Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Fall is Here, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Holly,

You can plant Brugs in a big pot and then dig the pot 1/2 way into your bed. This will not only keep it steady, but it will provide the soil access and cooler temps. Then you can dig up the pot to bring it inside.

OR---You can plant the Brug in about a 5 gal. black nursery pot--with 1" holes cut out allaround--and then bury this pot in a larger pot almost up to the rim . This pot-in-a-pot planting makes it easy to just dig out the smaller pot, trim off all the roots that have grown through the holes, and put it in a plastic bag to keep the exposed roots from drying out and store it dormant that way.
Even if you do the pot-in-pot way of planting--you can still bury the big pot into a bed and let it grow that way. Then proceed as above....

I have always had problems with my potted Brugs blowing over in strong winds, if I just keep them on a patio or some such-- as their leaves are like wind-sails!

I learned all this when I first started growing Brugs. from a then Brug expert on GW. I have seen him now posting on DG. His name was ..TNgreenthumb.......
I was "pumping" everyone for information on Brugs back then....One HAS TO learn about something new they are about to grow....

Here is my Peaches and Cream Brug (the HUGE one) I dug out of the bed yesterday (in it's pot) and, with great trepidation, cut it way back so I could bring it into my basement.
Next year--I will surely have to root-prune it--it is getting "massive".....
Have a zillion cuttings in water--but I am not really going to keep too many of them. Will "play around" with a few.....

As you can see--the roots have grown out of the bottom of the pot. These will be cut off flush. The plant will lose all leaves in the dormant state except for the growing tips.

Will post this in the Fall Clean-up Post as well.....