Its Dec and i've got some brug cuttings I bought on the Marketplace.
If it was summer, I would stick them in a pot outside. But I can't do that now, it gets cold here and the couple I have growing outside are ready to be cut back.
So I guess I'll be rooting them inside. Suggestions please on how I should do this. I've heard some people root them in water. Should I try that or in damp sand or potting soil? The cut ends have healed over, should I recut or leave them like that. I grow african violet and gesneriad leaves in the clear plastic deli containers like potato salad and fruit comes in, with the lid on. Do brugs need to be enclosed too while they are rooting indoors?
Thanks alot.!!! tish
How to root...
Tish,
Brugs are one of the easiest plants to root. I just place mine in potting soil with added perlite. You can root them in water, but if you let the roots get too long, when you pot it up you risk damaging the roots. I would put them in water (only about 2 in) until they form little white 'bumps'. (beginning of roots) and then I would pot them up. A lot of people add peroxide to their water, but I have never done that. Something new I learned from DG.
Thank you! I'm a little worried about starting them indoors in Dec. its a lot of months til I can put them out. I have an unheated fiberglass greenhouse I can use in early spring ...I suspect they might be taking up a lot of house space by then. Then I'll have to acclimate them to sun. I don't know what I was thinking buying them now except they seemed like a good bargin.
Do you grow yours in sun or partial sun or shade? I put the couple I had last year in the sun...with all the rain we got this summer, they didn't bloom til late Sept. I pass a house sometimes and they have a lot of bushes...all in the shade. I should do more research before I plant these next year!
tish
If you are going to root them in water, I have found that they root alot faster if you put the cup of water on a heating pad (covered with plastic, to make it water proof) set on med or high.
I have never had trouble rooting mine in a bucket of water, change the water twice a week, once they get roots you can either leave them in the water or pot them up. I do whatever I have room for, sometimes it's easier to leave in water, just be sure to keep it fresh.
Doris