Help me understand overwintering in SoCal
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:42 pm
After years and years of keeping my cacti indoors as mere house decor, I let them enjoy summer outdoors for the first time this year. They loved it (I think )
My biggest problem is my little yard, which faces NW and because of the strong afternoon sunlight has a lot of palm trees, etc, for shade. Every day I chase the sun with my cactus table on wheels
That leads me to my question...during winter I will have zero to no spots where my cacti will get actual sun. Our temps in January, for those of you not familiar with SoCal winters, average around 67F (occasionally we could hit the 80's) during the day and 47F at night (occasionally high 30's, never freezing). What does this mean in terms of winter dormancy? I worry that my cacti will etiolate.
My biggest problem is my little yard, which faces NW and because of the strong afternoon sunlight has a lot of palm trees, etc, for shade. Every day I chase the sun with my cactus table on wheels
That leads me to my question...during winter I will have zero to no spots where my cacti will get actual sun. Our temps in January, for those of you not familiar with SoCal winters, average around 67F (occasionally we could hit the 80's) during the day and 47F at night (occasionally high 30's, never freezing). What does this mean in terms of winter dormancy? I worry that my cacti will etiolate.