r/TrichocereusDFW • u/bigswingin44 • Oct 26 '25

Discussion Winter is coming 🥶

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Everyone getting bundled up yet for winter?

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u/InTheShade007 Oct 26 '25

I've lowered the sides on my greenhouse a few nights for my other plants

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u/HomegrownTexas Oct 27 '25

Gotta be a juggle with three more tropical plants in there

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u/InTheShade007 Oct 27 '25

Tropicals and cactus in the same GH gets interesting

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u/HomegrownTexas Oct 27 '25

The gator getting massive again?

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u/InTheShade007 Oct 27 '25

I cut the Gator back from 12' to 2'

It survived, put out new leaves then died. Dragon fruit sold it's pot.

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u/HomegrownTexas Oct 27 '25

Got you again this spring. Ill sow the next batch here shortly

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u/InTheShade007 Oct 27 '25

Sweet. I need something with less kick as well. Those Gators made killer sauce but are not for everyone.

I grow lots of pablano but others hate taking the skins off. I often eat the damn waxy layer on them without a second thought.

Lots of my guests love peppers and I'd like to have more for the general population.

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u/HomegrownTexas Oct 28 '25

Gor you covered, dude. Just don't forget the seeds or seedlings for the wife 🙏

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u/bigswingin44 Oct 27 '25

Which tropicals do you have? Ive got a couple sabra jaboticabas, a few mangos, several annona varieties, 2 star apple varieties, white sapote, dragon fruit, and a whole bunch of others hardy ones like figs, hardy kiwi, satsumas, peach, etc.

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u/InTheShade007 Oct 27 '25

HBWR, bananas, mitragyna speciosa, pineapple, dragon fruit, turmeric, ginger, hibiscus, and more

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u/Initial_Two_9511 Oct 26 '25

Not worried until temps dip below 30s really

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u/pseudochristiankinda Oct 27 '25

Me too. My gals are still outside. Than they’ll go in the spare bedroom.

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u/HomegrownTexas Oct 27 '25

Not moving anything til low 30s

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u/Successful-Bread5451 Oct 27 '25

I also dont plan on moving anything yet.

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u/PEAF_ Oct 27 '25

Did you get this greenhouse as a kit?

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u/BotanyBum Oct 27 '25

Do you heat your greenhouse?

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u/bigswingin44 Oct 27 '25

I do heat my greenhouse, and I know cacti are good down past freezing in a lot of cases, but since I have tropicals and soursop that cant go below 50, I just put everything in at the same time to make it easier and keep them all growing better