored sweet potato vine doesn't make potatoes.
Mine make tubers that I save for starts in the spring.
Where did you get your led light strips? Love your content. Very informative.
Thank you so much! I am happy that you found the video useful.
I just got my second set of lights yesterday and hoping to get them up tomorrow. I don't think I mentioned in the video they also have a timer with 3 different settings.
I am an Amazon Associate and may make a small commission from your purchase.
Led Strip Lights I talked about: amzn.to/3DQgQvD
👋 Hello! I also named my four year old Susie.. just wanted to mention that haha😊
I just wanted to know how everything grew for you this year(cuttings and all) considering this video was from last year?
Also, how do you take and root your petunia cuttings in the spring time?
Do you leave your led lights on 12 hours?
Thankyou much! 🙂
Will subscribe 👍
Your four year old has an awesome name! Lol Lights are left on for 16 hours. Coleus did great, inpatients didn't make it. I ran out of room and ended up tossing the petunias because they are so easy to start from seed.
What type of soap-?
Many people use a Castile soap. I just use whatever dish soap I have on hand.
Great video! Just enough info - not too much yammering 😅
Lol thanks!
Thank you! I had no idea you could keep all of these like houseplants! Would you mind sharing where I could find your lights?
The lights are from Amazon. I forgot to mention they have a timer too. I love that they are so thin that I can't actually see them, that they're hidden behind the shelf trim. I have lights in the other room and they are blindingly bright! Are you bringing anything in for the winter? amzn.to/3RL10Wt I may receive a small commission from this link.
@@PetalsAndMetal thank you! I don't have a lot of great natural light in my home so I'll be depending on lights! I am going to try to bring in my begonias, geraniums, petunias, and coleus! I'm very excited to try all of these since this was my first year with gardening at all! It would be awesome to have a head start next spring and not have to buy so much!
@@ladyheroin7590 your excitement has brought a smile to my face! Keep me posted on how things are going through out the winter. There's so much joy in watching a plant grow!
@@PetalsAndMetal will do! Thank you!
@@PetalsAndMetal Thanks for sharing the link. I'm going to try overwintering geraniums and petunias.
So can I eat that potato
It will taste awful. These are bred for ornamental not for eating.