Tropicals & Tender Perennials: First year with brugs-disappointed!, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
WellBoo..
keep trying... so..whatexactly are you feeding them..
theyshould be in as much sun as you can give them. in MA.. they also like a spray of water .. any time you can manage to do so...
I start mine off with a bunch of cow manure it potting them in the sprng..feed a balanced foodforahile.. thengo to a bloom booster type pretty soon after.. lotsoffoliar feeding..seaweed concentrate..do you know of Spray-n-Grow... it's helpful..every week or two.. alternating with a messenger spay.. but then I baby mine.. and they getit all...cause I'm spraying some other things anyway..
SO when you bring them inside.. do you have them go dormant.. you can keep them up and growing.. perhaps a bunch of flowers all winter .. if they arrive inside all charged up.. they might loose their leaves going in or comming out...due to the humidity and light level changes
but you have to give them lots of light ..;plant lights .. or better a sunny window or two..
You'llsee some buds andflowers in the early part of the year.. then in hte summers heat.. a slacking off as yo are in the middle of.. and then again now a return to blooming.. that will take you through to moving them inside... and on if you keep them growing..
Mine have just started to bloom again... all are in pots the bigger the better...bigger yours will be.. actual mileage will varry.. with the individual...
also you'll find you need 20 or 30 of them to give them all plenty of company and good flowering models.. and you can kill off some in your efforts.. and not feal too bad.. stuff happens..
So good luck.. and write back with some more flower pictures... Gordon