Kell , Try the H202 in / when watering - it kill the fungus / rot on a lot of plants .
Between relatives dying in Mexico , premature births , the wife's heart and my Cataracts have not been around for months .
When I finally got back to a regular routine my subscription had expired and Daves only took CC payments from paypal . Had to add CC info again .
Just read some of the post on "red" sorry it died . Were any cuttings taken and if so who is selling them ?
I thought I died and went to heaven!
I had a bad year, micro burst storm that smashed and stripped three brugs and left only stumps. I'm still watering, but the stumps are not showing signs of reviving. I still have a noid white, and an Inca Sun, but noid pink, Frosty Pink and MEM are apparently RIP. sigh... I guess I'll start over in the spring... Too, too bad about that beautiful red brug.
Elva, if I can cut off enough extra pieces off the end I will send you one. I want a real tall standard for me. LOL
allgr8dogs, too bad about that storm. Do not be quick to dig out those stumps. I had 2 now come back after looking dead for 2 years. They sent up side shoots from the roots.
Sorry things have been so bad for you Tony. I hope your family is doing better. A couple had Red but I do not know if they still do.
Thanks Amanda, it was such fun to get that one.
Gosh LindaSC, no blooms? I wonder why! They sure are not worth it if you do not get blooms. Even with blooms they may not be worth it. Too bad they are such mite magnets. I have had Culebra for a few years too. It finally bloomed this year. A shout out to my dear friend Ada. She sent me hers. It is such a fun one in that it is so different.
napdognewfie Linda, I hear you! I still would be in love with brugs probably except for the mites. They ruined brugs for me.
Thanks Kell . It just shows how lucky we are . There's always someone worst off . We are worried about our plants and people on Galveston Texas can't even find their house much less their plants .
I was wondering if all the storm surges put enough salt in ground to kill the plants ?
Hi tonyjr, haven't seen your posts in ages. Most of the island was underwater. The bad thing is that they import their water from the mainland because there is saltwater intrusion into all the shallow aquifers (less than 1,000 feet). Because of the severe drought we are in, they won't be allowed to leach the salt out. They will have to wait for rain. They were lucky the surge was lower than predicted. It would also have been worse if the island was still at its original level. After the disaster of 1900, when between 5,000 and 8,000 lives were lost in a hurricane, the entire island was raised by at least 5 ft. and a 17' high seawall was built to protect the seaward side of the larger part of the island. The problem was that people continued to build all the way out to the end of the island where the highest part of the island is maybe 3ft. above sea level.
Kell - sorry for hi-jacking your post .
Thanks , I was wondering how people were dealing with the salt water .
About 15 years ago I dug a well . My brother lives about 1/2 mile away and hit water at 8 feet . I went down 15 , not much water and so I had it tested result- to much salt - it was killing plants . I just turn off electricity to it .
Too much going on this year so in June I dug another on about 50 feet away closer to a creek behind house . went down about 25 feet . watered a few plants in pots [ annuals ] that get replaced every year . They lived so I started using . I run out after 3 minutes but 5 minutes later it will run for another 3 .
A couple of years ago we had too much rain , so I got some 5 inch PVC pipe [ was scrap off jobs- construction electrician ] , cut it into 18 inch pieces and put in ground around yard . Then I just pumped out the water and into old well . Now / since then I use for deep watering . The problem is that sump pump burned up and the only ones I can find that fit inside the pipe are fountain pumps . If any of you do the same get at least 6 inch pipe - easier to find pumps that fit inside . Lowes sells auger - 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 and 8 inch - I have the 6 and 8 inch ones .
If you are considering it get either gray [ electrical ] or black [ sewer pipe ] The white pipe does have any UV protection and breaks / cracks after a few years . I also drop the worms , food stakes , B-1 , 0-10-10 and other plant foods into the pipes - follow directions for a gallon of water .
So Kell, After all this time I am out of the loop. Do you still have the Red and is it consistant. Have you been able to successfully propogate babies? After not seeing the pictures in some time, I just gasped at the color at the color and tendrils.
Just sending LOVE!! We've missed you and are glad to hear from you!
Bonnie
Me? Well I have been absent a lot. Health issues, you know, but seem trivial compared to some of those ailments others have here. thanks for your concern.
Kell! Where are you?
tonyjr -
I live about 20 minutes from Galveston, Tx and weathered through the wrose of Ike from my house. Not something I'd do again. But to possibly help with your question, from what I can tell the storm surge hasn't killed plants (at least not yet). It seems whatever the wind actually didn't demolish is still thriving. The weird thing is, until yesterday, we hadn't had any siginificant sort of rain, period, in this area since the night Ike hit us. So now that some much-needed water has arrived with this "cold front" "how weird is it to anyone else that 70 degree morning temps are cold fronts to us?), things should start growing like crazy soon. But so far, plants that weren't killed from the hurricane force winds (which are very few) are still thriving. Even in Galveston and Kemah.
No problem Tony! Sure hope things get a lot better for so many folks having such a tough time. Amanda, I hope your garden rebounds too! If 70 degrees is a cold front, I feel so sorry for you!
Hi Betty. Sorry to hear you have been sick. I do not have this one anyone. I am not sure if anyone does.
I am surprised. It seemed like the brug of the decade. What happened? Did it fail to hold up?
I talk about it at the end of this thread, Betty. It died and I did not have a back up.
Old thread but very nice plant. Hope she is still alive... she is a looker!