‘Can I leave flowers in my car overnight?’ The question keeps bugging you as you settle down to sleep. Is it worth the effort to get up and move your plants? Or will they be okay in the morning?
Can I Leave Flowers in the Car Overnight?
The good news is, that you can sleep with peace of mind knowing that your plants will be okay the next day, even if they spend the night in your car. Unless there’s a snowstorm and you left a window a crack open, your flowers will be none the worse for wear.
Your flowers will likely survive as long as it experiences ‘normal’ conditions, such as when the inside of the car is not too cold nor too hot. Nighttime temperatures can get cold, especially during the winter but if you make sure the windows are closed then there should be nothing to worry about.
It’s worth noting that your flowers can also make it through a night in the trunk of your car. Just remember to let your plant out and give it the light and water it needs the morning or day after.
Incidentally, there are three things you should look out for when you intend to leave your flowering plants in the car for more than a few days- frost, hot days, and the absence of light.
Can Flowers Stay in a Cold Car?
Flowering plants are not likely to survive staying for more than a day inside a cold car. During winter, your live flowers will experience bud drop and cold damage since the inside temperature is more or less the same as the outside.
You can’t count on the plant to last if there’s a window open (even if it’s a quarter or half-open) for more than a few days. The lower the flower’s tolerance to cold, the faster the plant will deteriorate. Cold hardy varieties might be fine for several days up to a week, but then they will need water and sunlight in order to live.
Can Flowers Stay Inside a Car on a Hot Day?
Flowering plants won’t like it if they stay in an excessively hot environment. They will show signs of stress and might lose all their flowers, then leaves and finally shrivel up or wilt when temperatures rise above 95 degrees F (or 35 degrees C).
To compound the issue, the interior of a car tends to heat up more than the temperature outside. For example, a vehicle will have a temperature of 89 degrees F, then 104 degrees F for outside temperatures of 70 degrees F in 10 and 30 minutes. This becomes a great concern if you have the windows closed, which traps the heat, and if the flower is positioned in a place that gets direct sunlight, e.g, on the dashboard or front seat.
Can Flowers Stay in the Trunk of a Car?
Live flowers should be fine overnight if they’re in the trunk and you get them out the next day. However, if you leave your flowers there for more than a day then they may start to wilt, mostly due to lack of sunlight or too much heat during the day.
Conclusion
The bottom line is, that you can probably leave your flowers in the car overnight, but any longer than that and your plants might suffer from it.
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