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- Stone weed - badly hardy and yet able to survive
- Bad hardy in this country
- Can you overwinter the stone herb indoors?
- Cut down in the fall, tear and compost
- Survival strategy: self-sowing
- Tips
Stone weed usually does not survive temperatures below 0 ° C
Stone weed - badly hardy and yet able to survive
The Steinkraut - a ground cover with compact growth, a low care claim and the ability dry times well to survive. But when winter approaches, the weed looks like ...
Early article Cut the weed - useful for several reasonsBad hardy in this country
This plant, which originates from warmer climes, is unfortunately not hardy in our latitudes. Alyssum, as the white cabbage is also called, is perennial in his home country, but is cultivated in this country only one year. Even low temperatures below 0 ° C mean its safe end. The fine roots, which are close to the surface, freeze.
Can you overwinter the stone herb indoors?
If you do not have a garden, you may even plant your pot in a pot on the balcony or in the balcony box. Even there the weed does not survive the winter. But it can be wintered indoors. To do this, cut the plant 2/3 down in the fall and place the pot in a frost-free, but cool, and bright location in the apartment.
Cut down in the fall, tear and compost
How to deal with the weed when autumn approaches:
Survival strategy: self-sowing
You have planted the weed and year after year it drives out in the spring? It seems to be hardy, is not it? If you are not wrong ... The white cabbage know how to multiply skillfully and thus to survive across generations.
From September / October, its seeds will ripen - provided you have not cut off the old flowers. The seeds fall off at maturity and overwinter in the soil. In spring, they are encouraged to germinate. Self-sowing is the magic word. Schwupps creates a new pot-herb plant without your noticing it.
Tips
Before disposing of the cabbage on the compost in the fall, it is advisable to shake the plant a bit at the desired location for the coming season. This will cause the seeds to fall out. With luck, they germinate in the spring.