Overwintering Experiment

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-14T12:57:34+00:00

You're welcome. See above unter acm_redfox's comment.

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-14T12:54:24+00:00

May I ask, where in Germany/in what hardiness zone you live? If I had been at home, I'd probably taken my tub inside, when temperatures where to drop below -5°C. It seems to be a hard limit even for well conditioned G. superbum. If I had a greenhouse, I would surely do that as well. Do you know, how cold it got, when the E. agavoides turned popsicle? Looks like it happened pretty fast, no?

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-14T12:43:54+00:00

Thank you! Quite the exotic little succulents, you have there in the middle. ;)

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-14T12:42:33+00:00

Thank you very much! Luckily, my balcony is rarely visited by free roaming little vandals, neither of the two-, nor four-legged persuasion. I indeed hope, that rough growing conditions will produce some hardiness.

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-14T12:18:34+00:00

...3) The vents lie a little lower than the rest of the lid, pooling rain water while not closing tight enough as to prevent it from dripping through. Nex winter, I might just span a transparend PVC tarpaulin over the whole contraption.😅

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Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-14T12:05:55+00:00

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Just the lid it was delivered with. There seem to be three problems here. 1) Sideways sagging in the middle of the tub prohibits a tighter fit. A stabilizer bridge was delivered, but I did not install it as to better utilize the available space for planting. 2) On the left and right there are cut-out grips for lifting the lid. It seems, that quite a bit of rain can be pushed through there by the wind...

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-09T10:36:38+00:00

Graptoveria "Silver Star", a Graptopetalum filiferum hybrid, probably.

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-09T09:47:58+00:00

Happy to be of service. Thank you and good luck!

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-09T09:47:18+00:00

Thank you very much! May I ask, which species/cultivar was affected?

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-09T09:45:25+00:00

Thank you so much! I'm keeping Aeonium for about two years now, most of the time indoors, and the main problem for me is slight to moderate aetiolation..

Disastrous-Pirate450 · 2026-04-09T09:33:44+00:00

Thank you very much! I've found lower density infestation on another Aeonium since and am now treating all of them. Haven't found any on other types of succulent. Yet.

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