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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Any Iochroma collectors out there?, 1 by GordonHawk

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GordonHawk wrote:
yes... it's well.. not warm yet.. but not terribly cold anymore either.. is that spring.. OK..close enough..
I built a cool room on the roof.. a house made of 2" thick foam.. there the brugs and iochromas.. among some others.. spent the winter.. I went into the cool room / house three times during the winter from setting them out till today.. today.. I montor the heat and humidity of the room from downstairs.. and go up and water them when the humidity inside drops to about 60% .... now it's time to start them growng turn the windowless house...with 24/7 flourescent grow lightng.. into a greenhouse for their last month inside..I'll have to water more.. and watch for overheating..
but to my surprise... with such seeming neglect... I cut the hole in the roof to mount the plastic.. and found the red iochroma blooming.. ready to go...