Jay Sinclair wrote:

Jim Lewis wrote:

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I just don't have
the inclination to either bring trees in the house (where trees
do NOT belong!) or build and maintain (and protect from falling
limbs and high winds, etc.) a greenhouse.

So it's just a bonsai lifestyle choice, I guess.

Jim, up here in the frozen north a few tropicals in the house can help make those
gray winter days a bit more tolerable. That is at least part of why some of us are
willing to put up with the hassles of lights, etc., not to mention doing the
'bonsai shuffle' in the spring and fall. It's true that unless you go to greater
lengths than most of us can afford, trees simply will not do as well indoors. This
trade-off is, as you say, a bonsai lifestyle choice.

To each his own...

Jay, Zone 5, Michigan
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Well put, Jay. I feel the same way. This past winter I had a couple of jade plants
and my schefflera in my office. It made a big difference. With my wife now gone I
can actually have my tropicals upstairs where I can enjoy them better!

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a
Sunset 37
In the Bannana Belt

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