I have just started potting some of my herbs to have them indoors over the winter. Since I have yet to set up my tilapia, I am using those tanks for a temporary "green house".
Does anyone else bring plants in for the winter?
excellent idea of what todo with all those old fish tanks. (y)
What other herbs you got around?
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I brought my bears lime and basil inside , I probably should have set up and brought more in side . Both my friends with indoor Meyers lemons are harvesting their lemons now and making me so jealous.
The only thing I save alive is my bay leaf bush. The rest get harvested and into the freezer.
I made a large self-watering planter out of a barrel that I drag inside for the winter. In the center is the bay leaf that I trim back when it comes inside(a branch with dozen or so leaves makes a nice parting gift for guests). I have other herbs around it but they don't usually get enough sunlight to survive the winter and it costs too much to have supplemental lights.
My culinery bay is hardy outdoors to at least minus 10 c , mine is planted in the ground outside but this is coastal BC
My bay stayed out side but it is 50/50 that it will make it.
I bring some of my plants in over the winter as I like fresh for some of my herbs while cooking. I did not get enough off my plants this year to not bring them in.
I also brought in lemon balm and rosemary but I don't know how they will do. I did not get the rest of the plants in before the cold hit.
TSC stores have a sale on now. These are pretty sturdy and a good buy at $20. They're about the biggest you can easily drag indoors.
http://www.tscstores.com/25-RESIN-WHISKEY-BARREL-PLANTER-P17932.aspx#.VKGLkP9RUA
I made them into self watering pots.
I cut a plastic barrel lid to size(the rest of the barrel can be used for potato hills or buried to contain those plants that spread everywhere) to fit inside, propped it up with a few bricks, stuck some wicking mat cloth through the holes, lined it with landscape cloth, filled with potting soil to about 8" depth. No reason you couldn't use plywood or wood slats.
Make a large drainage hole at the right height so the soil isn't soggy.
In the spring I bring em indoors to warm the soil, get the lettuce germinated in the warmth and move out into the sun during the day. Back inside at night if too cold. Constant moisture supply helps things grow well without fussing over them.
Because they're a cone shape the frozen water inside hasn't harmed them while outside over the last few winters.
excellent idea Perfesser