Tropicals & Tender Perennials: The brugs are in for the winter...., 0 by shadowgirl

shadowgirl wrote:
Lady-If I was in z9 I might pot my cuttings up. Some say that cuttings in water don't do well transplanting to soil. Also I think a bubbler is important if you leave them in water. As for losing leaves. My brugs were in a GH last winter that avg 70F daytime temps and 50F night. They lost most leaves and became dormant. My guess is because of light but I am no expert. I know some of the people here keep their bruugs growing and blooming in the winter but I do not know how they do it. You might have to post your own thread to get feedback since none have posted on this one any of their thoughts. I have to say though that the radiator style heaters should be perfect for your setup. You can touch them and move them around even when they are on and not burn yourself but they still put out a good amount of het. Best of all they only cost about 35.00 dollars and are very inexpensive to operate.In z9 don't you have lots of warm days in the winter. I think I would leave my cuttings in your makeshift greenhouse especailly considering the humidity issue. They are very susceptable to spider mite when the air is dry in a greenhouse.
Polly-Thanks for the link! One thing I noticed on my cuttigs when I first started to use H2O2 that is I used too much the roots turned dark tan instead of staying white so be careful with the ratio of H2O2 to H2O.
When I changed the water in the large brugs I am keeping in water. I noticed that any suckers, leaves, or green growth should be removed as they rot and contaminate the water. Also keep the water level just where it covers the roots. The trunks don't seem to like being submerged. I trimmed the tiny feeder roots, rinsed them with water, then poured a soluton of 1C H2O2 in a gallon of H2O over the roots to kill bacteria. Then put them in clean water with H2O2 2.5 tsp to one gallon water. Here is a picture of the plants after being kept this way for three weeks.I removed most of the leaves myself and the buds that were on them even though they looked good.
It is nice to be able to chat with all of you and get feedback.

This message was edited Nov 14, 2004 1:13 PM