gardenias indoors
Ralf M Gschwander
sporadically but now is BUDDING IN THE HUNDREDS. I have heard they need cool
nights and lots of moisture. I don't want to make any mistakes at this point.
And the lit on gardenias is scant. Any experts with proven methods??? (I don't
have a greenhouse; I grow mine in a sun room with house heat)
Thanks, David T.
Ralf M Gschwander
Scott D. Berry
Around here, gardenia jasminoides (3-8') and gardenia jasminoides radicans
(1-3') grow quite well outside, flowering profusely in June. The shrub likes
sun or part shade, which will translate into about as much sun as you can give
it if you live north. Temperatures here in June have highs around the upper
80's and very low 90's, with nights in the 60's and even 70's at the end of
June. They like acid soil, and will take quite a bit of water. If you haven't
fertilized them you may want to (acid type).
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Ralf M Gschwander
one response from Florida, where they grow outdoors well.
There must be someone out there who knows from experience or otherwise how to
keep the little buds from falling off before maturing.
What should the day/night temp. difference be? This is my main question.
(to insure proper bud formation)
Is there a resting period after blooming?
I know they need high moisture, acid soil, sun/partsun.
Bob Jewett
> There must be someone out there who knows from experience or otherwise how to
> keep the little buds from falling off before maturing.
> What should the day/night temp. difference be? This is my main question.
> (to insure proper bud formation)
> Is there a resting period after blooming?
Since I have temporary care of a gardenia, I looked it up in the
Reader's Digest book on house plants. (This is the best book on house
plants I've seen. I much prefer it to the Sunset Western Garden Book
for houseplants.)
Anyway, it says that buds want a constant temperature about 62degF (as close
as I remember). Some other random points I recall:
There is only one species that is used for houseplants, but it has lots
of cultivars. You need to pinch back the growth in the spring, to make
a more compact plant. If you want to force blooms around Christmas,
debud the plant in the spring and summer. The plant has no real rest
period, and blooms more or less continuously.
Bob
richard.j.pauls
>
>> There must be someone out there who knows from experience or otherwise how to
>> keep the little buds from falling off before maturing.
>
>> What should the day/night temp. difference be? This is my main question.
>> (to insure proper bud formation)
>
>> Is there a resting period after blooming?
I have a gardenia that I have been growing indoors now for about five
years and it is doing great. It is about 30 inches around and is presently
covered with buds getting ready to burst (I hope). It blooms well every
spring. I live in NW New Jersey. I would be more than happy to discuss
the care of gardenias by email if you are interested. I am no expert
by trade, but I must be doing something right since the plant is thriving.
I really like this plant, and at first I went out to read about caring
for it. Here are some of the things I do:
- Lots of light (it's in a SE window now)
- Tons of water. This plant drinks up about 48 ounces of water every
two days. It is in a 10 inch pot with good drainage. Water untill
the water comes flowing out of the holes in the bottom and floods
the tray underneath to a depth of about 1 inch. This is very good
for the plant I hear. The water in the tray is gone by the next day.
- Once a month I feed it Miracid in its water as directed on the box.
They like acidic soil.
- Misting is a good idea (they love humidity) though I haven't done it
much this past year and it is still looking good.
- Pruning is very good. It was after I first pruned the plant a few years
back that it really started to explode with new growth and buds.
I prune it each year after the flowers are gone (late Sum/Fall). I don't
prune in the Spring because it begins forming buds in January and
I don't want to cut them off.
Good luck and email if anyone wants to talk gardenias more.
Rich
BrewTim
Berry) writes:
What zone do you live? We live in CT, and keep our gardenia indoors during the
winter in our sunroom. Still, it fails a bit even with daily misting until we
can get it back outdoors in the late spring. My father was very sick (and
passed away) this February. Obviously, our care of the sunroom was less than
par during this time, and the most affected plant was the gardenia. It darn
near died, for what reasons I can't explain except for lack of humidity.
Jan and I just came back from two weeks in Florida. Jan almost had a stroke
when she found HUGE blooming gardenias in Florida. She took a picture of one,
to show to our gardenia...
Chi Tao Yuan
Just curious what prompts the Venus flytrap and mimosa (sensitive plant) close
their leaves upon being disturbed?
Thanks
Chi
Rickie - New York
: Just curious what prompts the Venus flytrap and mimosa (sensitive plant) close
: their leaves upon being disturbed?
The Venus Fly Trap has, hair like stick, forgot how you called them :)
one these are move, the place will close...
Rickie