Re: Wow - brug

Yeah, a greenhouse....
As it is, it is a science trying to wedge things in for winter storage - and getting them back out. It's musical chairs around here; many spaces pull double duty depending on the season. I have to move ornamentation from the florida room so I can set up heating pads on a bakers rack to give the Mirabils tubers a head start. It'll be just as cold out there at night as it is outside, but it heats up during the day from the sunshine. I'm hoping the heating pads will keep the soil warm enough to fool them into growing. All the tubers I stored in vermiculite had sprouts or at least eyes. Of the ones I stored in pots, only one has sprouted so far.
There just never is enough space, even though I have pared down a lot in recent years. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow - brug



Too bad you don't have a greenhouse--brugs are really neat. And with a
little encouragement, they bloom almost all year.

On Mar 21, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Kitty wrote:


A friend gave me a start from her Brugmansia last year.  I potted it
on to a larger size when I grought it in to the garage for the fall.
I had no intention of keeping it as they get so huge and I do not
intend to do the dragging every year, so it is going in my plant
sale next month.  Guess, what....the darned thing is blooming!  In
the cold garage!


Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Wow



Sure been quiet.

Did my first 4 hours on the Master Gardener desk yesterday. Slow day
there, too--about seven phone calls and only two walk-ins. Issues de
jour seemed to be carpenter ants--hint: they're swarming now--and
fertilizing blueberries. Also got a couple of calls about our plant
sale: when? [first Saturday in May]; will we have heirloom tomatoes?
[about 40 varieties].

Kinda boring, so I read through the log to see what kind of calls
other shifts had gotten [mostly carpenter ants and blueberries] but
about a week ago someone called in for information on grafting figs.
Wish I'd gotten that call; it would've been fun.


Inland Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
39.9" Precipitation
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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Inland Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
39.9" Precipitation
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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