Tropicals & Tender Perennials: wintering over under lights, 1 by robinz

robinz wrote:
Well, I brought 15 brugs and a few fuchsia's in to see if I can winter them over in a warm environment under lights. The biggest problem I'm sure is going to be the bugs. I look them over every day very carefully and have been using a Pest Out on them, which is a garlic oil concoction that smothers aphids and the like. So far so good. The few I've had have been dispatched.

The picture is of Pink Beauty. I love this plant. It's such a hardy grower. I don't know if the buds will stay on and bloom. Just have to wait and see. The plants have been in the house now, for 2 weeks. I've had some leaf drop and some bud drop but nobody's bare.

I read the beer recipe thread with great interest and I think I will try it as well. I'm tempted to add a little Pest Out to it and see what happens.