I bought a one-gallon Fudingzu from Nurcar this spring. It grew right along over the summer. It responds to misting with new growth. Repeat, it responds to misting with new growth. I moved it to the front porch while my deck was being renovated, and neglected the watering. Leaves turned brown at the tips. Moved it back, resumed watering (and misting with the hose several times a day). It resumed new growth after several weeks. Left it outside til temps were threatening to go below 20, then moved it into the garage, which stays app 10 degrees warmer. Again, let it get too dry, since it was cold and dark out there. With the recent dip in temperature, finally brought it indoors to a sunny west window. Dropped a lot of leaves (too dry), but not all. It still has a nice form and plenty of leaves. Within a couple of weeks, set literally dozens and dozens and more dozens of buds, which are now opening. Butterfly's advice to flush salts out of the pot is very good. Osmanthus are said to react poorly to buildup of fertilizer salts. If you want new growth on your Osmanthus, please follow Mike's and my advice: mist the branches. Outdoors, you can just mist with the hose several times a day, til the branches drip. Indoors, maybe you can water it in the shower or tub, spraying the branches all over. I'm not sure why misting works so well with Osmanthus (I do it to my other potted plants outdoors as well). Maybe the humidity in its native habitat. But make sure, this really does work.

Interesting! I am using a flouro, what do you mean by compact? I had it like 4 inches underneath this 20watt flourescent bulb. But now that you mention it, they only started doing that after I put them under the light. They were fine on the window sill but thought that wasn't enouigh light.

Jeanna, I started them in miracle grow seed starting mix and watered when I noticed the soil start to dry. They were all doing really great untill they got about 4 or 5 inches tall. ( not all of them ) I did mix a tablespoon of miracle grow liquid feed per gallon. I fed them with that twice. I started in mid February and probably gave them the first feeding maybe 15 days later and then again once I noticed that some of the plants were having problems. I transplanted them all to 16 oz cups. Some of them I gave the miracle grow seed mix and some I made a mix of 2 parts soil , 2 parts peat, 1 part perilite , and 1 part ( the little white things , can't think this morning). Anyway, the ones that were doing ok are still doing ok. The ones that were having problems still seem to be. Some may be a bit better. The problems are on the old leaves and the curling is turning up. Not sure? I know tomatoes are hesvy feeders but I don't want to roast them.

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