Rooted stem pieces

Here are the rooted pieces of stem that I stuck in the soil a while back. These pieces were about 3 or 4 inches long and had little tiny shoots on them when I planted them. The only problems I had were the ones that were smaller.(stems about the size of my fingers didn't do good) I had several that rotted and some that had bad places on them. I removed the rotted places, dusted with fungicide and replanted in clean pots and soil. I'm hoping they will make it. The smaller stems didn't have a lot of little sprouts on them, but the big chunky stems had a sprout at each node.

Lookin good Cala. You're sure to have lots of babies.

That method of growing is also conducive to grafting. If you take the side shoots which are green and position them so that they touch another green side shoot from another type of Brugmansia...one can bind them together with a bit of ace bandage or panty hose for a week or so till they resume normal growth. Remove the bandage, make an incision between the two green growths and reapply the bandage or pantyhose. I generally use a razor blade or such. Growth resumes and in two weeks or so your graft has formed a working callous. Still, I would be careful in removing the bandage or panty hose as this can undo a weak graft if one is too rough. One does want to make sure that the material does not bind or cut into the growing green shoots. If this appears evident, one can easily losen the bandage wrap and reapply. I use the stuff from wal-mart or most pharmacy's. The stretching bandage wrap. I know, its not fancy, but it works for everything from cacti grafts to Brugmansia.

Cala, maybe you could graft using New Skin. Would that work Brugman? :0)

I planted one log sideways and one upright.They are both growing,though the sideways one is much larger.But I only got one sprout coming out of the sideways one.Will more come out later???If I repot it and sink the entire log under the dirt will more shoots emerge?

CC, yes, if you sink it more shoots will emerge, just don't overwater or some will rot. If you cut the one sprout free from the log, dust the cut with a fungicide and let it air dry for a little while. I think that's why I got a little rot on some of the logs.