Q & A Was: Transpalnting Poinsettias

At 09:59 AM 10/20/1999 EDT, you wrote:

>I think that you waited too long to dig your plants.  I have had the same 
>problem.  Houseplants that spent the summer outside were transplanted back
in 
>early September and allowed to spend an additional amount of time outside, 
>however, they were placed in hangers (to keep critters on the ground out of 
>the pots) under a Red Bud tree.  This allowed the plants to re-adapte to 
>lower light levels while still growing in high humidity.  All of those
plants 
>made the return trip into the house just fine.

I agree completely, and I believe I suggested this before.  However if it
is too cold to leave them out all the time, consider shuttling them in and
out of the house morning and night so that they are protected from the
cooler nights, yet get the outdoor growing conditions during the day.  A
lot of work, and a pain in the butt, but it may save some plants.

>I also had a number the hibiscus and passion flowers that were growing in
the 
>ground and in pots that I didn't get transplanted until a few weeks ago.  I 
>was afraid it was too cold to leave them outside after I transplanted them, 
>so I brought them directly into the house.  All of them have dropped "all"
of 
>their leaves and look very bad.  In fact I think that I may loose most of 
>them.  Tough lesson to learn on my part.


Don't be too quick to pitch those plants.  I've had passion flowers
resprout from ground level in pots after having them drop every single leaf
upon being moved inside.  The top part eventually died off, but the new
shoots grew (are growing) just fine.  Hibiscus also tends to make some
incredible recoveries for me.  Keep the soil lightly moist for the next
month or two, until growth is seen again.  Or until you give up!  ;)

Anyone have any experience overwintering cacti indoors in the wet, cold
north?  Mine tend to continue growing for a bit (columnars) with thin
aneamic(sp?) growth before finally going dormant for the winter.  I know
this probably has a lot to do with not withholding water soon enough in the
fall, but the fall here is quite damp.  Short of putting them under a clear
tarp, any ideas?

Thanks for flying!
Glider  
Zone 5

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