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Re: [SG] IMPATIENS

There is some bud, flower and leaf drop, but they've never been a major
problem for me. I don't have "dirty" imps over winter.
John Adney in Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)

-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Creveling <ecreveli@MCIUNIX.MCIU.K12.PA.US>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 9:11 AM
Subject: 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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