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Re: [SG] IMPATIENS

Hi, all--

Don't you folks who winter over impatiens find them terribly dirty?  I have
done it successfully, but found that they dropped so many flowers, leaves,
and stems all over the floor that it wasn't worth it!

Beth Creveling
Perkasie, PA   Zone 6

At 08:32 AM 10/4/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Bobbi,
>Last year I did this with a mini impatiens to increase the number I had so
>that I could put some out next year.  I took the original plant and planted it
>in a rich composty mix and fertl with osmocote.  Then it went in an east
>window and as it grew, I took off cuttings.  I put them in a mix of equal
>parts perlite and Redi-Earth (or any sterile mix) for about two weeks.  When
>the rooted, I took them out and planted into 2 or 3" pots and kept them under
>the lights until May.  I did this all last winter and had oodles of them.  I
>did cover the newly planted cuttings in plastic, until they were rooted. I put
>mine in the little aluminum loaf pans you can buy at the grocery store and
>popped them into a gallon size baggie.  That way I didn't have to worry about
>them.  When I transplanted them, I did find that they did much better if I put
>stakes in the pots and covered with the plastic you get from the cleaners to
>harden them off.
>I think it's worth the trouble for a gorgeous impatiens.
>
>Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL Zone 5
>
>In a message dated 98-10-02 10:53:21 EDT, you write:
>
><< Here is a banal request. How do you overwinter impatiens that you wish to
> preserve for spring?
>  >>
>
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