Tropicals & Tender Perennials: i think i'm going to lose my brugs! what am i doing wrong? 3, 1 by AmandaTaylor7

AmandaTaylor7 wrote:
AuntB - Yes ma'am, I do have 2 Schizo in the ground. One of them is flowering like crazy and I seriously haven't even fed it much yet at all this year. I've been spending time trying to fight weeds on a budget (I know, crazy). But I had to cut back both of my Schizo this past year (not sure if that was a good idea or not) because the tips were so very dead-looking. Since then, they have both grown a great deal, putting on loads of new leaves as you say yours are doing. If you don't mind me asking, what temps are you experiencing right now? Ours are in the 90s, and I've noticed mine are seeming to really bloom loads in this heat ... at least one of them is.

Well, the thieves did get a few of my favorites. They even got my Nightrunner!!!!! Since locking the back gate, I haven't had those type of problems. But wow, was that ever violating.

This past weekend we went to Lake Sam Rayburn (pic of me watching my princess fish attached) and my neighbor killed a possum in my backyard. Well, I think that possum was responsible for messing with my timed sprinkler, so for 4-5 days five of my hibiscus and two Brugs (including a Snowbank seedling and a hybrid one from Liz) were left without water. While the latter Brug will make it, no problem, I have no idea about the others. In this heat my plants NEED water and I can tell when they go one day without it. Ugh ... I'm glad my neighbor got the possum because he was wreaking havoc in both of our yards. I'm so irritated that the critter messed up my sprinkler. Ah well, such is life.

I'll go check out that #5 thread! Thanks for the heads up!