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Aug 10, 2016 1:41 AM CST
central Illinois
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regarding the golden dew drop: purchased in early May 2012 as a 'standard'

[Thumb of 2016-08-10/jmorth/e2d0c6

It's appeal to night fliers was soon noted - Thumb of 2016-08-10/jmorth/a1866d

We decided to over-winter it in the basement where there's a cluster of eight 4 ft. fluorescent tubes used to overwinter and propagate coleus and some other tender plants on a large table. The humidity down there isn't bad and the temperature remains about 60 - 65° in winter. Space under those lights is limited and the dew drop's size necessitated it to be regulated to the floor next to the table. Not ideal, lot of leaf loss but it survived, and has survived the last 4 winters thusly.


2-3-15 Thumb of 2016-08-10/jmorth/b022c8 It's not the only large plant over-wintered down there.

It's usually re-potted, pruned and moved back outside in May.
Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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