You have created a beautiful corner for your plants, it's clear that you love them very much. Having them in sight every day, even while you're doing other things at your desk, must be an endless joy.
It is - every morning I look forward to having slow cup of coffee as I inspect and care for them while sitting in the comfort of my desk chair! Mable, of course at my feet in her dog bed! 🙏❤️🌲
I LOVE this set up!!! I sadly do not have the space to have grow lights so let's pray for my Pafras to be kindly waiting for spring 🙏 I do see some slight new growth come in here and there but not much. This will be my first winter with my inside plants so I am very curious to see what happens
Thanks 🙏 Lennert! They should be fine. I have several that I keep in an east facing kitchen window all winter and they don’t do much at all, but eagerly start to grow in the spring and when I put them outside. Thanks for watching and commenting!!
@@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom I have both a south and east facing window available, is there a preference or is it similar? As always thanks for your replies!!
My PA, crassula jades and cactus will eventually go into my basement under LED grow lights...temps down there are around 60F during the winter...Crassula Jades grow like weeds in the cooler temps.
Slick set up, good sir. I’m diggin it. You are surely dialed into too exactly what your trees need. How does the water not just run off the edge of the gorilla plastic and onto the floor? Is there a lip on the edge.
I water with a 2 gallon spray canister and stop shortly after the water comes out the bottom. So, it pools under the pots, but not enough to spill out on to the floor. I also occasionally submerge the entire pot in a tub to completely soak the rootball - I put it in water and let it sit for 5-10 minutes depending on how thirsty the tree looks. With this, there is still no water spilling so it hasn't been an issue for me. I will also occasionally take a plat to the kitchen sink and just thoroughly water it allowing lots of water to flush through the bottom of the pot. I usually only do this when I've had to spray the plant with soap and water in order to deal with some nasties however. Great question! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Tom, thanks so much for this update I don’t have the ability to put my plants outdoors and so M limited to growing my succulents under lights. I only use one strip of spider farmer lights and I’m wondering whether that’s really enough. The other issue I have is, I tend to use more succulent soil than bonsai mixes and sometimes struggle with watering and I’m always puzzled by leaf drop. Thanks again for showing us your set up. It gives hope that it’s possible to really grow jades and PA indoors. Great fit
The spider farmer lights are quite strong, I think it would be adequate. These light I use are not as strong - 24 watts per strip I think, so I use 2-3 of them per shelf, but I think that they key thing is to have the plants very close to the lights. I’ve been out of physics for a long time, but the inverse square law means that the light intensity vastly drops off with distance. The nice thing about these LEDs is that they put off very little heat so there’s no risk of burning the plants even if they actually touch it. Thanks for sharing. I’m glad to see that other folks are also successfully growing succulents indoors! Eventually, I’ll show my chiller area set up as well. It’s basically the same stuff but it’s much cooler and I’ve actually had to quickly put in another shelf because I just had too many plants. 🙏❤️🌲
I put mine into a fully automated grow tent. My basement is cold so i needed heat humidity and inline vent fan. i can monitor and adjust the environment. I call it the Jade Palace! They seem to be very happy guests.
Sounds great! I am impressed with how well they do indoors. My plants in the colder ‘chiller’ area develop more slowly so perhaps I will consider something similar down the line. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom just a bit of info on this kinda setup. They use alot of water. So they need watched a bit till you get things dialed in. It's great though.
Glad it helped. They seem to like it. There is a decent amount of regular airflow in the room due to occasional forced air heat which I think helps to keep the temperature modulated as well. Last year I had them in a room where the temp would regularly hit the mid 80s which, due to small pots, required much more watering. In this new space, they seem very happy so far and I definitely pay more attention to them now which is key to avoiding problems from getting started. Thanks for watching and commenting!!
I do have a timer - 14 hours per day daylight. I do also feed them in the same way that I feed them all year / I put a diluted amount in the water so they get fetter with each watering.
That is VERY cold, I would not bring it indoors, but I would protect it from the wind which is what kills outdoors trees - they can basically become freeze dried. In the temps that you are talking I think a cold frame or unheated garage may be best, but they will definitely need protection. However, do a bit go googling and see what others say about temps that cold. Where I live it never gets very cold and often not below freezing for more than one day so I kept my outdoor trees outside with no protection at all above what they would get naturally.
Nice setup! You do like Portulacaria!! :)
You have created a beautiful corner for your plants, it's clear that you love them very much. Having them in sight every day, even while you're doing other things at your desk, must be an endless joy.
