Re: Henna Plants
Posted by Natasha Papousek on December 13, 1999 at 15:19:43:
In Reply to: Henna Plants posted by Adam on December 11, 1999 at 00:45:53:
Hello, I have 3 henna plants that I keep indoors during cooler
weather. They are happiest near a sunny window and kept evenly moist.
They are very prone to aphids (the black kind plague ONLY the henna
plants in my "garden")--and this seems to be a year-round problem.
They seem more hardy once older -- I got mine last Dec. And I even
forgot to bring them in during a frost warning one night (I think it
actually only got down to 38ishF on my balcony), and they were just
fine, minus a few leaves. But I'm not going to do that again!
I try to keep them outside if the day temps go up past 60 and the
night temps don't drop much below 50.
You'll see a huge growth spurt as soon as you have hot summer temps.
Enjoy your plants. I've certainly gained a lot of appreciation for
henna by growing the plants. And they're handsome plants, too.