Ecbolium viride - Green Ice Crossandra

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    One day short of a month ago I started two seeds for this plant and so far so good. They are the two small plants in the front. Does anyone have any experience with this plant they would like to share?
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      perfection

      how do you manage to keep them alive in winter?
       
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      I have an indoor growing area with LED grow lights, where I also grow a few tomatoes and peppers along with wintering my olive trees.
       
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      I hope you will give us few tips , on how to overwintering tropical plants , on low cost :biggrin:

      I`ve tryed many time with some plants , but they just don`t like the dark english winter
      I really hope to see some flowers of Ecbolium , they look superb
       
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      I have two grow tents, also called indoor greenhouses. Each has an LED grow light with the wave lengths tuned specifically to photosynthesis, which allow me to garden 365 days a year. Also, I have a few more smaller units that I use. The photo below was taken at the end of November and we had tomatoes into December. If you think English winters are bad you should visit upstate New York in the winter.

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        Thank you ever so much hydrogarden , the nice thing about using the forum is that we never stop learning new trick , let me see if i can find one ;)
         
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