Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Rooting Brugs, 1 by texasgarden

texasgarden wrote:
I am very, very new to brugs so I will qualify everything with that! :)

This picture is of my 3 week old brug cuttings- first ones I have ever had. I got them 3 weeks ago and they were still green, but felt kind of "woody" and the little nubs that turn white once you put them in water were already very fat. Felt like reading braile! So I put them in regular tap water for 2 weeks. At that point they had some roots so I put them in plastic drinking cups w/ slits in the bottom in Miracle Gro potting mix. That's all I had so that's what I used. I did soak it through and let it drain all the way before putting the cuttings in. That was a week ago and I still haven't watered them b/c the dirt is moist to the touch. They are in a west facing window, but I live in a neighborhood with lots of mature shade trees so it's not like it gets blazing afternoon sun. I also think the lace curtains filter the sun a little. These cuttings were about 8 inches long with no leaves and they were about an inch and a half thick. You can see the size and amount of leaves they have now. Once again, I think I will credit this to the quality of the cuttings I received rather than my personal skills. Ha!