Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I am throwing in the towel on cuttings, 1 by

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My new American crosses are about to go into the built up gardens (growing them out for breeding purposes ...my seedlings have spent the winter sheltering on the verandah facing East ...some cuttings bloomed (ones taken above the y.) Here is the washed river sand all ready to go into the 44 gallon drums cut into three pieces ...I will place thick newspaper underneath the drums and then a few inches of sugar cane mulch ...then cow poo ...then the sand mixed with just a little cow poo and mulched with more sugar cane mulch after planting. This method sees huge growth and quick flowering ...it's late planting due to horrible weather ...in this part of the world it has been well under normal temps ...no sun and constant rain ...my Angels went through the winter even with frosts, quite well and some flowered all the way through though frizzled a little ...I think the river sand is wonderful ...no rot whatsoever.
I hope you have enjoyed your Summer ...we are coming into a cold start to Spring but the sun is out now ...hooray!
I have had the puter offline for weeks and it is a pure joy to come back and see all the lovely pics ...I see you have big weather problems in the states I hope everyone stays safe and your gardens are all ok.
chrissy ps here is my river sand ...ready set go