Knowing how much is a "gentle tug" will require some experience. As you gain this "experience" by trial and error you will pull a few that are not rooted. When this happens, you can just put the cutting back, and give it more time, you have not in most cases done any harm. Al

I agree outside would be better. Inside conditions cannot be more stressful to such plants. If the plant fails to achieve enough chill hours from being inside, it will never leave dormancy, thus killing the plants. If you wish to protect them, a garage would be better where conditions are not as harsh, but chilling hours can easily be met.

Thanks for your thoughts. We just had 4-5 days of super heavy rain, and the plant oddly looks perked up! It’s so weird. The yellowing I understand... it was just those weird blotches and the die-back that made me think of a fungus. It’s looking a bit better now, so I may never know what happened. Lol!

I fertilize weekly "weakly" with Foliage Pro. No chemicals or weedkillers in my garden! Thanks for responding (I just saw your response on the other forum;)