Re: [CH] Purira plant overwintered
Chad A Gard (gard@indy.net)
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:59:43 -0500
On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 07:16 PM, Frank J. Hashek wrote:
> Potted one of the Purira plants I bought from Susan Byers last spring.
> I
> brought it in this winter, gave it a slight trim and left it near an
> east
> window. Blessings from El Grande!!! It has been blossoming profusely
> and
> has now set about 6 peppers. This has never happened when I've tried
> to
> overwinter plants. Most have weakened ond few have made it to the
> following
> spring's garden.
That's really cool! Since it was looking lonely and thirsty, I took
the Black Cuban she had there. It was really pretty foliage-wise as
well, so I thought it would make a nice office plant.
It's a tough little bugger. Not thriving like yours, but it's had a
massive and uncontrollable aphid infection for several months. It gets
a daily soap bath, but I still can't keep up with the things. However,
it's still alive, if a little less happy-looking. I'm hoping that as
the days grow longer and it gets more sun it'll be better able to fight
them off. Together we'll reach victory over the aphids!
Chad A Gard
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