Overwintering plants

sassyblue

Hi all,

I've got a few plants that are quite small so will put them in the greenhouse over winter. I've not been good with watering during the winter and always upto now always managed to kill the plants

In my old greenhouse it had terracotta tiles on the floor (left overs from the kitchen) but at the moment l've got completely earthed floors in this one. I'm not going to change that because my old neighbour showed me how he grew tomatoes (placed the growbag where he wanted it, tilted it and slit the underneath of the grow bag, pulled the sides up a bit to open up the base of the growbag, then placed it back slit the top and planted in the tomatoes - sounds a bit convoluted but the gist was the tomatoes grew through the compost and into the soil, he always had bumper crops (digging in some manure in winter)

I've done the same thing in my greenhouse and it really works well, l've got herb pots on the floor and they're the same, absolutely huge and when you lift the pot up the roots are growing into the soil too....

The added bonus is that l'm not completely responsible for watering, when it rains the rains seeps into the greenhouse soil and keeps everything ticking over.

Sorry for all the waffling, but my questions are this... when l overwinter plants what do l do, just place them on the floor of the greenhouse too so they benefit from the shelter but have access to water, or would l still need to water?

Plus l've got some allium seeds, could l sow them in pots now and just place them on the floor, would that be the same as a cold frame?

Sorry if my questions are thick :cool:

alanobrien

It really doesnt matter where you put them in the greenhouse as long as you remember to water (little and not often). I deliberately keep mine off the floor as i dont want them to rot but i do overwinter a lot of tropicals so they are more prone to rot in our weather.

sassyblue

Thanks alan, what about the Allium seeds anyone, sow them now or wait until next year?