Tropicals & Tender Perennials: New rooted cuttings placed in 5 gallon size pots...., 1 by SherryLike

SherryLike wrote:
Margie, I'm going through a very similar situation. So, I've talked with any number who live in my zone, 8a. I'm told by two professionals that they leave them in full sun and feed every week or so, and one said, when I pushed, that the plants bloomed 'all' summer, starting in late September. Another said similar except that the plants were in shade and bloomed twice, neither person has had blooms this year. The third person, also a pro, is the one that seems to know our zone and these plants the best and waters three times a day, with a watering system because of having such a large number of brugs. I've also talked to zone 8a people from DG and others and all say they water and feed lots, at least once, often two times and when it's really hot/dry, three times a day. I've attached a photo of a row of young brugs that receive late morning sun. It rained last night and early this am and I did not water today (yet), but look at how sad they look. The larger of the bunch is my 'older' rescue brug, whitie, and while it is very dark green, it has been slow to set buds, finally, since I bumped up water/feed, there are some tiny buds. Of course some of the other plants have not Y-ed and do not have buds, but most of the ones with Ys do have buds. I don't want root rot, of course, but i don't want a bunch of big leafed, green brugs with no buds. So, what do you think, wouldn't you water my row of brugs???