Not only has it been about 110 degrees for at least two weeks straight with no end in sight but the humidity has been hovering around 5%. My beautiful Alata and Vitifolia have gone from lush and gorgeous to not so happy and are starting to get crispy leaves so I think I need to bring them inside for the rest of the summer. I've already tried shade cloth and the kind of mister that hooks up to the hose and I'm losing the battle. Putting them in the ground is not an option- I have no ground to put them in.

So.... should I bring them inside in the same pots they're in now? Should I trim them first? If so, where do I cut? They're roughly 12-14 feet right now. I've never even trimmed them. I plan on doing some more reading and taking some cuttings as a safety net but would like to do what I can to save these. I've had mixed success with cuttings in the past... none of the cuttings I did were these varieties, though.

Any advice?