Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Dormancy! Pros, Cons, Do's & Don'ts!, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
This is a great thread.. here in Kansas it gets down to freezing and below.. this year I brought my brugs in and all my tropicals when it was the same temp outside as is inside.
no Leaf drop and lots of blooms.. I have some going dormant in the basement in a back room closet. The others that are blooming are under several lights and a fan going all day and night. the fan is on a table and blows to the whole growing area.
my small cuttings I have in baggies wrapped in papertowels damp not wet. they are then "clipped" with a hair clip to a tall plant that is in a window area or under bright light. This seems to work well for me. the larger cuttings are in a tub with a small aquarium pump to keep the water swirling. this gets me thru the winter, and they are still under light. Last year was my first time for a brug. one. this year I have almost 20 or more. I am experimenting right now with a few cuttings in the kitchen, in a plastic cup with an inch of water a drop of peroxide and a little food, with a sponge in the middle and the cuttings pressed into the side. I see nubs already on those in only four days. Here is my downstairs set up a few weeks ago.. it is alot bigger now.