Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Help Needed - Zone 5; have 3 Brugs 5' plus and no greenhouse, 0 by Tree_Climber

Tree_Climber wrote:
You have all given me a lot to think about.

Gary, my basement stays at about 60 during the winter, is your's cooler than that? Do you have an issue with bugs?

The one time I tried to winter some over in the basement, they all ended up infested with "mealy bugs" or "mites" .... don't really remember what they were, but I tried spraying with some kind of insecticidal soap, that didn't help much. Before winter was over, I gave up and threw them out. They were smaller one's that I think grew in pots all summer, and I probably brought them in without any treatment.

I think you said you sprayed your cuttings before bringing them in ... just with water?

Here's a photo of one of mine .... I hope to get another color next season to hopefully add to the pink ones.

Will try to prune them next time too, so they are more of a "standard" form.