When do you bring your strelitzia nicolai indoors?

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When do you bring your strelitzia nicolai indoors?

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Mines been outside since May, not sure when to bring it into the conservatory to avoid any damage- what temps do you normally bring yours indoors?
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fieldfest wrote:Mines been outside since May, not sure when to bring it into the conservatory to avoid any damage- what temps do you normally bring yours indoors?
I'll bring mine in the end of this month, or when we have a frost forecast. Thy will take a degree of cold stuff but the plant cost me a fiver on ebay, so don't want to lose it!
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I keep mine out as long as possible and then into the greenhouse until it gets tooooo cold , then its inside the back door. Mines quite a prolific flower. Its been in flower constantly from around last november(ish) and didn't stop until around the end of July this year. Its had a little break and now is producing buds again. Hopefully it'll be in flower for christmas again.

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some of the new flowers forming............

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Mark, that looks more like strelitzia reginae rather than s.nicolai to me?
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flounder wrote:Mark, that looks more like strelitzia reginae rather than s.nicolai to me?

Yes, nicolai doesn't flower until the trunk has got to about 6ft tall, so 10ft + overall height.

Mine stays out until an air frost is forecast, so normally comes into the conservatory sometime in Novemeber.
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flounder wrote:Mark, that looks more like strelitzia reginae rather than s.nicolai to me?
I had a blonde moment, didn't register the nicolai in the title............... :roll:
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Who's been getting their Nicolai's in a twist? :lol:
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GREVILLE wrote:Who's been getting their Nicolai's in a twist? :lol:
:roll: good one
Arlons excused his little indiscretion. Those blonde moments take some bleating...er, I mean beating :wink:
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