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Re: Jungle-porch Update: August

Brass hoops? What a concept! Mine are in boring hangers, and they are all
wound around themselves and the ceiling hooks. Mine are in a west
window,too, and I feed a diluted solution of Miracle Grow every time I
water.
I guess I'll try something different. I have a plain and a variegated Hoya
Carnosa and the one that is sometimes called Hindu Rope Vine, because it is
all twisted. When I lived on the coast I had a Hoya Bella that bloomed like
crazy all of the time. One of my houseplant books says to pot them in cactus
soil, and let them dry out between waterings. I have'nt done the former, but
i do the latter. Oh well ...  . if the're  meant to bloom, they will!

Lorellyn
Oregon, also




-----Original Message-----
From: Cami <cami@jps.net>
To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org <indoor-gardening@prairienet.org>
Date: Saturday, August 22, 1998 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: Jungle-porch Update: August


>>Hoyas! Love them, but mine won,t bloom! Both are 7 years old, but
>>they have been moved around sooo many times! Have yours been in
>>the same place all those years? The tendrils on mine are taking
>>over...they even grew under the molding at the top of the wall, and are
>>trying to strangle their neighbors. What can I do to make them bloom!
>
>The problem with mine was that I wasn't giving it enough light, and I kept
>forgetting to feed it.  At least I think that was the problem!  About a
year
>ago I moved it to hang in front of a west window, and gave it lots of
>sunlight (but not hot, baking sunlight).  And I started feeding it bloom
>booster (Schultz' Bloom Plus, 10-60-10).  I think another problem was that
>when I repotted it 4 years ago I put it into too big a pot.
>
>My grandmother has about 6 different hoya varieties, and they bloom
>regularly.  She has them in a very bright east-facing breakfast nook, and
>they've been in the same pots as long as I can remember (at least 10
years).
>I grow mine the same way she does, on brass hoops.
>
>Cami
>Oregon
>
>
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