Re: Datura flowers

Hello Peter,

From my experience I learned the following:
- after overwintering my Brugmansia's I repot them in a very rich (compost) soil. Cut back some of the branches that dried or just to giove the plant a better shape (to my liking). This is done by mid march
- I then put the plants at about 15°C in good light. As soon as outside temperature aloows I harden them outside during the days (and keep them inside at nights).
- as soon as some new leaves have developed, I start to give fertilizer with with the water.
- by end of May the Brugmansia's stay outside permanently.
By june flowers developed on the older branches, and then on the new branches right trough the season till end of september when I have to take them in again.
Last year the plants were flowering till Christmas (8 - 12 °C, some dappled light)

I discovered that the trick is to give them a good soil, water them daily (if necesssary) and fertilize them regularly  (once a week) and flowers will start coming and continue ongoing (I stop using fertilizer by early september).

Regards and success !!

Marc Geens (Belgium)
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Peter Giegold wrote:

 HelloWhy ?Very often it is hard or impossible to get new flowers on the overwintered plants of Datura.Why and what to do,please help! Peter Giegold gardening in Stockholm ,Sweden -15 degre CELCIUSp*@swipnet.se
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