Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Snowbanks flush of flowers, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
Yes.. Brug Addict.. it's a method that has workd wonders for me on just about everything.. the plumerias have gone from seed to flowering in 9 months..unheard of times for them.. at first Iwas very carefud and did everything imagineable to keep them off the hot roof.. lifts on the post .. thick padding under the saucers.. then I started with my HOT peppers keeping them right on the hot roof.. trying to aggrivate them to greater heat in the fruit.. but they didn't suffer at all and produced great leaf growth as well as plenty of fruit... so I started with other plants..being less concerned with the heat and concentrated on keepting them moist after drying out so fast.. they can go from wet to dry a few times a day... kind of like cramming in a few days cycleing into one... no where in this country are the soil temps as high as the central /south american temps they developed in.. and it seems to make a great diffrence... in everything... leaf growth ..stalk development.. flower production.. I'm sold on my use of what I'd thought was a detrement to them...
Cypress Gardens pictured
Gordon