Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Bad Angel .. does it again!!!, 1 by burgele

burgele wrote:
I am not sure Alice what the reason for the darker color is? Cooler vs hotter temps, sun or more shade. could very well be nutrition has something to do with it, the thing i do add to my soil is used Coffee Grounds and chopped up dried Banana peels, that seems to deepen the color, i got that tip many years ago in cold M innesota before we moved to Florida, i was working for the Airline and our Maintenance Man always collected the Coffeegrounds from the Cafeteria, I asked him what for? He told me he had a home in Florida with many Roses and supplemeted the soil with Coffeegrounds and dried Banana peels and it works wonders in the Sand his Roses were Beauties, so i just hoped it works for me and sofar so good.