Should brugs be deadheaded when the bloom dies? If its the only plant in bloom there won't be seeds, right? They are not self pollinators, right? So I should cut the spent blooms off to encourage new ones, right??? Thank you!!!!!!!! Gretchen
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I never do Gretchen,maybe someone will be along with better advice,mine seem to bloom in flushes,so maybe if I deadheaded it would bring the next flush on quicker.
Root.
I don't. It seems that when they are ready to drop, they do and then a rake makes quick work of the spent blooms. I have too many to go around and pick blooms, anyway. I guess it would be a choice. Also, pollination can take place by insects and you might just cut a baby pod off and not know it. LOL!!
Well, thank you both! Guess I'll just leave them alone, when the time comes. I appreciate your help!!!
I don't deadhead mine either, Gretchen.
I do deadhead my Datura,until I am ready for them to set pods.
Thanks again! And, yes Root, I've already started deadheading my Datura, in hopes that they will set more blooms.
I do deadhead mine at times and it does seem to help them bloom faster, especially if I fertilize them when I deadhead them.
I can't grow anything from seed except mold so I don't miss the seed pods anyway.lol
I don't really care for the way they look if I don't deadhead them either...an Angel's Trumpet with No blooms is so sad looking.
MCK,are you soaking your seeds in a bleach or peroxide solution?
The ones I refer to as Fertile-Mertle's get dead headed, because pod production cuts down on the blooming. Suprize pods are fun, but then I don't have the room to grow them out, and once they start I have a hard time convincing myself to pull them off the plant. I have to agree that deadheading them helps them to bloom faster, and look better, but then again sometimes I am doing good to get them all watered and fed.
LOL! Tracey,I love Fertile Mertle!!!
Root, you need Grandchild then, she is definately fertile-mertle! The one I have been calling Watermelon Ice, is like that too. It needs a real name, it bloomed like crazy last year, and this year is really showing off again.
Looking good, Tracey.
I have a beauty Grandchild here from you!! I am trying to remember who R1 is? All your cuttings are looking so good,they are looking out the window,saying come on!put us out!!!
Harlot, and it should ready S1, some dummy put the wrong letter on the tag (Susie#1)
Thanks all! I think I may deadhead, as I have nothing really special to cross... I'll leave that to the experts for now!
I have two brugies in pots that I will plant in the grown, there were no instructions with the plants. So, do I use Osmocote (slow release plant food), and if so, do I still feed them twice a week, with a double dose every 10 to 14 days??? Also, refresh me on 'where' they should be planted - sun or shade - or sun and part shade??? Would it be best to have more sun or more shade??? My other plant made it through the winter, and 'he's' planted where he receives morning sun, but it's mostly shady. Also, please tell me exactly how to 'deadhead', I have four blooms that will be spent soon. TIA!!! SherryLike
Sherry, I just replied to your email and caught this post just now. Generally the spent blooms, stem and all, will pop right off when bent. If that doesn't work for you, you can use a pair of scissors, but be sure to sterilize them between plants, just for safety's sake.
I find my are self cleaning. Sometimes I pull off the bloom part if the plant looks messy and then the peduncle and calyx falls off soon after. I must not have any fertile myrtles for mine do not pod unless I play the marriage maker.
Sherry, I do not think anyone can tell you exactly what to do. Most is trial and error in your climate, and your growing conditions. Here I can plant mine in full sun but in other places it is too hot to do that. I use any fertilizer I have on hand, including the cheap stuff for grass. Most of these things are personal preferences. Luckily, brugs are very forgiving and if you find something is not working, it is easy to change and find something that does.
I just walk around and pull on the bloom when it has died and most of the time it just pulls right off leaving as Kell said the the calyx and it falls off soon after. On occasion, if I have the time, I simply snap the whole thing off of the stem. I just think it looks neater without the dead blooms. When I am real busy I find myself raking the passed blooms from beneath the brug. I think whatever way you want to handle the spent blooms will be fine.
Wow Tracey, we must have followup pictures!!
Tracey really has the brug touch! So fantastic.