Comments on: How to Protect Your Container Garden From Frost

By: yardhalf

yardhalf — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:09:24 +0000

Thanks, all! Out only high-maintenance container plant is a dwarf Meyer lemon tree (I’m in Boston). It’s a welcome winter guest, because its blooms fill our house with a wonderful fragrance. But it suffers in the dry heat at a sunny window, so last winter we learned to put it on a gravel- and water-filled tray as a humidifier. After that, it perked up and regained its scorched leaves.

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:34:07 +0000

Good point Prue! I hate gnats!

By: Prue

Prue — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:55:48 +0000

Great tips Fern, but I must as that you should not only watch for pests you bring inside, but pest you cultivate inside, like fungus gnats, they were a major problem in my home last year, now I have no plants inside they are gone.

By: MrBrownThumb @ Chicago Garden

MrBrownThumb @ Chicago Garden — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:47:57 +0000

Here in Chicago it gets cold enough that they need some really good protection. Moving them into a grouping near a structure and covering them with mulch, straw or grass clippings can help winterize them.

By: sdat

sdat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:32:55 +0000

Nothing – frost free location.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:23 +0000

I often see fig and other trees in my neighborhood wrapped up with burlap for the winter.

By: Seasonal Wisdom

Seasonal Wisdom — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:06:57 +0000

Good tips here… thanks for sharing! Teresa