Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Really end of summer blooms- September almost here, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Sally--

Fafard and water?you mean like a slushie? Or--mostly just potted in Ffafard
and watered as needed with water???
Mine root and grow well in 5" pots all winter. I am sure you have seen pictures
if them all lined up on my light shelf's top shelf.

Did you not do the pot with the holes cut in the sides and them THAT
pot planted in the ground? That is how I grow all mine.
Even the ones by my shed (in those large pots) are in a black pot with the
holes cut out first and then placed into the BIG pots.
I always mix in a generous amount of Osmacote in the soil. They seem to
like it--as they grow quite well all summer...

When it comes time to bring them in--you dig up the inner pot, severing all the roots
that have grown through the holes, and that is what you bring into your basement
for its winter dormancy. Remove all but the top leaves before you bring it in,
as they all will drop off anyway and make a mess. Light is not really needed.
Place a plastic bag around the dug up pot to keep the cut off root ends from drying out completely. Water ONLY slightly, now and then, while they are dormant.

IF there is ligh& warmth around them, they may put out leaves--then water a bit more.
Mine only continue growing the very top leaves--which will stay on when I put it back outside.

Which brugs do you want cuttings from?
The Maya is still smallish--so I will only have some skinny cuttings to share from that one.

I am growing disenchanted with the pink NOID one. It grows very upright and tall.

I have had some kind if invisible issues with all my brugs this year.
Leaves yellowing and dropping off. The Dr. also has had some leaf-curling--but
I have not had much help from the "Plant diseses ..." Forum.
Dr. John said he was "stumped" (amazing!!!) and he has not chimed in yet.
Others have commented.....there is a possibility that I have Broad Mites on the Dr.

It is full of buds again--starting to open up. The plant seems healthy--not suffering one bit...
Whaaaaa...I need to borrow a a P/U truck!!! I want to deliver this thing whole.
G.

Just took the 1st 2 to show you....
3&4are pics of the leaf problems.
#5 is of the 2 brugs by my shed. They have been yellowing out all leaves.
I have drenched them twice with Neem...

Yesterday, I started talking to a man in HD garden. We talked for an hour...
He has 300 AV's and can't stop propagating them....
We talked about AV problems, etc...he said he has "Forbid" (retail-over $200 for a Qt.)
he uses in them if needed.. It only uses 1/2tsp to 1 gallon of water they have
Cyclamen Mite problems.
He said he would never use it all up in his lifetime.....

He said he would bring me a couple ounces of it next Sunday. How nice!!
Never know what will result when I start talking to customers.
I LOVE this aspect of me being out there....I have the chance to change,
for the better' what people use....from soils to fertilizers....

Totally converted one customer yesterday to using Milorganite for his lawn.
He was so frustrated with Scotts fertilizers--said they never work.
He asked me what I used......the rest is history......
He will use only ilorganite from this day forward......YES!!!.......;o)