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Wintering Plants in Pots - Part 2Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". » Marge_Talt - Amaryllis Hi Karyn,Well, I just leave mine in their pots and quit watering. When the leaves die down, I cut or pull them off. Usually, they will start to show new growth in late Feb. (for me) and when they do that, I start watering again. If they have been in the pot for a couple of years or look like they need repotting, I do it then and water well and move them into bright light. It doesn't seem to me that their roots ever really go dormant, even in totally dry soil. When I've repotted, there are some old dried up roots, but the pot will be full of fat, white ones, so I don't think removing them from the pot would do them any real good. As Barbara said, if they don't go dormant when you quit watering, you can cut them back to force it, too. Any other thoughts on this from others??? -- posted by Marge_Talt » HollyT - On brugs: If you plant them, they will grow Mine limped along in its first summer too, but make room for it in year 2! And it only gets half day sun and not nearly the TLC you were giving yours.Nice person from greenhouse list sent me charles Grimaldi (which is growing) and one other (which isn't, so far). May have to move out to make room for these critters. -- posted by HollyT » HollyT - Dormant amaryllis I just cut last year's amaryllis back and cleaned them up. Had been in garage since early oct. and some of the roots were very dry. They look pretty wimpy compared to the monsters i just bought at home depot. Next year I may try the RHS method of cutting back water and trying to keep them cool, but not letting soil dry completely.One other thing i have learned the hard way--the biggest determinant of bulb size is how well they are cared for right after flowering. You have to give them sunlight/water/fertilizer when they are most boring. They usually need to grow abt. 8 leaves to make 2 stalks the next winter, and they put on most growth in spring. -- posted by HollyT » CarolWallace - Brugs I cut one of mine back after bringing it in last year, and let the other one grow to full size - and we are now having second thoughts about our greenhouse-to-be being large enough to house them! They do get huge!! But they are tough, too. They have taken well to being brutally uprooted every fall, and the uncut one flowered magnificently this year - it's third. The one that I cut down is back to being about 5' tall, and is just now forming buds in the house. I have no place in thishouse with the right light to allow it to perform to its best ability, but it is trying!-- posted by CarolWallace » Cottage_Garden - Cuttings Was just reading an article about how Sidney Eddison takes 6 to 8 inch cuttings of all or many of her tropicals (specifically including the brugs) just before frost and then roots them in water and then pots them up and keeps them in her spare bedroom under lights (plus S and W windows) for the winter. Then she drags them in and out in spring -- sets them on the N side of the house so they gradually get more light. Fine Gardening, a recent issue maybe the current one.-- posted by Cottage_Garden » Cottage_Garden - I forgot -- cooler temps. The room is warm during the day due to solar gain, in the 40's at night. Most plants apparently are okay with that -- except coleus -- probably because they are already acclimated by being left outside until the last minute (my guess).-- posted by Cottage_Garden » Marge_Talt - brugs + dormant Amaryllis Holly, I'm delighted to know that mine should take off next year...plus that they will grow with only half day sun. I was actually thinking that the sun they were in might have been a bit much for them, but was leaving them as what I had read seemed to indicated they had to have full sun! Half sun is a whole lot easier to come by around here and where I had them was fine while they were small, but would not have done if they actually shot up to 5' or so.What size pot do you have your big guy in? What is Charles Grimaldi like? After it got too dark to keep blowing leaves tonight (5 straight hours and I've still got half the drive and parking to go...sigh...) I went in to play in new gh and cleaned up a couple of pots of amaryllis. One still had 2 very long green leaves, but they'd gotten broken in the shuffle, so I whacked them off. One pot is absolutely full of leaves and shows no signs of dying off. Think I will keep that one in the gh with light and water and see what happens; the others are going to get the usual treatment. Most intersting that they need at least 8 leaves for two flower stems...must be why most of mine only make one. That period just after bloom is the hardest one because mine are in the house then and it's still too soon to put them out. Now I have the new gh, I can move them back to it where they will get better light and cooler temps so they may not flop all over. Used to be there simply was no room for them to go into it once they broke dormancy. Will be interesting to see what happens. -- posted by Marge_Talt » Marge_Talt - brugs Carol...just what is "full size" on one of these guys? I was featuring about five feet...sounds like yours is topping that.Mine seem to grow a leaf and then drop it and grow another. Is this normal behavior? They are in conference room which gets very sunny once the oak loses its leaves...and quite a bit of solar gain plus the baseboard heat. Do you think the would do better in new gh where it is a *lot* cooler...like variation from say 60F to 40F? Also, the new leaves they have put on since they came in and dropped the ones they'd been wearing outside are quite a bit smaller. Is this normal? -- posted by Marge_Talt » Marge_Talt - cuttings Barbara...most interesting. So brugs will root in water? Also most interesting about the temps that they will apparantly tolerate.Just asked Carol a question that this seems to answer. This year I got a coleus for the first time in ages...has a very small green/purple variegated leaf and I fell in love with it. Did quite well outside - had 3; dug up and potted one and tho' it is not growing, it seems to be holding its own. I have this in the laundry room as I had read they don't do well in really cool temps. Never tried to over winter this one before since, years ago when I grew them, they were tall, lanky hideous messes by fall and I didn't want them. Does this sound the right treatment for this guy? Light is ceiling flourescents and a very big north facing window. Winter my avocado and some other houseplants in this room fairly successfully. -- posted by Marge_Talt » CarolWallace - How tall? Well, the one I haven't cut back is at about 6' and growing. It's also about 5' wide, but I'll have to trim that back because we can't get into the room right now.Mine dropped almost all of its leaves when it first came in - only one branch remained, and luckily that was the one with all the flower buds - so that one branch gave a brilliant display and then those leaves dropped, too. It is putting out new ones everywhere, but yes - they are smaller. In our house, which is just too dry and has inadequate lighting, they drop leaves all winter and make a mess - but then they are so glorious when they bloom that who cares?? My small guy - the one I cut back - is at about 4' now, and dropped absolutely everything when it came in. But now I see flower buds forming, and am frantically searching for a place that gets light enough to encourage this. All our good Southern exposure windows are in front of radiators, which is not good. -- posted by CarolWallace Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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