Are you growing any MGs indoors over the winter?
Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
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Moving any one grow MG inside??
Comments (4)They grow great (if a little less vigorously) inside but have the same requirements as outside (don't like to be repotted, blossom best when neglected a little, etc.). They should do fine if the doorway you mention is around that full sliding door that's going to light them. In a more interior area they'd need some artificial lighting. My indoor/winter ones grow around a hoop under normal fluorescents and tend to twine back and forth around it several times. They're pretty messy indoors, so it helps to keep them contained on one manageable structure (not the easiest thing to do with morning glories). They seem to have eyes for anything within a few feet that might serve as a support for twining (other plants, especially), and I don't know whether they'd choke the other plants so I keep steering them back to the hoop. With tendrils free to grope along surrounding walls, etc., they'll be gorgeous, although they won't cooperate with any attempt to keep them out of the way of the door! Hope that helped......See MoreGrowing MG's in Winter.........
Comments (13)I love these MG they have stole my heart first year to really grow them I to hope they will make winter here mine in ground so I cant move them anyone ever have them make a winter in zone 9 they close to house and on good side not much wind or cold.I also had moonvine nexted to them it looks bad after cold snap hope I wont lose all my seeds....See MoreGrowing roses indoors in winter with very little light
Comments (12)I will congratulate you on your success, Richard. Your window looks quite large - almost floor to ceiling? And the exposure (south east) is the perfect one. Temps are very good and your humidity level is actually quite high for many indoor heated homes in winter. I've seen people struggle to keep the humidity at 30% and often it can get as low as 20! So at 40%, your rose is in a good place. No one guaranteed that you would contract spider mites indoors, but in a very dry environment, it is quite likely. You've escaped that pest it seems - lucky you! :-) So, yes, it can be done and it is good to hear of your happy Dick Clark. But I still would caution readers that it is NOT always 'just that easy.' I have seen some pretty sad roses posted by people who didn't know any better and were trying to get them through the winter inside their house. Hence the source of those warnings. OTOH, I've seen a few successes posted like yours as well, my own included...but I DID have to "baby" my potted roses (Teas, grown in zone 4) by moving them to the shower every single week through the winter to keep spider mites at bay. And although mine were in front of a pair of double hung windows that faced south, the Low-E glass cut some of the sunlight and it wasn't quite enough for them so I had to supplement with a fluorescent fixture hung just above them. That was my experience, for what it's worth. Glad you are finding wintering your potted rose baby much, much easier. :-) Anne...See MoreOver winter Tomato and Pepper Indoor
Comments (11)Yes, I kept them under lights in the basement until after Christmas. The problem with that is that it's easy to forget about them down there, so they were underwatered and the bugs flourished. I brought them up and put them in a sunny window where I could keep a closer eye on them and things improved, although they got pretty lanky and by last week it all looked really ugly. But looks don't matter, I just had to keep them alive. A few days ago I took cuttings again and now they are all lined up in trays, looking fine and hopefully growing roots. By the time they are strong enough to go in the sun I am hoping the weather will be nice enough that I can set them outside for at least a couple hours every day. This will save electricity, keep them from getting stretched and get me a headstart on hardening them off, which I usually do a terrible job of. In conclusion, it's a lot of work to save $3 on seeds. Probably only worth it for hard to find varieties. I thought it was fun though, and wanted to teach my kids about propagation by cuttings. Tomatoes root very quickly and easily....See MoreGerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
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