How do plants spend the winter when the weather is cold?

For many flower lovers, it is difficult for plants to be hot in summer and cold in winter. You can pay attention to shading in summer to improve it. In the cold winter, if there is no heating at home, the problem of overwintering plants will be very important. How should plants spend the winter safely?

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Some potted flowers that are afraid of cold can be placed in a larger flowerpot, and some insulation materials such as sawdust, chaff, perlite and charcoal can be placed between the two pots and on the surface of the pots, and then covered with plastic film or glass cover, which also has a good insulation effect.

Building a simple shed on the balcony and putting cold-resistant flowers and trees, such as camellia, rhododendron and smiling face, is conducive to the growth and flowering in the coming year. For some stump bonsai and bonsai planted in shallow pots and small pots, it is easy to freeze in winter. After entering the winter, different cold-proof measures should be taken according to their different cold-resistant abilities. Plum blossom, elm, ginkgo, Pinus quinquefolius, pineapple and pomegranate with strong cold resistance can be placed outdoors, but attention should also be paid to frost resistance and frost crack damage, and potassium fertilizer can be applied appropriately to increase cold resistance. For the cold-resistant bamboos and Podocarpus in the snow, they should be moved indoors, but they don't need to be heated indoors.

Murraya murraya, bamboo, banyan, phoenix-tailed bamboo, arhat bamboo, etc. Those that are not hardy should be kept indoors, and those bonsai planted in shallow pots and small pots and those that are not growing well should also be kept indoors and heated properly. Most foliage plants like high temperature and moderate temperature, but can't stand low temperature, otherwise there will be freezing injury and even death. Therefore, foliage plants should take certain cold-proof and warm-keeping measures when overwintering. Different foliage plants have different requirements for wintering temperature. The temperatures below 5℃ and above 2℃ are: Eupatorium odoratum, bamboo, cycad, asparagus, rubber tree, spider plant (details) and so on. The temperature is above 5℃ 10℃ and below: colorful grass, aloe, bamboo banana, octagonal golden plate, turtle back bamboo and so on. The temperature should be above 10℃: green radish, Guangdong evergreen, Camptotheca acuminata, deciduous trees, pineapple, etc.