Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Projects Summer 2013, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Happy--
Donner says that too--she fertilizes her AV's regularly and they all bloom.
That is what has been so frustrating to me--as I do fertilize now and then--
but far from regularly. I use the purple bottle of MG AV food--7 drops to the quart.

I also know that, in the winter, when they are on that shelf by my LR window--
they are just inches away from the double glass--too cold for them.
Not great light either. I just don't have it! The patio roof cuts off a lot of light.
And--there are no other places for all these AV's. Maybe on the little hanging shelves
by my DR window--but they are close to the cold panes as well--and NO great light.

All summer--I have had all my AV's under my seed lights. You would think some of them
would have bloomed. NOPE!
I can overlook the baby AV's not blooming--but the full-sized ones should have.

SO--if this re-potting does not work--I am giving them all away.
After all--last count--looking after 48 pots of AV's is a challenge.
These are ALL fruits of my obsessive propagation from single leaves...
Fun to do--but then you have to find places for them all--which is a challenge.

Gita

Here is one tray of the smaller, re-potted AV's in Chobani Greek Yogurt cups.
Done VERY carefully and with a lot of TLC.
The "Queen of recycling" makes everything useful--sooner or later....:o)


This message was edited Sep 13, 2013 4:50 PM