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Wintermoor wrote:
Here are a couple of questions folks:

I got this Brug. a week and a half ago from a postal Garden Service. I let him relax a wee bit on the window-sill just to get over the rigours of his travels in a black stuffy box with 18 fuchsias. First of all, he lost a couple of big leaves, which I reckon was just travel-, and change of environment, stress.
He is getting big and strong now and no more yellowing of the leaves is noticeable. So here are the questions Ladies and Gents:

1). Should I wait another few days then pot him up into the pot in which he'll live for the rest of the summer, possibly the rest of his life, or should I do it as soon as possible?

2). The company has already fertilized the earth in which he now stands, when re-potting, should I add more fertilizer, if so which?

2). a). Are the long-life fertilizer pellets good for this plant, or is there a special fertilizer which appertains only to Brugmansias.

I thank you all for your thoughts, and replies in advance, although you all know I'll thank you again afterwards ;-))

All the best

Wintermoor