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Apr 15, 2012 2:19 PM CST
Name: Gordon
Brooklyn , New York
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Yes.. strawberry lemonaide sounds lovely.. I believe I was varaigated in a past life..
so... this is them after a week or two outside... it has been cool... and they might have looked better when I first saw the growth and put them out... but for me..with them... this is overwintering survival success..

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overwintering tropicals is a long.. plant specific ..learning experminent.. a site specific application of light ..heat.. water and this year.. I feel humidity is the golden coin of success... inside where there's warmth.. water.. and lots of HID lighting... and low humidity .. there's little real growing.. up in the cool room.. there's next to no light before the skylights go in.. some warmth and water.. and humidity of maybe 80% they are looking much better...
today I cut away 1/2 the cool room.. good for seeimg the full floor planter technique.. where the brugs and a few others are dug.. then placed one against the other.. filling up the floor..

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things you can leave outside are much easier.. but then they don't have the attraction of the tropicals ..right..well not all the time through the summer anyway


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