HELP HELP HAVE 1 DR.SUESS AND 1 DOUBLE WHITE CAND?(NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING OF THE LATTER. ANYWHO-BOTH OF THEM ARE IN CONTAINERS ON THE DECK IN FULL SUN SINCE EARLY MAY-ABOUT 1.5 FT TALL-KEEPS LOSING LEAVES-THEY ARE TURNING YELLOW,THEN FALLIN OFF-ALSO HAVE SMALL HOLES-FOUND 1 SNAIL AND SMALL GREEN WORM-WHAT INSECTACIDE TO USE? ALSO DO I NEED TO REPLANT TO ANOTHER CONTAINER? ONE IS IN 10 INCH AND ONE IS IN 8 INCH.I AM IN ZONE 8-THANKS IN ADVANCE
new to brugs
Are they clay or plastic containers?I have one in clay and I can not keep enough moisture to it.they do well in cramped conditions for me.
BOTH ARE IN CLAY POTS-MAYBE I NEED TO WATER THEM MORE?!
newangel: You need to move them up to 5 gallon pots. They are rootbound in those small pots. You move them up to bigger pots and they should take off. Some of mine that I transplanted to 5 gallon pots in May are 6 ft. tall and starting to set blooms. 5 gallon paint buckets are fine. Your season is longer than mine, so you still have lots of growing time left. Welcome to Dave's.
Must be the heat bothering me, I just noticed your zone 8. You can grow them in the ground and they will come back and act as a perennial. They will get even bigger, sooner in ground.
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Clay pots are horrible for wicking out moisture. If you really want to use a clay pot because it is decorative or for whatever reason, you may want to sink a plastic container inside the clay one. Welcome to DG and also to your new addiction!! LOL
Michele
I'm new to Brugs also. A sweet lady on this forum sent me some cuttings early this year & 2 of them made it, but it sounds like I might need to pot them in larger pots. The biggest is only about 3' tall & no sign of blooms. They are in part sun, should I move them to where they get more sun?
Mine flower in partial sun to full sun. But they all like a big pot!
I use huge clay pots, harder to steal! LOL. I came up with this, I now put a huge plastic 24 inch saucer under each pot and fill it with water when I water the brugs. It keeps them wet for an extra day. I then put a quarter of a pool dunk in each saucer for the summer. That keeps the mosquitos from laying eggs or kills them.......
Someone posted a pic of a grass covering that is sold at Walmart..wally's world...but I can't find the thread to get the name again. It is supposed to work well to keep the soil moist.
WELCOME NEWANGEL AND HOSTENQUILTS!!
Welcome to Dave's New Angel. Wait till fall and you will have more brug cutting than you know what to do with. LOLOL!!!!!
Newangel and Hostanquilts:
Welcome to Dave's Garden and our Brugmansia family. This is a wonderful place where the people are friendly and generous. I've had my first Brugmansia for almost nine months and I've learned more here about caring for Brugs than I could have learned from any textbook. Your knowledge will soon grow by leaps and bounds! :-)