Do THESE THINGS in Your GARDEN Before the First FROST Arrives

[@denisej.9936]

Thank you for your tips! I have lots of house plants outside that I’ve slowly been bringing in over the past week, but I’m running behind. I saturate the leaves and stalks and soil with soapy water, then rinse. But, I never thought of drowning the bugs by placing in a large tub. I also didn’t know I could root my pineapple sage. Thanks for the tip! I live in east TN and we had our first frost 10/16/2024. I covered my house plants still outside with sheets and blankets. It looks like they survived the frost.🤞🏻

[@DerrickNYC]

Adding some H2O2 to the water helps kill bug larvae when you're prepping for bringing plants inside. For the peppers, I've always been taught that you should cut back even further (no leaves, and cut above the nodes) but I'm in the North East, zone 5b, so maybe it's different? I wash off the roots entirely, remove the leaves, and soak everything in a mixture of water, neem oil, and plant soap before potting in new mix to overwinter.

[@Growingthehomegarden]

With peppers I haven't found it to be necessary to cut them all the way back. You can and it will work fine but I make sure to get the whole clump of soil and don't disturb the roots at all. So with an intact root system they do just fine. Peppers are tough plants.

[@catherinelanglotz8408]

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[@annschluchter2962]

Thank you for the great tips. I was wondering about bringing plant inside. Even before asking you answered that question😊😊😊. I guess I will be having a baby lemon tree in-house !

[@Growingthehomegarden]

You're welcome! We had a lemon tree we grew for many years and brought it indoors each winter. Unfortunately it never produced a lemon.

[@banyuanhuacaobanyuancai]

Thanks for sharing! Have you tried rooting salvia like sage you mentioned here this season? Thank you!

[@Growingthehomegarden]

Pineapple sage is one type of salvia. Some salvias can root well in water but normally I prefer doing it like in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqSzpX6qrsuBpNE

[@banyuanhuacaobanyuancai]

@@Growingthehomegarden thanks! Looks It’s not the right season, will try next year 😀