If the temp is kept cool in a greenhouse can Brugs go dormant or will they keep growing with all the light? And at what temperature can they be safely kept?
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I don't grow or store them in a greenhouse, but my best guess is that with light and above freezing temps, they will grow some. Probably not as fast as with warmth though. Actually, I'm just writing this to keep this on the first page of threads so someone can answer you.
Well, I do both. Minimum water, lack of light and temperatures above freezing will allow them to go dormant.
I keep a cool GH - 50-60F but the temps have gone much lower (not by choice). I do this so that my sanguineas will bloom during the winter and my smaller rooted cuttings will survive. They get 2000w of light. They do not go dormant. They don't bloom much if at all but they do continue to produce new leaves.
Geez brugcrazy, we really do share one brain. So does that make me a halfwit?
Snow, remember that versicolors do not like it cold, so you might want to separate them from the big crowd.
Thanks everyone. I'm working on a plan to try to keep the GH open all winter but I was worried about bringing some of the bigger plants in. They are almost the height of the GH now and if they grow anymore they would be too tall and the leaves would get frostbit against the plastic.How far can they be cut above the Y before you would lose next years bud growth area. Hope I worded that right.
Snow ,cant you just cut them off at the height you want from the lower part up?Like if you want a 5 footer,and its 9 foot ,measure up from the ground 4 feet cut it off,and root the top section ,pot it up to root,and you have the original(which you can let go dormant in the basement ,or cut into tons of cuttings to root)and still have a topiary section rooted without loosing the Y
That's a good idea CC but can a large stalk be cut off in the middle and rooted or does it have to be air layered?
I would think air layering is the best way to go without loosing the plant or setting it back completely.
I have done it but with a straight stalk and I cut off all the extra foliage. Just do not overwater!
Chances are its pretty woody at the height you'll cut it and they seen to root well from the woody sections.I'm going to do it on some of mine.I'm gunna stick some of them in a bucket till the white nubs are bigger ,then pot them up.Didn't someone keep some in a bucket of water all winter?I swear I remember reading that here somewhere?
Plus,If something happens to it you still have the mother plant.......
That's the truth. It's huge and I love it. It has had many cuttings taken off it and it has produced seeds.
I have kept bucket loads of cuttings in water for a few months at a time. I think it works best with woody cuttings. If you're pressed for space though, you can plant multiple cuttings in the same pot and separate them later.
these are all good ideas, snow. i think you should try large cuttings on the tops of some. if you take most of the leaves off they should root!!!
where is the expert? there is something about a large cutting with lots of leaves, it is too busy sending food to the leaves and can't make roots and rots? i have done this!! would like to know why this is....
I feel so dumb asking another question but here goes. There's no time for airlayering so I'm going to cut some of these 9ft monsters in half and stick in a bucket of water ans see if they will root.The top of these plants are full of small buds which will not have time to bloom. Should I trim off all leaves except for the top few and pinch off the flower buds???