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    Old 10-06-2011, 05:55 AM
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    ... do you use it for overwintering tender plants?

    What have you had success with?
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    Old 10-06-2011, 05:57 AM
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    no covered porch even. I over winter plants in the garage
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    I overwinter 2 enormous Boston Ferns in my garage. They stay on the front porch in the summer. We have had them for 10 years and they were given to us by a friend who had them for several years prior to that. They are too large for us to lift and hang, so my husband built some sturdy tall stools for them to sit on. Between the two of us, we can lift them and make the semi-annual move from porch to garage.
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    Originally Posted by BeckyL
    I overwinter 2 enormous Boston Ferns in my garage. They stay on the front porch in the summer. We have had them for 10 years and they were given to us by a friend who had them for several years prior to that. They are too large for us to lift and hang, so my husband built some sturdy tall stools for them to sit on. Between the two of us, we can lift them and make the semi-annual move from porch to garage.
    Don't they shed all their leaves? Due to low light levels? Or is that okay - maybe they send up all new fronds in spring?
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    Old 10-06-2011, 06:10 AM
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    I have an enclosed porch, but it still goes below freezing out there. I overwinter geraniums in my garage leaving them in their above ground pots and have some that are 4 yrs. old now. They look better every year & I'm saving $. I don't even water them all winter. I prune them back in the spring.
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    Old 10-06-2011, 06:15 AM
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    I have an enclosed porch that I heat to keep my plants. I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper just to buy new plants than pay the gas bill.
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    Old 10-06-2011, 06:18 AM
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    I have 2 large windows in my garage and sit them in front of those windows. They do shed some, which I just sweep up.
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    Originally Posted by BeckyL
    I have 2 large windows in my garage and sit them in front of those windows. They do shed some, which I just sweep up.
    You made me think of something my DH did he went to the garden department at Lowes asked for a plant that would live with out a lot of light they talked him in to a fern he was so proud but all it did was shed all of it leaves in the tub
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    Old 10-06-2011, 08:06 AM
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    I keep mine in a unheated extra bedroom upstairs.
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    Old 10-06-2011, 09:18 AM
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    The porch gets too cold even with sun, so it is best to place your plants in a darker area that doesn't encourage them to grow.
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