Bringing fragrant jasmines indoors

11 years ago

Night time temp is going down to low 50s in our area and I am working slowly every weekend to bring the plants indoors in batches. 1st small 4inch potted plants then 8inch and then 10inch potted plants. I have noticed that small plants get damage fast than bigger potted plants when left outside in low temp. Though jasmines do well outside in 50s but I don't see any benefit of holding them outside for very long. I prefer bringing them indoors but some say that holding them outside in cold temp makes the plant tougher and adjust well indoors. One thing I noticed with all my jasmines is that they are full of buds and they are not doing any better with vegetative or bud growth outside. Buds stay small and open up with no strong fragrance. Last week I brought one of my fully budded jasmine sambac indoors. I trimmed all the old leaves and dried stems and treated it with neem oil/soap before bringing in. I have the plant next to a south facing window where it gets 3-4 hours of direct sunlight. I have noticed that buds started growing big indoors and blooming into bigger blooms than having the plant outdoors in low temp. I cannot do this for all my plants, for some I have to trim them to half size not caring for their buds/blooms as they are huge and bringing the plants indoors that big ( i mean 3-4ft tall) will create problems later with spider mites and other bugs.

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User
11 years ago
Kandhi,
I hate the time of year when I have to bring my plants in.
I really try not to have plants to bring in, and every year I do. Glutten for punishment I guess.
I leave my jasmines outside, but I have plumerias to bring in and they are at least 3 ft tall now.
I cut my Grand Duke down low to bring in, and I still have Desert Roses too.
The Desert Roses are small though, and I have 2 small bananas to bring in, I don't know what cultivar they are and they are so tine I better bring them in. Some kind of Cavedish.
One year about 5 years ago, I had brought in an orchid that was growing great outside and a giant wooly spider crawled out of it right on my table next to the bed.
Owwwww. Gross.
Well, here goes another bring in the winter again.
I put newspapers on the top of the pots after i spray the plants down. Don't know if it helps for the bugs or not, but I don't have bugs hatching any more over the winter.
kandhi
Original Author
11 years ago
butterfly4u, I don't like this time of the year too. It is a big chore to bring the plants indoors.I have several plumeria's too and 2 desert roses. I trimmed leaves on all of my plumeria's too, they still have inflo's and I did not treat them with neem oil . I have a total of 50pots to get indoors. This year I got rid of all hibiscus plants due to white flies problem.
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olympia_gardener
11 years ago
Me too. it gives me headaches and backaches this time of the year!. half of my plants have been in and out several times now. temperature here is down to mid 30's recently. However, my J. Sambac is still full of flower buds, and is blooming. Of course, my winter jasmine and Frech perfume Jasmine all love cool temperature. I only bring temp. sensitive plants in such as orchids .daytime temperature is in 60-70's, I want them to get as much sun they can get before they are in for the winter.