The vanilla flower in winter
Since the vanilla flower is not hardy, you should move the plant to winter quarters in good time. Even temperatures of around five degrees can damage it so severely that it dies. In rough locations this may therefore be necessary as early as the beginning of October.
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Move to winter quarters
Potted plants are first checked for pests and plant diseases.
Bedding plants need to be carefully dug up and put into commercially available Potting soilwho you have favourited for an improvement in permeability with some sand or Cactus soil mix, used. Prick the plant as widely as possible in order to cause as little damage as possible to the roots.
A slight pruning damages the plants, which with good care can reach a height of up to eighty centimeters, and is particularly recommended for large specimens and limited space. Take this opportunity to clean the plants thoroughly and remove everything that has withered and dead plant parts.
The ideal conditions in winter quarters
An unheated staircase, a light cellar or the greenhouse are ideally suited to overwinter heliotrope. In any case, the location should:
- no colder than five degrees
- no warmer than ten degrees
- bright
be. Water sparingly as the vanilla flower stops growing during hibernation. There is no fertilization at all until spring.
Tips
In the cold season, the solstice loses some of the foliage and some shoots dry up. In the spring, remove all dead plant parts and cut back the vanilla flower a little. It then drives out all the more forcefully.
