Hello everyone,
Might be a stupid question but here goes. Does Cacti need the same amount of sun exposure during the winter months as during the summer months? Im asking due to I purchased a large greenhouse inorder to move my cacti off my porch. During the summer, either porch or greenhouse they will/would get between 6 to 7 hours of indirect to direct sunlight. During winter and the angle of the sun, in the greenhouse they would get between 2 to 4 hours due to the trees but on the porch are receiving about 5 hours. I know as it cools off they tend to go dormant but when it comes to sunlight Im alittle in left field. I've had them on my porch for alittle over a year whereby they are doing great. Its just starting to get alittle crowded.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Joel
sun exposure
All of the plants I grow from the Chihuahuan Desert region are in storage in the dark over the winter, completely dormant. Even in sun, they don't do much of anything anyway, until a combo of thermal and light triggers hit sometime in late winter.
Other plants grow over the winter and of course they need good sun if they are growing.
peterb
Other plants grow over the winter and of course they need good sun if they are growing.
peterb
Zone 9
Sorry I should of mentioned the type of cactus I have. Mammillaria, Trichocereus, echinopsis, ferocactus...these make up my main collection. With the trees along the outside border of my property all day direct sun is impossible especially during winter months. But if say 6 hours of direct sun in the summer and 2 or 3 in winter would do then I could place them in the greenhouse.
Any thoughts please.
Any thoughts please.
So Ian, you would say it would be not a problem then for me. think I will do it and place my cactus in my greenhouse. Worse case I can just move them back to the porch.iann wrote:It's a lot more sun than mine get. Average sun is only about 3 hours a day here in summer, winter is hardly worth measuring.