Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Pictures and Gardens #104, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
mj and ardesia, I have found that there are a few brugs that will perform immediately, and a few that do not. The fast performers for me here are Kaitlyn, Frosty, Cherub, Dola, and flamenco.. They love their foilage sprayed at night, and it keeps the bugs off.. If you have sprouts up the stems, pull them off by snapping them up and then down, stick those in some rooting soil, ( take the large leaves off) .. I learned these things from a DG'r who no longer is a member, but when she comes to visit me, she shows me what to do. If your brugs are covered with leaves up the trunk, strip them off by pulling up and then down to snap them. do not cut them off. Energy is needed for the blooms, and if they are putting out new growth every where but the top, you won't get many blooms. This is Betty Marshall from last summer, she was a bare stick the first year, then she grew alot of growth, and then she got stripped, and then she Y'd, and then she bloomed 4 times in one summer. I fed her tomato food with every watering, and ken's mix for the foiliar spray. Hope this helps.