Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Velvet Rose Brugmansia, 0 by kenboy

kenboy wrote:
We are heading to a friends house to watch the Supper Bowl, the only football game I will watch all year. It's just a reason to get with friends and have some fun. I am not much on sports, more into plants and birds.

It was 41 here this morning and most of the snow has melted. It was supposed to dip back down to the mid 20S, this is a welcome surprise. It was supposed to get to 48 yesterday but went all the way up to 56. I finally opened the hoophouse door and was surprised to see everything looking so good. I could not believe it. There are a few that have broad mites and need to be sprayed but it is not an outbreak. I started some cutting of side shoots of the trunk of Mon Amour yesterday and cleaned out some that had rotted. Last month I chopped up an Angel's Exotic and put the cuttings in three six-packs and it looks like all 18 are rooting. This is going to be a fun year for Brugs. I have several trades that had to go on hold when my Mother took ill and several people just rooted them for me and will send when weather permits.

Now for the bad news; the National Weather Service has predicted another Arctic Blast moving in Tuesday night and lasting until Saturday, with highs only getting up to 34 during the days and lows in the lower teens. This is really starting to get old. The one thing I love to do this time of year is work in the hoophouse but with it getting this cold I can't go in and out very many time or I drop the temps too much.

Here is one of my new pheasants;