It is - every morning I look forward to having slow cup of coffee as I inspect and care for them while sitting in the comfort of my desk chair! Mable, of course at my feet in her dog bed! 🙏❤️🌲
Do You have an espresso coffee?
I LOVE this set up!!!
I sadly do not have the space to have grow lights so let's pray for my Pafras to be kindly waiting for spring 🙏
I do see some slight new growth come in here and there but not much. This will be my first winter with my inside plants so I am very curious to see what happens
Thanks 🙏 Lennert!
They should be fine. I have several that I keep in an east facing kitchen window all winter and they don’t do much at all, but eagerly start to grow in the spring and when I put them outside.
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
@@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom I have both a south and east facing window available, is there a preference or is it similar? As always thanks for your replies!!
My PA, crassula jades and cactus will eventually go into my basement under LED grow lights...temps down there are around 60F during the winter...Crassula Jades grow like weeds in the cooler temps.
Totally matches my experience Dave!! They look so good all winter.
Slick set up, good sir. I’m diggin it. You are surely dialed into too exactly what your trees need.
How does the water not just run off the edge of the gorilla plastic and onto the floor? Is there a lip on the edge.
I water with a 2 gallon spray canister and stop shortly after the water comes out the bottom. So, it pools under the pots, but not enough to spill out on to the floor.
I also occasionally submerge the entire pot in a tub to completely soak the rootball - I put it in water and let it sit for 5-10 minutes depending on how thirsty the tree looks. With this, there is still no water spilling so it hasn't been an issue for me.
I will also occasionally take a plat to the kitchen sink and just thoroughly water it allowing lots of water to flush through the bottom of the pot. I usually only do this when I've had to spray the plant with soap and water in order to deal with some nasties however.
Great question! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Tom, thanks so much for this update I don’t have the ability to put my plants outdoors and so M limited to growing my succulents under lights. I only use one strip of spider farmer lights and I’m wondering whether that’s really enough. The other issue I have is, I tend to use more succulent soil than bonsai mixes and sometimes struggle with watering and I’m always puzzled by leaf drop. Thanks again for showing us your set up. It gives hope that it’s possible to really grow jades and PA indoors. Great fit
The spider farmer lights are quite strong, I think it would be adequate.
These light I use are not as strong - 24 watts per strip I think, so I use 2-3 of them per shelf, but I think that they key thing is to have the plants very close to the lights.
I’ve been out of physics for a long time, but the inverse square law means that the light intensity vastly drops off with distance. The nice thing about these LEDs is that they put off very little heat so there’s no risk of burning the plants even if they actually touch it.
Thanks for sharing. I’m glad to see that other folks are also successfully growing succulents indoors!
Eventually, I’ll show my chiller area set up as well. It’s basically the same stuff but it’s much cooler and I’ve actually had to quickly put in another shelf because I just had too many plants.
🙏❤️🌲
I put mine into a fully automated grow tent. My basement is cold so i needed heat humidity and inline vent fan. i can monitor and adjust the environment. I call it the Jade Palace! They seem to be very happy guests.
Sounds great! I am impressed with how well they do indoors. My plants in the colder ‘chiller’ area develop more slowly so perhaps I will consider something similar down the line.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom just a bit of info on this kinda setup. They use alot of water. So they need watched a bit till you get things dialed in. It's great though.
Very helpful. I was concerned it would be too warm in my 72 degree house for my ports.
Glad it helped. They seem to like it. There is a decent amount of regular airflow in the room due to occasional forced air heat which I think helps to keep the temperature modulated as well.
Last year I had them in a room where the temp would regularly hit the mid 80s which, due to small pots, required much more watering.
In this new space, they seem very happy so far and I definitely pay more attention to them now which is key to avoiding problems from getting started.
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
do you have the lights on a timer? How do you feed them during the winter?
I do have a timer - 14 hours per day daylight. I do also feed them in the same way that I feed them all year / I put a diluted amount in the water so they get fetter with each watering.
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Do juniper need to be brought inside gets about -30°f here
That is VERY cold, I would not bring it indoors, but I would protect it from the wind which is what kills outdoors trees - they can basically become freeze dried.
In the temps that you are talking I think a cold frame or unheated garage may be best, but they will definitely need protection.
However, do a bit go googling and see what others say about temps that cold. Where I live it never gets very cold and often not below freezing for more than one day so I kept my outdoor trees outside with no protection at all above what they would get naturally.