on โ29-03-2015 03:27 PM
Last year around this time I brought some striped wandering jew on ebay.I put it in a couple of pots and all the leaves died and only the stems remained ,I thought I had done my money as it looked dead.Come Spring it suddenly thrived and now I have several huge pots .
What im wondering is should it come undercover for the cold weather? Its looking so good im just wondering in inner Sydney will it die off anyway and just reappear in spring or did it just nearly die off because perhaps it is not happy in dew or something ( I think frost involves ice ,we dont get that but I think its dew we get ,all wet after dark)
If anyone has in the garden id be interested to know if it dies off in cold weather
Thanks
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on โ29-03-2015 09:40 PM
on โ30-03-2015 09:25 AM
Unfortunately, the black plastic is like "home" for the succulent wandering jew helping it to retain the moisture.
I find it's best just to throw it in the rubbish bin (not the green bin) for a deep burial at the tip. I do that with onion weed too. I wouldn't like to have it go to the recycling green centre for someone to buy the mulch and spread around their vege patch
I've seen it die when laid out in the sun over an extended period - but why? Just bin it.
To answer the original question on the potted purple leafed variety, it's because of its succulence that frost will freeze the "juiciness"
and therefore split the stem.
DEB
on โ29-03-2015 03:36 PM
I think some of the pretty coloured ones are tropical and will die down. I wish the ordinary one would; terrible hassle trying to eradicate, it does not respond to sprays, and dogs are allergic to it. It also makes my hands itchy. And it is very happy here in Melbourne.
on โ29-03-2015 03:44 PM
Gosh - I've spent decades trying to get rid of wandering jew.
on โ29-03-2015 03:51 PM
Good gravy!! Wandering Jew will quite happily grow if you
peg it to the clothes line!!
I'm in Melbourne and I curse it every day.
on โ29-03-2015 04:10 PM
As far as I know, it is a weed, in all its forms.
http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state&s®ion=all&card=H95
on โ29-03-2015 04:19 PM
Lucky you if it dies back in winter. Otherwise it will run rampant all over the place and is likely to come in and strangle you while you sleep.
on โ29-03-2015 04:40 PM
โ29-03-2015 04:48 PM - edited โ29-03-2015 04:51 PM
Tradescantia species - a known pest plant throughout much of Australia.
The only surefire way is to spray with glyphosate - every time a leaf appears, a light spray, (with detergent added to make it stick), spray it and it will die out. I've recently eradicated some from MIL's garden, where it literally took over.
http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state&s®ion=all&card=H95
on โ29-03-2015 04:51 PM
All this advice on how to kill it.
And yet OP wants to know how to baby-sit it over winter.
If it's in pots - throw 'em in the bin!
Now, don't wait another minute
on โ29-03-2015 04:53 PM
they make a nice hanging basket if they're the striped leaf variety