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Post by maggyd on Jan 7, 2008 16:13:52 GMT 1
Ive been into the greenhouse to check my ginger lily  and its a sorry sight!! I covered it with fleece but its been attacked by frost! It should survive as in Ive read China it dies back with a frost but should come again  anyway Ive taken the fleece off the top and wrapped it round the pot with some bubble wrap, Would you cut it down now or I was thinking in the spring ? its unsightly with limp leaves and brown spots. Im just thinking if I cut it back I could bring it in to the conservatory  but not as it is now its too big. Any suggestions greatly appreciated? |
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Post by Sleepy on Jan 7, 2008 16:19:19 GMT 1
Ive been into the greenhouse to check my ginger lily and its a sorry sight!! I covered it with fleece but its been attacked by frost! It should survive as in Ive read China it dies back with a frost but should come again anyway Ive taken the fleece off the top and wrapped it round the pot with some bubble wrap, Would you cut it down now or I was thinking in the spring ? its unsightly with limp leaves and brown spots. Im just thinking if I cut it back I could bring it in to the conservatory but not as it is now its too big. Any suggestions greatly appreciated? Wish I could help mate, but that's an area I know nothing about! |
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Post by maggyd on Jan 7, 2008 16:42:13 GMT 1
OK Sleepy I'm hoping Sweetleaf might know how to deal with it she knows about Cana,s and they are very similar! or maybe Roan as its a bit exotic (supposedly) mind its never flowered for me.
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Post by maggyd on Feb 2, 2008 21:03:49 GMT 1
Just an update IVE CUT IT DOWN TO 6 " the B....... frost got it.  |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Feb 2, 2008 23:09:55 GMT 1
Just an update IVE CUT IT DOWN TO 6 " the B....... frost got it. Sorry Maggy I missed this, you did right..... bring it indoors and keep it as a houseplant, slowly increase watering beginning about march and start to feed it in june, then put it back out when all risk of frost is past, it should be ok as long as it didnt get wet, then frozen.  They quite often get kept solely as houseplants and they do very well in conservatories. |
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and its a sorry sight!! I covered it with fleece but its been attacked by frost! It should survive as in Ive read China it dies back with a frost but should come again 
anyway Ive taken the fleece off the top and wrapped it round the pot with some bubble wrap, Would you cut it down now or I was thinking in the spring ? its unsightly with limp leaves and brown spots. Im just thinking if I cut it back I could bring it in to the conservatory 
but not as it is now its too big. Any suggestions greatly appreciated?
