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Re: INDOOR-GARDENING digest 470


>Hi Ivy:
>I'm impressed by your list. What's your secret with achimenes? How much
>light do they need I've had trouble both inside and outside getting more
>than one flower at a time. Does summer heat hurt them (more a problem for me
>in New York than you in Canada, I would think.
>
>Best, Nancy S.

Hi Nancy,
Achimenes seem to like more light than african violets, and a fair amount
of water. I don't think they like the heat; they tend to slooooow right
down in August even here (summer temps in the 90's F). I would bet you
though, that you're doing everything right with the plants. My houseplant
'bible', _the apartment gardener_ said, in 1974, that the authors couldn't
grow achimenes in their apartment in New York, because the plants were so 
sensitive to pollution they didn't flower. I haven't seen this in any other
plant book, so maybe the new varieties are less sensitive? I don't know.
Anyone else in New York growing them?
hope that helps,
Ivy
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