High everyone, I have not had good results with log cuttings. If I get large cuttings I plant in small pots and the cuttings do not need to be that tall. They take in more water from the butt end.
Brugmansia Blooming in a vase
No I didn't. Thanks Elizabeth. Next time I'll try it that way. Yes, many many blooms and pics. :)
Kim
Hi Ken
soooo glad you could join us, all the clippings I got from you are doing well
Elizabeth
Ken, I wouldn't want to depend on log cuttings totally, but I had good luck with my one....probably beginners luck...lol. . Elizabeth had sent a couple others of the same one, that I grew using the up-right way.I just think they are kinda neat, and I just had to try it.
Dee
Dee
I sure hope sooo, it'll be nice between all of us there will never be a dull moment, we can keep it going all year
Elizabeth
That's good. I think I will post a thread on how I start my cuttings and post pictures, everyone keeps asking.
Kim
how many do you have now? if not that many we can change that in the spring, we are great enabler's
Elizabeth
Ken
that would be great, we are never too old to learn, I just wish I had found Brugs sooner
Elizabeth
Every year there is a new group of people who wants to know how others root their Brugs. Someone last year talked about using Orchid moss and just kept them damp. This way she was able to root really green cuttings.
Ken, I have roots on my Cotton Candy and
a couple of other Brugs you sent. Isn't that great???
Yes. we need tutorials on brug starting.
Charleen
It may of been Gordo that I am thinking about. Most people root a lot of Brugs this time of year because this is when most people cut back their Brugs, but they root better in the Summer.
These sure are sprouting roots in that Rainwater.
I am so proud of them. They are going o be Beautiful.
Charleen
I have had CC for years and is still a keeper. I will always keep Isabella also but I am getting out of lots of the singles, no one wants them, they all want the doubles.
Ken, I would love to see how you start yours, too.I keep trying all kinds of ways...trying to find what works best for me.
Kim, Elizabeth is telling ya the truth..we sure are enablers..lol. All ya have to do is say"Aww, that's soooo pretty"(really, not even that..lol), and if there's anyway that we can share, we will.
Dee
Ken
I know that's the truth, mine root better in the spring/summer, but in the winter they better in peatmoss
Elizabeth
Charleen, they were in water with H2O2 for over a week before I shipped. I may ask Gordo If she would also post on how she roots so everyone gets several methods and can find one that works for them. Here is the size that I root.
I think that even if you root in moss and only keep them damp, if you water with some H2O2 they do not rot as easy.
Think I should put a drop or two in my rainwater? That sure isn't very long. I would like to see how you plant it.
Should be interesting. Do you spray with the Recipe?
Ken
holy moly, that is a small clipping, no wonder you have sooo many plants, I'll have to try some like that, I have very few that rot on me, I need to take Pic's of some with a lot of big roots, from the peatmoss, I had to get another aquarium
I needed the 10 gal for succulants, that I got a good deal on, so my friend gave me an 85 gal aquarium, it's full of clippings
Elizabeth
That would be great ken, to know gordo's technique too. Brenda also has a good way of rooting green cuttings, using perlite and TP rolls.
Dee
The cutting in the picture is of the size that I like best. It is large enough to have good nubbies but small enough to be able to push it down into a six-pac.
Brenda who?
Ken
do you let your big Brugs go dormant or do you keep them growing? the reason I ask is I have 4 tree size that are dormant in the basement, I bring them up the middle of april, then I heat the GH till all danger of frost has past, even
if I wanted to heat the GH it's too expensive, so I just use it too extend the season
Elizabeth
I like rooting in six-pacs better than 4" pots because the 4" hold too much water.
Yes, greenhouses in OH will break the bank. I have close to 100 planted in the ground. I cut them to the ground at first frost. The ones I really want to push, I will cut the biggest stalk and start it in a bucket of water, with H2 O2 and as soon as it starts getting roots I will plant it in a 5 to 10 gal. pot. It is cut back to the second set of Ys so many times it is grown enough to bloom in the hoophouse before Spring.
Ken, Brenda goes by "theraglady", I think, on Dave's.
Dee
Yes I know Brenda, even shared a few glasses of wine with her at plant swaps. Then again Brenda Delph was also there. Both are great people.
Brenda Sipher has a good friend that crosses Brugs in southern Florida, Garry Moralice. I know I did not spell his last name right. He sells on eBay and has some very good crosses.
Ken
Thank you, so you keep them inground, I tried that with 1 Brug, the top part got hit hard by the 28 degree weather we just had, so now I will cut it back too the ground there's still some green on it about 3ft up, then I will put a black 5gal bucket over it just to see if it will come back from the ground, nothing ventured nothing gained
Elizabeth
Elizebeth if toy planted smaller cuttings you could get 6 or 8 plants from one long cutting. This way if you lose one you still have several.
We loose a few in the ground, like Naughty Nick does not like the cold so I always keep large cuttings of him, but most do ok in zone 8.
Ken
he still has some seeds for sale in the marketplace, I have some of his seeds from the seedbank, I will plant them in Feb
Elizabeth
Her is what a flat of six-packs looks like as soon as I plant the cuttings.
Here is what they look like after two or three weeks.
Ken
I will try smaller cutting, & the peroxide, just to see, I know you know what you're doing, I think you posted at one time about the recipe & the results you got
Elizabeth
When you say seed-bank, do you mean BGI?
Yes we still keep the recipe in an old tide soap container.
Ken, how long are you able to leave them in the 6 packs...that sure would take up a lot less room, than the 4 inch pots.
Dee
Ken
yes that's what I meant, that is impressive, your clippings look great, soo that's what you meant, when you said you were pretty good with green clippings, that's amazing, I really do need to try your recipe
Elizabeth
I keep them in six-packs for about 60 days and then go to 4" for about another 30 and then on to 1 gal.