{"id":8569,"date":"2016-09-03T23:23:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T22:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2016-09-03T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T07:38:53","slug":"winterproofing-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/winterproofing-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Winterproofing your Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/c-innsbruch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8570\" title=\"c innsbruch\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/c-innsbruch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/c-innsbruch.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/c-innsbruch-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summer is over and we had the first Autumn frost last night 26th September. It was only a light frost and we have some cloud cover for the next few nights so it won&#8217;t be as cold tonight. Still I set-too to protect some plants.<\/p>\n<h3>Winter Plant Protection<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tender plants can be protected in a frost free environment. Conservatory plants left out for some summer sunshine should be brought back inside. This is true of Citrus fruit trees and Pelagoniums.<\/li>\n<li>Insulate your greenhouse with bubblewrap and install a heater for really cold nights. Aim for a minimum temperature of 37\u00c2\u00b0<\/li>\n<li>Lift tender rhizomes of Cannas and Gladioli corms.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare hessian or sacking to wrap the centre of tender plants like Tree Ferns and Palms.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce watering and keep pot plants a bit on the dryer side.<\/li>\n<li>Mulch or cover the growing crowns of perennials with bracken, dry leaves or compost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Winter Maintenance Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Put terracotta pots on feet or raise onto bricks so they do not freeze to the earth or paths. Bring in none frost proof pots.<\/li>\n<li>Clean up paths, greenhouse glass, garden furniture, bird feeders etc.<\/li>\n<li>Retie or stake trees that may suffer from wind rock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Causes of Winter Damage<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Prolonged excess damp can be fatal to pot plants. In winter there is little or no drying effect.<\/li>\n<li>Snow can break the branches of trees and the weight can damage conifers and evergreens.<\/li>\n<li>Frost will damage soft fleshy growth easier than it will kill ripe twiggy growth. Camillia growers will know what frost can do to blossom.<\/li>\n<li>Climate changes, prolonged cold snaps, unseasonal spring or summer weather and other changes can create &#8216;plant stress&#8217; that shortens the plants life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other tips &#8211; Leave on holiday for hotter climates and return in spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is over and we had the first Autumn frost last night 26th September. It was only a light frost and we have some cloud cover for the next few nights so it won&#8217;t be as cold tonight. Still I set-too to protect some plants. Winter Plant Protection Tender plants can be protected in a frost free environment. Conservatory plants left out for some summer sunshine should be brought back inside. This is true of Citrus fruit trees and Pelagoniums&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/winterproofing-your-garden\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}