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Sansevieria in a sun room?

9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago

Hello,

I just moved to a new house with an unheated sunroom with a west and south facing window, and a bedroom with an Eastfacing window upstairs. I live in MN, but think I could keep the sunroom atleast 45F at night in January with a space heater. Do they like to be cold and dry when dormant or is the warm windowsill upstairs the better option?

My sansevieria has survived two years of north facing windows in the winter and getting gnawed on by squirrels in the summer, and even produces pups occasionally. The poor thing is a little worn but I am very attached and would like to give it the right cultural conditions finally haha.

Comments (8)

  • 9 years ago

    If it were mine I would put it in front of the East window. They prefer warmer and dryer in winter.

  • 9 years ago

    The variegates are also more sensitive to cold than regular green trifasicata. Also remember the floor of your sunroom might be significantly colder than temperature at chest height in there. Do you have electricity out there? It might be worthwhile getting one of those heating mats that you could put under the plants. This will keep the soil temp a bit warmer in winter and may help. You will have to experiment and see!

  • 9 years ago

    I see, thank you for your advice! Its pretty chilly in their right now so Ive moved it to the upstairs window with my tillandsia. I would like to experiment with keeping it warm enough for plants in the sunroom during winter, though maybe not with my beloved sans :)


  • 9 years ago

    I see, I could try moving any plants to the house wall at night and back to the window ledge during the day possibly. Next time I'm in the cities Ill probably pick out a few more varieties of sans to experiment with - I'm sure some are hardier than others.

    I wonder if a small shelf or putting them under a table in rainy weather would work for your sans? You'd have to have an eagle eye on the forcast though, hmm.

    I totally understand your predicament, its so easy to keep aquiring plants in the summer with out thinking about the winter - thats how I ended with two $40 grow lights and a table full of plants that took up a 3rd of my tiny dorm room in college haha

    Currently in the sunroom I have a basil seedling, a sedum thats supposedly hardy to 25F according to the tag, and a yucca that was a mercy buy from home depot (poor thing was in wet soil, and leaves are starting to show signs of overwatering. I'm letting it dry out for now).

    Good luck with your Sans too! I'll try to report back in a few weeks as the temp drops in case it helps anyone else :)


  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    The conditions you described are similar to my unheated laundry room, where I've kept Sans before. I didn't notice any difference from plants kept in heated room where computer & TV are.

  • 9 years ago

    Are you letting that yucca dry in its pot? Or have you pulled it out of the pot and set on newspaper to dry faster?

  • 9 years ago

    Gosh I wish I had thought of that! - Ive been letting it dry in the pot while I wait for an order of perlite and black gold cactus soil to come in so I can repot it in less peaty soil. Its dried considerably this week, but I'll pull it out when I get home from work and check on the bottom half. The silver pail is decorational, its still in the original black home depot pot.

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