So winter is dragging on and it is getting long for all the stuff that was brought in to over winter. Some things are thriving:
Geraniums (pelargonium) are thriving and having been blooming most of the winter. Two coleus in my best light location (windows on two sides and lamps) are doing great, holding their color and blooming. Also in the high light corner, rosemary is doing great and in the past it has been hard for me to overwinter. So is a purple leafed ornamental sweet potato vine and my rescued poinsettia. The traditional house plant stuff (corn plant, dieffenbachia, arrowhead vine, parlor palms, etc) are doing fine in low light situations.
Not so well: moonflower vine I brought in, which is in the high light corner is nearly dead, continues to decline. Lemon grass was not doing well, but seems to be perking up a bit, now that days are longer. My full sized ficus tree, taller than me, is OK, but not seeming to thrive as much as in the past. I think its soil is probably been getting depleted. Most of the pots I replenish yearly, but this is a big tree in a very big pot, difficult to manage, so I have not repotted/ replenished for years. Two coleus in the low light corner are not doing well, pale and leggy, but don't look like they are dying, should be OK to make it until spring. This is I think the third winter for one of them.
All of us are ready for spring!
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I am so ready for spring it is making me go even more insane
I am actually having all sorts of luck this year Knock on wood!
I have been growing pepper bushes since September pruning and making them super large and happy! I have some basil, English thyme, rosemary and dill doing very well
I started Goji Berries in January and they have successfully gone through their first pruning!
I have an olive tree that is doing fantastic!
My Aquafarm is doing great! I have had a few hick ups but nothing I could not fix
my Sweet N Neat tomato gave me fruit but did not breed true. My Son's first round of tomatoes came from something I grew!
I am doing a trial testing rock dust and most of my peppers, tomatoes and Kale are doing great!
I have some coffee seeds and olive seed in ground but no germination yet
I CANT WAIT for spring!
I am actually having all sorts of luck this year Knock on wood!
I have been growing pepper bushes since September pruning and making them super large and happy! I have some basil, English thyme, rosemary and dill doing very well
I started Goji Berries in January and they have successfully gone through their first pruning!
I have an olive tree that is doing fantastic!
My Aquafarm is doing great! I have had a few hick ups but nothing I could not fix
my Sweet N Neat tomato gave me fruit but did not breed true. My Son's first round of tomatoes came from something I grew!
I am doing a trial testing rock dust and most of my peppers, tomatoes and Kale are doing great!
I have some coffee seeds and olive seed in ground but no germination yet
I CANT WAIT for spring!