Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Advice Please, and a BIG Question, 0 by Brugie

Brugie wrote:
I know that everyone does things differently and I'm no exception. I DO plant my brugs in black pots. I have blooming brugs in three gallon size and they will remain there all summer. I have older plants in twenty-five gallon black plastic pots and some of them have been in those pots for three years without changing the soil. Next year, they will have to be root pruned and the soil changed. I also have about 40 planted in the ground. I do have to water the smaller pots twice a day, but the bigger plants in bigger pots also need water twice a day. When it gets really hot and the plants are bigger, I'm sure I'll be dragging that hose around three times each day. I do what X does by using ProMix in my pots. I fertilize twice a week with CalMag, but used to use Peters 20-20-20 and they do well for me on either of those fertilizers. Mine are here and there in the yard, so I have some in full sun and some in morning sun. I think we have to do things by trial and error for our own environment and just use gathered ideas from what others say. Good luck Erick. I'm crossing my fingers that you will get some blooms this year. I think you will if you will fertilize more and not keep them too wet. You will be rewarded for all of your hard work and stress over your plants. They will love Minnesota. I nearly killed my first ones, but the joy I had when they finally bloomed was worth all the problems in-between.