I have 2 Ti Plants about 18" tall that I brought in for the winter.
One is doing fine, I think, but the other is dropping leaves. Soil
feels slightly damp and I am careful not to overwater. They are in an
west facing room with a sliding door that affords them good light.

All that having been said....what SHOUD I be doing for or to them?
Thank you for all suggestions,

Nan In western DE(thought it was so small it couldn't have an east
and west, dincha??) But we are only 3 miles from the MD border!!

On 1/1/2008 11:10 AM, Nanzi wrote:
I have 2 Ti Plants about 18" tall that I brought in for the winter.
One is doing fine, I think, but the other is dropping leaves. Soil
feels slightly damp and I am careful not to overwater. They are in an
west facing room with a sliding door that affords them good light.

All that having been said....what SHOUD I be doing for or to them?
Thank you for all suggestions,

Nan In western DE(thought it was so small it couldn't have an east
and west, dincha??) But we are only 3 miles from the MD border!!

Ti plants are Cordyline fruticosa (sometimes called C. terminalis). I
have one that I keep indoors all year long, in a north greenhouse window.

Don't keep it too close to a window where it gets direct sun. It will
burn. If it's several feet from the window, then it's okay even if the
sun shines on it.

Because my house is not square on the compass, my greenhouse window gets
several hours of morning sun in the summer. I hang shade cloth over the
window from April until October.

See my http://www.rossde.com/garden/indoors.html.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/

On Jan 1, 4:15 pm, "David E. Ross" wrote:
On 1/1/2008 11:10 AM, Nanzi wrote:

I have 2 Ti Plants about 18" tall that I brought in for the winter.
One is doing fine, I think, but the other is dropping leaves. Soil
feels slightly damp and I am careful not to overwater. They are in an
west facing room with a sliding door that affords them good light.

All that having been said....what SHOUD I be doing for or to them?
Thank you for all suggestions,

Nan In western DE(thought it was so small it couldn't have an east
and west, dincha??) But we are only 3 miles from the MD border!!

Ti plants are Cordyline fruticosa (sometimes called C. terminalis). I
have one that I keep indoors all year long, in a north greenhouse window.

Don't keep it too close to a window where it gets direct sun. It will
burn. If it's several feet from the window, then it's okay even if the
sun shines on it.

Because my house is not square on the compass, my greenhouse window gets
several hours of morning sun in the summer. I hang shade cloth over the
window from April until October.

See my http://www.rossde.com/garden/indoors.html.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/

Thank you for your suggestions. It had dropped several more leaves
and I have p[laced it away from the sliding door., thinking that the
breeze from dogs going in and out could be the problem.
Nan