Tropicals & Tender Perennials: First summer with a blossoming brug, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Joy, another thing we've learned from Bettydee (thank you!) is that cuttings from above the first Y will create a shrub shaped new plant (see my Monster White below) whereas a stem cutting from below the Y makes a tree or standard form like my Cherub (pic I posted above), and your pretty one. Then they put up shoots from the roots, and start to branch.

They were both started at the same time, fed the same and grew side by side, but the shrub bloomed weeks sooner for me, which might be a consideration for you northern gardeners since your season is short.

With regard to keeping your greenhouse a little warmer, I have a friend in Salt Lake City who warms his greenhouse, and also humidifies (it is killer dry there) by using just a tub (plastic storage tub from Target) of water heated with a waterbed heater. He figures it costs him 10 cents a day and his gh stays in the 50's all winter, and warmer (of course) when the sun shines. A couple of light bulbs will also give a little bit of heat very cheaply, but they don't humidify.