These brugs have not been watered for at least 7 weeks.

At Walmart, where the bandaids are. It's cheaper there.

Gotta try that!

I have used this method for rooting many plants including passion vines. I used large zip lock baggies and the small biodegradable pots. That way I could see when the roots were growing out of the pots and I would know they were ready to take out. I usually had some problems with the plant adapting to the new dry envirnment, but just kept misting. I have had great success with this method almost anything will root like this including many bushes.

I wonder if using Wiltproof would work when you first take it out of it's humid environment?

Cala,I know this may be a dumb question-what is Wiltproof & where to ge it?

Wiltproof, Forevergreen are two that come to mind. They are anti-dessicant/anti-transpirants, to keep newly transplanted things from wilting and usually has some kind of polymer in it. Farm supply stores should have it, maybe Lowes too. They can be used to protect your evergreens in the winter from drying out, protect new transplants from wilting and also used to stop the spread of fungal disease by creating a barrier on the leaf surface.

I got some last year at HD

Dang CC! we could have made a Brug raid if we dressed like a couple of trash men,just carrying these bags of leaf clippings,dum dee dum dum,don't mind us.
I will have to get some teatree oil,that is a new one to me.

Tea tree oil is an excellent fungicide, just don't be tempted to mix it too strong. A drop in 4oz or two drops in 8oz is enough. Don't use a styrofoam cup, you will get a stinky chemical reaction if you do.

Root, the way I dress normally they would think I'm a garbage man anyhow......

I look very....drudge.....and I'm always a mess.......

so I think we could do it!

Glad they decided to go raid Kell's garden and leave my plants alone! Maybe now I can remove the camouflage.

but susie, they will be disappointed in mine.... we all know yours is worth the prison term!

I don't know Kell.....You have some great looking brugs out there. I'd sure be happy with them.

Well, I think she is on the way to being Pink brug queen, plus lots of other stuff!

Does anyone know if this would work for potted seedlings? I might be out of town for a few days, and if I decide to go, I'll have no one to water for me while I'm gone.... I tried to search for a thread with good tips, but couldn't find one. would it be better to put them in a shady place inside a kiddie pool with a few inches of water and use the string as a wick technique?..I guess I could pack them into the car and take them with me if I have to, that way I wouldn't worry!! I only have a few but they are precious to me! Any suggestions would be welcome

gee Carena, I do not know. Seedlings may be more susceptible to rot. I know I was told once they broke the surface, to open the bag or cup that held my seedligs so I never tried this method. Do you have time to try one and watch it for a few days to see?

I wonder if you just closed the bag over the pot and left the top of the plant out of the bag. I use that Velcro to close the bags and they close tight. If you try it, do not make the soil soaking wet, just wet but well drained before you enclose it.

Before I left this time, I enclosed already rooted cuttings that I was afraid my DH would water too much and rot. He now is a watering supervisor. He is obsessed with brug wilt. If I let any wilt he is sure to spot it a mile away and then he lectures me. I have made a brug watering nut!!

Found this and wanted to bump it up for us Newbies that need some "How to root cuttings" 101...I thought about doing this but didn't know if it would work.....guess it did....
Dee

This is a great thread. Thanks so much for posting this information, Kell. I have just starting trying this method. Kell, do you think that this method would work if the cuttings are in a jar of water, enclosed in a large plastic ziplock bag? I'm trying to root some Passifloras and hard-to-root cuttings this way.

Clare, I think it would help keep the moisture in the leaves. It certainly is worth a try. I didn't know passiflora could be rooted in water. I know I have a difficult time rooting it in soil.

Thanks, BrugNanny. I have had some difficulty rooting Passifloras in water and have only been successful previously with potting soil and high humidity. I've only recently come to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Don (Tropicman) told me that humidity is the key. He roots his Passiflora cuttings in a jar of water, placed in a tub of water with his other water plants. This creates humid atmosphere.

Well, I had Passiflora cuttings in a jar of water with a large plastic cup over the jar to increase humidity. What I was doing wrong is changing the water every day. Everyday I would remove the cup to change the water and defeat the whole purpose of the cup. Now I change the water about once a week, and I'm starting to see roots forming. Today, I put most of my cuttings in the jars of water and sealed them in plastic bags like Kell has.

I was just wondering what is the lowest temperature the Brug cuttings should be subjected to in these conditions, and could this method cause root rot once the cuttings are already rooted?

I have some Brug cuttings in the house which are already rooted and some which are not, and I'm wondering if they would be all right outside using this method. Edited to say that the Brug cuttings are all in soil. It's only the Passiflora cuttings that I am rooting in water.

