Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Can you take cutting from Snowbank?, 1 by scooterbug

scooterbug wrote:
To me it looks like it's not happy where it is and could be healthier.
Put her in a bigger pot , 5 gal would be good. Loosen the roots and give her new soil.

I plant mine in the ground for the summer and she loves it.

If you can do this it's nice but not all people have the time or the right space.

Feed her with MG every time you water her. Fish Emulsion will work wonders as a foliar spray (not in the sun! ).

Do not prune any growth as all extra foliage acts like energy collectors for the plant.

If you decide to 'chop' her top knot off, which I would never do, please do it within the next month while it is full of growth hormones and meristemic tissue.

The problem with fall cuttings is that they are already going dormant. That is why there is such a risk of cutting failure.

Cut it in half AFTER you have potted UP so the main plant can start sending out more growth. This way you will still have the mother plant for back-up if the cutting does not take.

The white part of the leaves is susceptible to burning. Snowbank has the largest white areas of any variegate brugs that I've seen.

I still have not gotten a Miners Claim brug which looks like it would be close in white area proportions, just a more irregular pattern.

Filtered light with morning sun is ideal.

The good part about keeping her potted it that you can move her until you find the place she does best in.

We all do our best.

Good luck,
Shirley