Winter Accomodations

Are you brugs living in the lap of luxury this winter or stuck down in your dungeon? Can you share your brug's winter quarter photos?

Many of mine will bask in what winter sun there will in my new sunroom- here is the first occupant, a 2007 Inca Sun x l'amour seedling (2006 seed) who never got out of her pot. As you can see, we still have to paint this room completely - so I'm pushing it. The rest, cuttings and plants, will languish in the basement ............... I won't subject you to a photo of my "dungeon"!

Brenda B

Here are my winter quarters! LOL Greenhouse in the making..

Hi Brenda, I would love to share a few pictures of ours. As we live in an old house we have also choosen to design the wintergarden to fit in. Here is the house.

Your seedling looks nice.

Here is the wintergarden viewed from the outside

Here is a view from the outside looking in. It was a nice evening as we have many hybrids in bloom right now.

The colors come true inside for as long as we remember to keep the door open to the garden. Here is Mary

Here is a daylight picture of Analyn, one of our large trees. We grow them in 10 liter buckets and to prevent the large trtees from falling over, we tie them with rope to another rope, which are attached along the cieling.

Brenda, my brugs. are sited all around the house, but my main winter storage for them is my potting shed. Here's a view of approx. 60% in this area. The balance looks about the same.

Tonny, is that a form of moss growing on your roof? Whatever it is, I love it!

Tussee

Tussee

OMG, I guess that's what I'm in store for in my sunroom. Tomorrow is the big day!

Keeping the ibupropen handy!

Brenda B

No, it just dirt from the reed-roof. It can easily be scrubbed off.

If I have to stay in Missouri for the winter at least give me lots of glass.

Joyce

And, plenty of light you and your plants have, Joyce. What a nice room to enjoy during the cold winter months.

Tonny, do you have green dirt? If you do, that explains your wonderful plants.

Tussee

Happygarden Your plant room looks just like mine lots of Costco metel racks. They are great aren't they!!
Julie

Tony the roof on your green house looks like GRASS or moss or something other than soil.
It looks wonderful. What is it??? I have a sunny roof I have wanted to make a green roof. i struggle with the idea just because it means another "bed" to mange.
Your is my dream roof.
Soothing and green to look at.
julie

jazzzy704, the Costco racks are wonderful and I even figured out what to do with the shelves I had to remove because the plants get too tall. I took those to the garden shed and hung them above the heater and that is where I put the trays that I am germinating plants in. It lets the heat flow up to the bottom of the trays.

How clever, happgarden! Those brugs look good sitting there;) Love your sunroom!

Ok.....for those of you keeping brugs over the winter in a greenhouse...What do you do to combat spider mites? I had cuttings in my greenhouse last winter, and then had an awful spider mite infestation that was on everything....even all my seedlings. I sprayed with horticultural oil but it didn't seem to make a dent. This year I am contemplating giving away those in pots just to keep them out of the greenhouse even though I don't want to get rid of them. Any suggestions?

Spray with Forbid or Avid before bringing inside.

Tussee

Where do you purchase those?

AuntB, do you see the two you were so nice to share with me? They are doing good. They are in front of the doors in the front of the hibiscus.

blue_eyes.. you can find them on ebay. ;-)