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Advice for over-wintering outside

Hello all! I'm starting to think forward to where I keep my succulents over the winter and would love some advice. I have mostly echeverias, some grapto hybrids, and a few cacti - all in gritty mix. I've just started reducing the frequency of watering to prepare for keeping them mostly dry over the worst of winter. I'm in a coastal climate where winters are quite mild and temperature dips below 0 maybe one or two nights a year but mostly sits around 3-5 degrees celsius for the whole winter.

Considering that, I'd like to try keeping some of my succulents outside in the plastic greenhouses I've had them in over the summer - mostly because I don't have enough space in the house - hello, impulse buying control! The younger plants and my favourites would be brought inside to sunny windowsills or under my growlight.

My question is about those few nights it may get a bit too cold. I was planning on buying horticultural fleece and covering the plants in each shelf but the thought occurred to me that it might be easier/just as effective to just place something to cover the whole greenhouse?

Would that be an ok solution? I'm thinking of a tarp or even large pieces of fleece?


Thanks!

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