Re: Temperate to cold

LOL - good ol' Maxicrop.  Couldn't garden w/out it!

On 7/20/05, A A HODGES <hodgesaa@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I figured that's what I would try. Camellia J's can take quite a bit of
> cold, just not freezing for night after night. It is big enough that it
> would need at least a three gallon (came in a one gallon) so I could wheel
> it in and out and give it a blast of water if and when it got spider mites.
> Of course if used the maxicrop on it regularly I wouldn't have that problem
> hopefully.
> 
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 7/19/2005 11:37:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Temperate to cold
> >
> > My camellia (sasanqua type) does pretty well until you get under
> > twenty degrees.  It kills the blooms, but the plant lives fine.  I'm
> > watering the heck out of it now that the buds for this winter are
> > trying to form.  How about putting it in a pot on casters and wheeling
> > it in and out?  Kind of like I do w/ the hibiscus plants?   Just a
> > thought.
> >
> >
> > On 7/19/05, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
> > > Not successful... spider mites and other pests. Of course,
> > > houseplants and I  are an iffy combination.
> > >
> > > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> > >
> > > On Jul 19, 2005, at 6:34 PM, A A HODGES wrote:
> > >
> > > > Question for you northern and mid-western dwellers. Has anyone
> > > > tried to grow a Camellia as a house plant? What were the results?
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Andrea H
> > > > Beaufort, SC
> > > >
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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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