PIGing them is where it's at, when you're thinking of the overall health and growth rate for the plant. I'm surprised you can last until December. Anything not cold-hardy here has to come in by (usually) the second week of October, and that's pushin' it real good. They obviously like it there. I'd not be too surprised if they flowered next year.

Jeff

They are in gh - or high tunell I think?

Matt

Do you have space for them after they have to come in?

I left 12" pot in unheated breezway, and they all turned to mush....

Thanks for the kind worlds. They will stay out there year round. They might get a few cold nights in Jan then by mid Feb it starts to warm back up. Fingers will be crossed.

Oct 15

Pupping already!

Matt, it looks like you have a Black prince half buried too and a few other nice plants. What are the others? I love them all. Good work there!

Aloies are quite cold hardy down to 30F at least. I was surprised to read.

Some Aloes are cold-hardy to freezing temps, many more are decidedly not.

I have sooo many succulents in there lol. The ones you see are painted red echeveria, darley sunshine, kalanchoe and yes black prince.

Nov 18th. Thanks for the info on cold hardiness.

Looks like I need to do some thinning. This is the original plant. I'll keep this as back up.

Matt. that took off buddy!~

A month later and they're doing fine.

Dec 18

Well we lost power on one outlet. A lot was hit by cold. Almost everything dropped it's leaves.

I left these alone, they will come back no problem.

I'm also in zone 10a and were rarely get frost. I've had more problems with hail damage on the rare occasions it hailed because it was so unexpected and hard to prepare for.

So I lost power on one of the heaters during the coldest nights and they are a little damaged. I know they are still very much alive. They all have pups that will take over if the parent plants don't start to recover by mid Feb.

Things are moving! I'm happy to see. It turns out the parent plants took most of the hit and the pups underneath were safe.

Feb 2

April 6

Well they are hardy

Update. Aloes in the ground are doing well

Nov 12 2020

Matt, could you upgrade to a natural gas heater and only use a elect. fan? I think that would be more dependable and cheaper in the long run.