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Rotating palms from cold greenhouse to indoors


Adam_NY

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I have a few species of not-super-tropical palms (Chamaerops, Pygmy date, some cycads) that I overwinter in a greenhouse here in NY that I heat to keep from freezing. It sits at around 40 at night and ranges from 40-80 during the day depending on how sunny and warm outside. I don’t control humidity but it’s way more humid than my house indoors in winter, which probably sits below 40%. They do great in these conditions, not growing at all until I put them out in the summer. 
 

I had an idea to periodically bring in a plant or two inside for a week or so at a time, just to get some green inside during the winter months. In the past, I’ve not had luck with palms as houseplants because the dryness in the winter here really taxes them and draws spider mites. 
 

Would there be any issue with rotating them like this, going from cold nights and cool days to constant room temperature for a week? My mind goes to the risk of breaking dormancy, but I’m not sure that’s a relevant concept for palms. They don’t grow in the greenhouse and I doubt a week would change that but maybe the change in conditions may create a shock somehow. 

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