I have started my first rootings, some in water, some in peat moss. However, I don't know how to treat them in the winter. I have a basement available to me but it has pretty low light. Do you feed them at all throughout the winter and do you restrict the water? How much light? I know I'm going to get this bruggie growing thing down and at least I had some blooms this year. By the way, which is the best bruggie to bloom in shade with only filtered sun most of the day. I do have morning sun.
winter treatment
hi wood. you have mail.
tiG if you've answered these questions - could you tell me too?
I have yellow 'Charles Grimaldi' on all 4 sides of the house to assess their tolerance to sun/shade. All do very well. Those on the South wall and East walls, which are exposed to the hot late morning, noon, and early afternoon sun struggle a bit and the leaves appear to wilt, but recover in the late afternoon. The one facing West receives shade from noon on, and they do very well. The one facing North, where they get NO sun, but do receive plenty of light reflected by the neighbor’s house also do VERY well: the leaves are extra large and the blooms are very large and true in color. The sun/shade conditions you describe are suitable for ALL brugs.
Here is a photo of my CG blooming on the North side (no sun)
well, I had a question for wood first. I asked if hers were newly rooted cuttings or established plants. If they are newly rooted, they need to be kept growing to a point. Not fed heavy, but good light and warmer than older plants could take. If you let them try and go dormant the chances for failure are bigger.
If they are established plants, I let mine go dormant, keep just barely watered in low light and don't feed.
Most brugs would bloom with good morning light.
mainfrog, I think you forgot the picture.
The basement I'm going to use is in the mansion where archives is housed and I work as a volunteer. It has small windows up high on the walls but the light is quite low. I don't know if I can get away with putting any lights on down there. I have one plant that was a cutting sent to me in the spring. It is about 2 feet tall now and will not bloom until next year. How on earth people get a cutting to grow and bloom in one year is beyond me.tiG I will probably have them set about all over the county, trying to save some. My large Isabel will be impossible for me to bring in so I am going to cut it back, mulch it heavily and hope for the best.......
Just put these in the basement, no extra light. Let them go dormant, only water every couple of weeks or so, you'll have to figure out how often, but you don't want to keep them wet. almost dry! too wet = root rot
I bet your Isabella makes it.
Well, my wonderful boss says I can put the new ones in this huge bathroom under a window so they get some light and will be reasonable warm. The office used to be a home and the bathroom had a huge jacuzzi. Because we are in a cemetery, we covered the top with wood and indoor/outdoor carpet and put a vault and cremation urn display there, but that didn't work, looked stupid. So I will use that area for the bruggies and also for my gartenmeister fushias. The larger ones will be in the basement, as I said before. But the 2 really big ones are just too much to move, so after I get the cuttings, I will whack them down (boo-hoo)! kell is sending me a couple of cuttings and as soon as they are rooted (she may already root them, can't remember) they will go in the giant bathroom too. So I guess my problems are solved. Thanks for all the help.......