Overwintering Potted Plants In A Greenhouse | Container Gardening

[@rfoley402]

Hi Bethany, I have enjoyed watching you garden throughout the growing season. I "closed" my balcony garden this past weekend. Yes, it was kind of sad but like you, I'm ready for a break. By February I will be thinking about what I will grow in 2023. TFS.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I always have so much more free time once the garden is don’t for the season, I almost don’t know what to do with myself 😆

[@susans1679]

Great video! You inspired me to try overwintering this year in my plastic greenhouse on my back porch (zone 6a Toronto). I planted a tray of Heuchera in August and have another tray of assorted perennial seedlings as well as about 8 pots of tulips and daffodils. Perhaps overkill, but I have lined it with bubble wrap and as the pots are only 10-12 inch thin plastic, each pot in a double layer of bubble wrap. So far, the temperature in the greenhouse is the same as the outside temp but the humidity is very high.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Bubble wrap is a great idea! I might get some to put in the gaps between each pot.

[@gavin10879]

I've just bought a similar greenhouse like yours, I prefer the cover design on the one in the video as its easier access.

[@feliciabouldin7759]

Putting a rug on the floor of the green house will help insulate it from the air coming up from the floor.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Someone made the same recommendation yesterday! I wish I had though of it before moving them all in but I’ll definitely do it next year.

[@yortsed]

Thanks for the video! I also live in the Chicagoland area (north suburb) and this video definitely gave me some ideas about what to do with some pots I have in the backyard. By the way, it looks like part of the frame for your greenhouse (middle brace in the back) has popped out from its holder/bracket.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! I definitely didn’t notice and just went out and fixed it.

[@justinh4923]

I hope your blueberries survive the outside cold! Keep us updated on how they do.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I definitely will! I’m a bit nervous for all my plants this year bc I keep hearing it’s going to be a harsher than normal winter.

[@nguont]

@@ChicagoGardener I keep hearing about global warming so winters should be warmer.

[@richiep3520]

I live in Ireland and and saying we have a summer is an overstatement lol. It can be nice but the weather can turn into a few days rain with little warning so was thinking just this. A small protected greenhouse for my plants. I'm growing lupins, black eyed susan and agapanthus in pots/half barrels and would like some sturdy easily workable greenhouse to store them when the weather gets bad or over winter. Glad to see your video because I was wondering if I was being over cautious with the plants. Have a lovely day 😊

[@ChicagoGardener]

I hope you have a lovely day too!

[@renee2005]

❤😊

[@franziskafalk4470]

Awesome. I live in the nw Chicago suburbs and every year I’m debating with myself what to leave outside in pots and how to protect it. This helps a lot! Thanks. By the way I love the pots you planted your bulbs in. Can I ask you were you got them?

[@ChicagoGardener]

I wish I knew but I took them from my mom’s house and she’s had them for a decade at least! They’re actually cracked in some places too but I’m using them until they completely fall apart 😆

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Franziska Falk, I purchased eight large planters that look like the ones Bethany planted tulips in. I purchased them from Sam's Club a number of years ago. They have a faux stone appearance and are reinforced with fiberglass to resist breaking. I don't remember the name of the company that makes them, but I'll look to see if I kept one of the tags. ~Margie

[@alexk3352]

How did this work out for you? Did the plants survive?

[@ChicagoGardener]

It worked very well! The dahlia tuber I tested didn’t survive, so those need to be kept somewhere warmer but the other plants did well.

[@yesidtac7863]

Gran saludo

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Hi Bethany, won't the tulips be okay to leave outside? I'm in zone 5a and all I do is set my non-breakable pots inside cages filled with leaves, which makes great insulation and so does snow. Another suggestion for the tulip pots is to place a couple of narrow boards across the rims of the pots (a few inches apart, so the drain holes of the top pots aren't blocked) the set the pots up on those instead of stacking them directly on top of the soil of the pots below. I hope you're having a great week!

[@ChicagoGardener]

They’d be fine in the cold but I lost my bulbs planted it pots last year bc of too much moisture 😩 I’m putting them in here mostly to control for how much water they get so it hopefully doesn’t happen this year!

[@greenthumbelina7331]

@@ChicagoGardener Oh my gosh, we never seem to get that much precipitation. (Having said that, now I'll have to keep my fingers crossed, lol!) I hope your tulips bloom beautifully next spring! ~Margie

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m keeping all my fingers and toes crossed! It was so sad pulling out mushy bulbs from the pots last year.

[@theoneandonlyshadow]

i had this green house loved it but it didnt last over the year here in cal and the sun burn right into the plastic

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m surprised it hasn’t blown away yet up here! I’m hoping to get a few years out of it since our weather is more mild.

[@theoneandonlyshadow]

@Chicago Gardener yea I use the Weed fabric hooks to hold it down for me I got extra bc I didn't want to find my in the middle of the street or on my roof