In article , Charlie
Pridham writes


So long as you accept that my track record for killing these is bad!
pop it outside on mild days, and at night bring it to your side of the
curtains (unless you are Double glazed when it won't make as much
difference)

Double glazed but no curtain as not overlooked!

.
I presume your tap water is not hard and if it is you are not using it?

Taking it from water barrel but leaving it till it gets to room
temperature.


My books all agree that they should only be inside while in flower
(temperature of around 15c while in bud and flower)the rest of the winter
they go out into a greenhouse or coldframe.

Oh I could put it in the greenhouse, that's just above freezing but I
have a large heated deep sand propagator bench and a long hot plate type
thing. So could turn the temperature down a bit and put it there.


I lost mine due to Vine Weavil back in the days before the nursery and
therefore before I knew anything about them, so it may be worth checking
the roots are ok, no white grubs and no signs of rot.

Oh well you surely need a new one then Charlie.? You can have mine, it's
just confirming my antipathy towards plants in the house


Janet

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk