{"id":15866,"date":"2019-10-08T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilfioretralespine.it\/?p=15866"},"modified":"2023-08-19T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T14:54:10","slug":"healthy-plants-spines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilfioretralespine.it\/en\/healthy-plants-spines\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartan cultivation in full sun, and the results can be seen: healthy plants and robust thorns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are still above the seasonal averages, but summer has faded and autumn is on its way. Like every year, at the end of September I started preparing my greenhouse for the cold months. Nothing major, just some cleaning work, moving plants from outside to inside, a check on the heating system and two coats of copper oxychloride on plants a preventive measure. The plants themselves will do the rest, dehydrating following the suspension of watering from mid-September (from now on I will water just a few leafy succulents and, sporadically, <em>Copiapoa<\/em> and <em>Eriosyce<\/em> until the end of October) and starting to produce their natural &#8220;antifreeze&#8221; within the plant tissue of stems.<\/p>\n<p>This is a good time to check the state of health of the plants and, in my case, to &#8220;draw some sums&#8221; on the results of the Spartan cultivation to which I subjected several specimens, as I explain in the following article. (&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>\n<em><strong>Per proseguire nella lettura dell'articolo<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/ilfioretralespine.it\/mio-account\/\">Accedi<\/a> o <a href=\"https:\/\/ilfioretralespine.it\/categoria-prodotto\/abbonamenti\/\">Abbonati<\/a><\/strong><br><em><strong>To continue reading the article<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/ilfioretralespine.it\/en\/my-account\/\">LogIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/ilfioretralespine.it\/en\/categoria-prodotto\/abbonamenti\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temperatures are still above the seasonal averages, but summer has faded and autumn is on its way. Like every year, at the end of September I started preparing my greenhouse for the cold months. Nothing major, just some cleaning work, moving plants from outside to inside, a check on the heating system and two coats &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilfioretralespine.it\/en\/healthy-plants-spines\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spartan cultivation in full sun, and the results can be seen: healthy plants and robust 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