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[INDOOR-GARDENING:336] What have I done?



Hi to all the green-fingered ones.

I did something terrible - I remember reading that putting your indoor
plants out in the rain is good for them, to give their leaves a nice,
natural rinsing.  So, I dutifully and lovingly carried all my pots on to the
balcony including my Schefflera (the one with the big leaves) - there they
stayed all day getting their watering and a pleasant bath.  That evening I
took them all in, except the Schefflera because I need help carrying the
pot.  For two days I wasn't home so Scheffy stayed on the balcony in the
cold.  This morning I woke up with a shock - and went to haul his green butt
inside.  He's a skeleton of his former self.  I think there are at most four
leaves left on him.  Is there any hope?  I thought the wind might have torn
the leaves off, but my boyfriend (the one of the horticultural variety)
insists that it was the cold.  It wasn't freezing - probably about 10
degrees Celsius.  We're in South Africa and it's autumn now.

Any advice would be most appreciated.  Get well soon cards would also be
welcome.

~Christa
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