check out ebay their are some good deals
Just be careful from whom you buy. There are a number of disreputable sellers selling Brugs. Some sell under several names. Ask before you buy. Some of us have been burned. I have a number noids because I can't be sure I got what I paid mister 7...
Oh,i wasn't going to buy.I don't buy plants off of ebay.I only buy from someone on here or at a nursery or a store.
I've bought brugs on ebay. I've gotten some decent plants that were what they said they'd be. I also gotten some that weren't. The bad thing is you don't know what you've got until it blooms and that's usually a while after you've bought it. It's too late to leave the negative feedback by then. I only buy from the reliable sellers. We are very fortunate to have a site like Daves where we can get the heads up on some the dishonest sellers.
Yea,i wish people were more honest then dishonest in this world.When it comes to selling things.
I’m new to burgs so what does noids mean?
I just got my 1st 3 burgs off e bay for $20.00 15 to 24 inches they look real healthy. The colors are Pink that is versicolor he said it would be white then turn to pink. And Peach & the last one is white.
I also got 8 cuttings 4 are Variegata.
My DG list of seeds I just got.
Rosamond x Native Habitat Double Peach
Rosalie x Pink Smitty
Rosamond x Sweetheart
Velvet Rose x Lemon Meringue
Berkonigin Dbl. dark pink *Plant*
Rosalla blooms single first year and double the second year. *Plant*
New Orleans Lady Double orange. *Plant*
Yellow *seed*
salmon perfection x M.M. *13
Savory Truffle X M.M *6
Rubirosa X Peanut
Red Sanguinea
~~~ I have Burg Fever & I don't want to be cured... ~~~
OK so what is noids....................
Do you know the name of this pink that is versicolor he said it would be white then turn to pink.
Noid's mean No ID-They don't have a name.
Be careful when you buy Brugs off of ebay.Their are some on their that will say it will be one thing and it ending up not being that plant.
If you don't have a name on it,it will be hard to ID it.That is why people call them noid's.
Well.. you've a good start on having too many.. .. how much space do you have there.. to expand to ... growing Brugs.. I'd hate to see what it would be like for me with more... Land.. and I could grow out a few thousand seeds...just to see how they do..
Rhonda,
I noticed you had red B. sanguinea among the list of seeds. Sanguineas can't stand heat. They come from the mountain regions and prefer cool climates. They refuse to bloom in temperatures above the low seventies and can drop dead almost over night at higher temperatures. They are best grown in areas like San Francisco where the days are usually mild and down right cold at night. Having delivered the bad news, my suggestion would be to start the seed in early fall when the temperatures don't go much over 80ºF, lower if possible. Get them growing as quickly as possible. Over winter in a location that remains over 50ºF and keep them growing by fertilizing regularly. These are plants you want as large as possible by spring. With luck they may bloom for you by the time the weather gets hot. I've given up trying to grow these and am forced to admire them by looking at photographs. The plants do well through April, maybe the first part of May. Then, they die, one by one. Once, I kept one alive until August when the poor thing finally gave up the ghost.
To add a little personal experience to what Bettydee had to say about Sanguineas...
I started 30 plants,from BT seed,early this spring.They were placed with other brugs, under a 60% shade cloth,and watered and fed along with the others.I just wanted to see if any might make it through out summer.By the first of July all were dead.We did have a week of 100+ temps during June.
I started 2 of the Sanguineas seeds on 07/07/09 & on 07/22/09 1 was up... I didn't take the outer layer off. ( I didn't know. ) When it came up the shell was stuck to the plant but soon came off. I started it in a Styrofoam cup outside. It is still in the cup. It has 4 leafs on it so I guess I will be planting it in a pot soon. This is my 1st seed to come up. The weather has been cool here with lots of rain. No 90's yet this year. I just moved it to a shady spot. Cross my fingers.... Do you think that I could put them in my barn for the winter & put straw around them? ( The bigger ones that is 24”+ )
How cold does the barn get? If you can keep the temperatures above freezing, they should be OK, but if the temperature drops below freezing in there, they will freeze. If the temperatures drop below freezing for a very short time, they will die down to soil level, but have a good chance of re-sprouting next spring. Depending how long those temperatures stay below freezing, the soil may also freeze. They won't return from that.
Would you be able to partition a small space for your Brugs and place a heater there? The sanguinea seedlings will have to be overwintered in temperatures above 50ºF. Otherwise, they won't attain blooming size before hot weather kills them. It really is amazing how quickly they can die.
I'm not sure what the barn temp is.
OK what about this. First I want to say that I heat with a wood stove so it can get hot in here. And
I have no sunny window space for them to grow. Can I put them in a closet? And if so how do I care for them? Thanks for all the help.
Victoria... have You kept a Sang all winter at above 50* F temperatures and then had it bloom the folowing year..
Gordon, who's Victoria?
I've mentioned before that all my Sangs died by late Spring. I'm going by my experience with other Brugs which will continue to grow if the winter temperatures are kept above 50ºF and they are fertilized regularly. I would have been be ecstatic if I had been able to keep a Sang alive long enough for it to bloom.
Jerome"Pete" Wilson,in South Carolina,had a sang bloom by keeping it in air conditioning.I think I have also seen a post that TriFred in south Florida,has some still alive.
The sanguinea seedlings will be in a sunny window.
My ? is about the bigger plants.
I have no sunny window space for the bigger plants to grow. Can I put them in a closet? And if so how do I care for them? Thanks for all the help.
How is Fred keeping his Sangs alive? If I had the room indoors, I would try the air conditioning route.
hollyhocklady, Quite a number of DGers have to overwinter their Brugs in basements, closets, garages, etc. Maybe one of them can tell you how they over winter their Brugs successfully. My overwintering experience is much too different.
Here, winter temperatures can vary from 25ºF up to 80ºF and anything in between. I can't leave the potted plants outside or they would freeze either down to soil level or completely. We get at least one prolonged freezing period. Because temperatures frequently bounce up above 50ºF, they don't go dormant in a greenhouse. So I keep the thermostat set at 50ºF, fertilize several times during winter and keep them growing, although more slowly. Have you tried using the Search Forums dialog box at the upper right hand corner of the window?