Being new at this and not sure, I have a versicolor peach cutting that I potted up about 2 weeks ago. I am using the scotts potting soil plus osmocote. Is it possible that another plant is coming up from the roots? It is up about 2 - 2 1/2" and has about 8 little leafs.
Is it Possible
Brugmansias can send up new plants from the roots..if leaves are the same shape as the cutting its ok..
WLL, very possible. they sucker some too. i shovel pruned and replaced with another hybrid, have baby plants coming up probably 10-12 inches from the mama....not sure if it's a left over or off the new one, will have to compare leaves when it grows a litle more.
couple of plants last year i kept cutting off from a low stalk, not all the way back, for cuttings, would grow back and i would cut again. have one this year i am going to braid....it spread out about a 15 foot circle.
This message was edited Wednesday, Feb 13th 8:28 PM
Grafting Brugmansia is easier than braiding if one cares to try. Takes about two weeks for a good graft to form on a Brugmansia.
I've been thinking about ordering a grafting bit. They aren't expensive. I think the bit and some grafting wax would only cost about $20. Think it would be fun to try, but I'd have to wait until I got some trunks large enough to take the grafts. I say "grafts", because I would want two grafts added to the main trunk. Eric, can I use green wood as the graft or should it be some of the harder wood? Everything I see is using something about the size of a pencil, but this isn't brug stock. What I've seen is just regular tree grafting.
Shirley
I use ace bandage wraps from Walmart to graft everything from cacti to Brugmansia. I have never used anything that costs more than 5 dollars to graft anything. Green wood that is growing fast grafts easiest, but one can use hardwood as well. I have grafting directions posted on the propagation forum if I remember correctly. I will try to find this for you.
This message was edited Thursday, Feb 14th 11:58 AM
http://davesgarden.com/showthread/48027.html
Making Brugmansia grafts.
Method one, place cuttings in the corners of two square pots. Root them both. After they are fully rooted pull both out of square pots and wrap them together at 2 or 2 places using a 1/2 to quarter inch wrap. Place in a pot together. Let them get over the shock of being moved and resume normal fast growth. Remove bandages and make cuts that face each other. Wrap them back together in the same manner. This process makes a very nice graft in about 4-6 weeks in most cases. The actual graft only takes 2-3 weeks to fully form.
Method two, using a fully rooted large Brugmansia, place a seedling or rooted cutting still in its pot alongside the branch it is to be grafted to. Secure the pot to the branch with a wrap. Make cuts that face each other on the branch and on the seedling or rooted cutting in a pot. Wrap the cuts together. When making your cuts remember that you are just removing a bit of the outer bark. Not enough to actually see the inner wood, but it is okay if you do see a bit as they will heal up. Water and fertilize the rooted cutting in its pot and water and fertilize the large fully rooted Brugmansia as well. After the graft is fully formed, gently cut the smaller cutting or seedling to remove it from its roots and the small pot. You can then either leave the grafted Brugmansia in the top of the tree attached to the branch or you can cut the branch just below the graft and root the new graft on its own.
Hope this helps,
Brugmansia
If anyone else has any tips or can improve on the wording then please by all means do so. I know I am not always the best at wording these things and many of you have much more expertise in these matters than I do.
This message was edited Thursday, Feb 14th 12:21 PM
Thanks Eric,
This time I printed this info. off. I thought I did the first time it came up on a thread, but went through everything and didn't find it. Good information here and I'll try one of these methods too.
S.
Brugie, if you feel like you need wax, the New Skin stuff in the bandaid section works really good. Bandaid also makes these multi-day bandaids that are supposed to be like skin. They work great, especially if you need to make a little slit in a pod to check on the seeds. They are waterproof but let air in.
I wondered about the New Skin. I already have some of it. No, didn't get it to fix brug seed pods, but now that I know it can be used, you will have to yell at me to keep my hands off next fall. :-)