Keep wintering Gerbera properly

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• Keep wintering Gerbera properly
• Gerbera is not hardy
• So bring the Gerbera into the house
• Care during the hibernation
• Tips & Tricks

Keep wintering Gerbera properly

Almost all gerbera varieties are not hardy. Gerberas that you have planted in the garden either cultivate as an annual plant, or you bring them into the house over the winter. Tips for hibernating the tropical plant.

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Gerbera is not hardy

Gerbera is grown as an annual plant in most gardens, although it is perennial. It does not tolerate low temperatures and therefore can not stay in the garden in winter.

An exception is the hardy variety Garvinea®, which tolerates temperatures down to minus five degrees. It needs winter protection if it is to survive cold winter temperatures.

All other varieties can be overwintered in the house if a paser site is available.

So bring the Gerbera into the house

By September or the beginning of October at the latest, dig generously the gerbera in the garden. Put them in a clean pot with plenty of garden soil.

Put the pot in a clean location:

Well suited are hall windows, under which no heating for heat provides. But basement windows can also be used for wintering.

It is important that the temperatures never rise above 15 degrees, as the plant then interrupts its hibernation and in the following year does not form new flowers.

Care during the hibernation

Gerbera needs to be watered at most twice a month in winter. Do not fertilize the plant at this time.

Tips & Tricks

Sometimes the attempt to keep the gerbera as a houseplant all year round in the flower window works well. It will then be cared for just like in the summer. However, you have to expect that the plant will soon run out of power for more flowers.