Mike, winter lows are 50 F. That only last a week or two at the most. Watering is on the dry side. Even the summer months the plant drys between watering.
I'm trying a new potting setup, clay pot with clay hydroponic balls then sprinkling on pro-mix, about 1/3 of the pot. Water that in so the pro-mix settles into the top third of the pot. As you can imagine, it dries fairly quick. Currently water every second day.
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Max today, 82. I haven't reset my min/max thermometer in a month so at some point it was as much as 88.Whats your current temps?
After visiting southern California and seeing they basically don't heat at all. I figured I was pampering mine too much. Winter only last two months at the most here, January, February. We had one day this past winter the temp got down to the freezing mark. I left armeniacum, villosum, dianthum, micranthum and esquirolei out all winter except for that one day and they're doing great. I posted the villosum aureum when it bloomed. All were in net baskets and they dried out pretty good before I watered again.Wow! I'm surprized you let it get down to 50. I would be too nervous! How come it lasts only a week or two? Whatever you are doing seems to be giving results.
I read about your new potting technique before. It's similar to what they are doing in Thailand right? I may try a couple like that myself this year. Are you finding the roots are happier with this fine mix on top?
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