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Moving Plants Indoors for the Winter By: Peter Doyle  |
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 If you haven’t done it already, it’s time to move your house plants indoors for the winter. Like it or not, the winter is almost here and if you have any plants that can be moved inside for the winter now is the time to do it.
Ideally, you should have already moved your plants inside for the winter but if you haven’t here are the steps to take to make sure your plants make the transition from outside to inside as easily as possible.
• Temperature adjustment. Most house plants need to make a temperature adjustment before they are moved into the house. This is ideally done when the temperature inside the house is the same as outside the house, but if you’ve waited to bring your plants inside it’s a good idea to make the move in stages. If you have a porch, you may want to consider moving the plants onto the porch for a couple days before you bring them inside to give them some time to make the adjustment from outside temperature to indoor temperature.
• Clean your plants. While your plants were outside it’s a good bet that bugs and pets made your house plants their home. Before you bring your plants back into your house make sure you clean the plants well. You may want to take the plants out of the planters to make sure nothing has made a home inside the planter. To wash the plants, use water and a small amount of dish soap to wipe off the leaves. Then wipe the leaves again with a rag with just water on it.
• More to less sunlight. While your plants are on the porch or what ever transition place you have available, slowly move the plants from a position where they get more sun to where they get less sunlight. That way they’ll have fully made the transition when you move them to their permanent winter location.
Be advised that some house plants, regardless of how hardy they are, will not make the transition from outdoors to indoors. But by following these steps, you should have a good deal of success as you move your house plants back indoors for the winter.
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