half my brug's rotted :(

Did i over water??? Some are looking great, 3 are now 3 foot tall. they do loose a few leaves . some cutting's are now rooted and getting leaves, but 6-8 did not make it.

Which ones rotted? Some are harder from cuttings than others. Some need different treatment. Tell us which ones rotted and maybe someone can help you.

the j. orange ones died. and the ones marked pink died. i do have white that is doing good. yellow , sunray, milk & honey one of each is looking good. I thought i had a peaches and cream, but it is dead to. I used rooting hormone and stuck em all in a big pot. some made it some didn't? now i have them in individual pots. Any advice appreciated! thank you :)

I put mine in water for up to a week or so until white nubs show. Change water daily. This does not work for sanguinea, vulcanicola etc. Those I start in coco fibre. After white nubs appear, I pot up in starter mix potting soil with osmocote added and water well. Be careful not to overwater. Keep damp but not wet. Some greenwood cuttings don't root as easily as hardwood cuttings. Some croak, that's just what happens.

If Jutner Orange is the same as Charles Grimaldi ( that's what Monika says) then it should root very easily. My jutner orange hasn't bloomed yet so I'm not sure if they are the same. I find Charles Grimaldi starts very very easily. Also frosty pink starts easily.

Midwestsnowbird- email me if you need replacements of these for postage.

jutner orange usually roots easily, in water if you change it every couple of days until you have roots or in soil. peaches and cream and some others are finicky, easy to over water. can't start all in same pot.

bird....maybe you should request mature wood when you ask for cuttings...some times the thin green cuttings will rot.

Brugcrazy....I don't have the picture anymore but I took a picture of Jutner Orange and Charlie that are growing in the same bed and the only difference was Charlie was larger...Monika is right.

Arlene...I rooted a P & C in that stuff that helps plants hold water...have no idea what it is called...looks like small hunky jello to me. :0)

From my experience - the variegateds are a bit touchier to root. They can't stay in water as long as the others or they start to rot. If they haven't started putting out the pre-roots after 4-5 days - get them out of the water and into half+half potting soil and vermiculite.
Liz

I root brugs for a landscaper (thousands at a time). If I take tip cuttings, I put them in plug trays that hold 98 cuttings or one can use cell packs like bedding plants come in. I only use new trays and fresh soil (Pro-Mix). I root them on a heat pad set at 72*, water in with a fungicide (or if organic, tea tree oil). I water in very good and water extra the first 2 or 3 days, then not so much water. If I am rooting stems, I take cuttings about a foot long, fill a #400 container with Pro Mix, stick cuttings in the soil (as many as will fit without touching) and water in with either the fungicide or the tea tree oil. They root faster on a heat mat, but will root without it if you keep the night time temp above 60*.
Forgot to mention, I remove all but the top leaf on tip and stem cuttings. They usually fall off anyway and cause a problem with botrytis when they decay. Sometimes I cut the stem in pieces and there aren't any leaves, just a dormant bud.

Speaking of Rotting from Cuttings...I have an extremely heat hardy cultivar of arborea that just simply will not root from cuttings so far. Only one appears to be making it. I have several "Ida" arborea hybrids on the other hand that are all rooting. Hoping just one of the more heat hardy arborea's root so I can perhaps make some crosses. Don't beat yourself up about cuttings not making it. I routinely kill off several different varieties of Brugmansia from cuttings. Out of 7 or so Culebra cuttings just started I have already seen one pass away.
Thanks for the info Calalilly,
All of my aurea cuttings are rooting outside right now. I have even gotten some to root at near freezing temps in water. I think much depends on cultivar, soil, heat, and so much more. Glad to see your post and I will look forward to more info from you. So far, I think you have the best method by far Calalilly.

I had another one that was rotting. The stem turned all yellow an kind mushy. - I finally went to pull it out of the soil and it was attached pretty firmly. The darn thing had roots. I took it out, cut off the rotten stem and repotted it. It's really just a nub with roots now. I hope it makes it. Maybe I'll try a little of that tea tree oil too.

Poppysue, I've done what you just mentioned. Had one rot at the top and just cut it off and it grew back out.
Brugmansia, have you tried air-layering some of the more difficult ones? I've never used it on a brug, but it works with other tropical things. Just make a slanting cut halfway thru the stem, put a toothpick in the cut to hold it open and wrap with sphagnum moss and cover with seran wrap,tape the bottom, water the moss really good, and tape the top. When you see roots, cut it free from the parent.