Thanks in advance!

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I do not know about passiflora cuttings Clare. I have only done brugs. I have put newly rooted ones in 4 inch pots and those in 1 gallon pots in plastic bags when I left home for a month. I was afraid my DH would overwater them. They all did great.

The only time I have put ones in water in a bag, is when the brug cutting is so wilted it is on the verge of death. 24 hours in a cup of water enclosed in a moistened bag, it totally rehydrates!

I have done this method all year long. I have some in bags right now in my dining rom. Up until the fall, I kept the bags outside under a big apricot tree. Late fall I started them indoors. I have had great luck with this method.

Thanks so much, Kell. It's a great method especially because homes can get so dry with artificial heat, and this method keeps the atmosphere moist. You're a genius!

LOL! I would worry that all my plants would die if I left for a month because I know hubby would never water them. Now I know what to do if and when I ever have to leave for any length of time:-)

LOL Clare. This is an old gardening trick, discovered long before me!! Same idea as the domes sold in all the garden supply stores online. I have talked to plenty of gardeners now that have their own modified version of this, using various containers to keep the humidity up. I found a way for it to work for me. It also keeps out the fungus gnats.

Brugie just clued me in on a neat way to enclose your seeds. Use that new super cling saran. It is fantastic. It sticks to the top of your container and you can undo it to peek and then restick it.

Kell, that's a great idea with super cling saran wrap. I'll try it! I love that your method keeps fungus gnats out because they are such a problem at my house. Thanks again for your valuable help and advice.

Kell, I am currently attempting this method, however within the last few days I have noticed a light white moldy growth on the soil surface.....what am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?

Is it light and fluffy? I am getting that this year on some of my pots that are not even in bags. I have been spraying the soil surface with Physan 20. It seems to help for a while.

I would change the bag of soil you are using to one that is brand new and has been closed. Wash your hands carefully before touching the clean pot and soil and seeds. And once in the bag, do not open it again until you are going to take it out. Warm moist environments are perfect medium for bad growth so you must be careful with what you start with.

Monika actually sterilizes all the soil she uses for seedlings. I know Shirley has been doing it also and finds it really helps. I haven't needed to yet.

I have a white fluffy mold growing on the soil surface of several houseplants, but none in the GH (thank goodness!) It appeared after I bought a recommended fertilizer from my organic garden center called 6-2-2 soil food. I also started with Superthrive at that time, but I believe its the soil food...

Gretchen, I had that white cotton type fungus on my soil last winter. I just scraped it off and went on as usual and everything was okay. I had no idea why it happened.

I got it on my RK seeds that were those premies Brugie. Killed me!

May I ask whether you sterilized the soil I think I see a no?

Thanks!I am going to try this with some already rooted ones who's stems are drying up (?).


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Kell, I've never had it on anything other than the larger cuttings. I'm wondering if in my case it had something to do with the decaying bark, etc. in my ProMix and maybe the humidity in the house along with the temp being just right...Dang, RK x seeds bit the dust due to this stuff? I'd be sick too.

This is only on the plants that I fertilized with the new stuff. They are various ages, and have been potted from several different bags of MG potting soil, so that's why I think its the fertilizer or superthrive that caused it... whatever the cause, it doesn't seem to have hurt the plants -- my Christmas cacti had it and all are blooming like crazy :) Hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

Put some sand on the top of the potting soil. Should take care of the mold problem.

Thanks Dat -- I'll try the sand!

OK Kell, I just got six 24" cuttings so I am finally going to get a chance to try your rooting method.
I assume you used regular potting soil ?
Ta-Ta , Gotta go blow some bags up ;-P
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What do you think of a community pot ? Like 3 in each ?

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Sounds good Scoot if you have no worries about SB. But remember, do not put in sun or they will steam cook! LOL

And because it is spring, brugs will root even if you just drop one on nice loose soil! So you really do not have to go to all this trouble unless you do not want to have to deal with them for days.

I use a fast draining soil.

Have these brugs needed any water yet, Kell? Ha

Did you get them all started?

Bumping this up -- it does work!

I'm wondering if you could put plants that have already rooted in a bag like this and leave for a week, or if they would rot since they've already been exposed to the air? Kell...have you tried that?

Kell, In an earlier post you said, "I use my regular potting soil. 1/2 super soil, half MG potting soil. I do notice outside of the plastic bags it dries out fairly fast."

What is super soil and MG potting soil?
Thanks, you are so helpful.