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Re: Brought Hibiscus in

Kathy;
Give it as much sun as you can and it should do just fine. It may shed some
leaves for a while..Many hibiscus do this in response to changes in
temperature or humidity. It will look awful for a while but will recover
next spring when you put it back outside. Be careful about watering, it's
easy to overwater during the winter and hibiscus are prone to root rot if
they are kept too wet..

Email me or the list early next spring (Feb-Mar, depending on where you
are) and I'll tell you how to prune and wake it up for the summer!

Gerry

At 07:14 PM 10/27/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Ok you experts,
>I need some help-  I bought a red flowering Hibiscus back in the Spring.  It
>was in a gallon container and rootbound.  I bought a much bigger "patio pot"
>(plastic terra cotta look with saucer on bottom to catch water) and pretty
>much left it alone except to water and feed.
>Now, it's supposed to freeze tonight (it's been cold several nights now, but
>not close to freezing...) so I've brought it in.  It's about 3ft tall from
>the top of it's pot, and at least that big around.  It looks healthy enough.
> All the leaves are nice and green, rather "firm" looking, limbs are nice
>brown woody looking.
>My question, how can I help it adjust to indoors?  Outside, it was under a
>somewhat thin apple tree.  It got nearly full sun until about 2 or 3 in the
>afternoon when the shade from my house reached it.  Where would be the best
>suited place to put it?  Right now, I've got it about 12ft from 3 windows.
> The Hibiscus would be the "point" of a triangle with a double set of windows
>in the left "other" corner, and a single window in it's right corner.
> Windows are on South side of house.  Hibiscus against middle of the house
>wall to the north.  
>Did I give you enough detail, or should I be a little more specific?
> <giggle, giggle>
>Kathy Moon
>
>
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