I know this sounds silly but ....
Can someone post pictures of how you cut back a brug to bring them inside to winterize AND how you cut back to leave them out in the yard? Hoping someone can show how to do this for all of us doing both inside and outside. Thanks
Special way to Cut Brugs for winterizing???
Another winterizing question....
I am growing my first batch of Brugs (thanks to AHelms!) this summer and would like to keep them over the winter but since I have them in pots, I'm not sure what is best.
I have a shed that is not insulated. They won't get frosted on in there, but it gets as cold as outside. I don't think my garage is big enough.
Do I cut them back - how do I prep them for a long winter nap?
Thanks!!
Here's a couple good links that I will be reviewing all too soon. :o(
http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/brugcut.htm for cutting
and for over wintering http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/brugmansia_winter.htm
Shelly thank you for the links :) It will come in handy. Alot of good information at these sites.
I would also like to see pic's of the past of everyone's after cutting them back too if at all possible. I know it's too soon to do cutting back and so forth but for future reference to look at.
BrugAddict,
I haven't planted my new babies outside yet - so they'll winter over in the house this year. Then next year - I think I might just plant them in pots so I can bring them in.....I hate the thought of losing them or cutting them all the way to the ground....but, thanks for asking the question.....gives me ideas too!
Good luck!
M.
I guess I don't think about taking pictures at that point in my brug's life. LOL! No pictures in my computer, but if you have Monika's book, you can find some pictures there, I'm sure. Page 69 shows a properly pruned tree.
I gotta get her book, no doubt....
LOL Brugie, I told ya I felt silly asking, but hey, for informational purposes for those of us that don't exactly know how to cut them, anything helps. But I know what you mean, it's something one doesnt like to show off at that point. Mine didnt do so well this year as the heat here has been unbarable but I'm not giving up on them. I dug one up yesterday and brought it inside my back enclosed screened porch. I may be doing this to them all, who know's. Thanks hon.
Mbock, I did and wished I hadn't now it's been so hot and dry here. The water soaks up and evaporates as quick as I put it out there. I'll be saving mine and bringing them in...I can't stand it anymore. I think when I do cut back it will be they will go into glasses of water and saved in case one doesn't survive the winter. I'm doing that now with my 'Mystery pink's' I won in the drawing and I think to conserve space at this time I'll keep letting the roots grow...then see how much space I have.
The cutback may have to be done different on each plant. It depends, if it was propagated out of the growing or flowering region. The growing habits have to be considered also when cutting back.
Oh boy, this just keeps getting better lol...all joking aside, how would I know that????? They were but only sticks when I got them *sigh* Please elaborate Monika, thank you for bringing this up...hope it not only helps me but other's as well. :)
A brug, which grows to a tall plant, has been to 99% propagated out of the growing region. Here, you have to save the nods above the first Y. The sprouts of cuttings, taken out of the flowering region, stay shorter and therefore flower sooner. Straight 'sticks' may be bottom or side shoots of the growing region.
Uh - Monika - say what? "99% propogated out of the growing region"?......so are you saying cut above the first Y for better plants?
BrugA - mine were but only sticks as well - and I planted the entire rooted stick in small pots for now. So I've got these long sticks with lots of leaves at the top. Kind of like it that way - makes them more tree like. Also - one of them has sent a shoot out of the roots - so I've got one coming up in the pot as well - very interesting. Glad you said what you did about putting them in the ground. I still can't decide what I want to do about that.....but I won't have to make that decision until next year.....
I'm sorry to hijack this thread but this is for you Marcia:
http://davesgarden.com/t/448202/
Thanks Delecie! I had no idea that was out there.......how sweet....
Cuttings from below the Y (growing region) will give you taller and more tree like plants, but slower to bloom than those cuttings taken from above the Y (flowering region).
Now what do you do if a short, shrubby brug has thrown up a tall super-straight shoot that's over 5 feet tall? I would want to just bring in the tall part . Can it be cut off where it meets the main plant, and stuck in a bucket of water to root? If so, what time of year is best to do this?
Eileen, I would do it now. Things root better in warm weather than they do in the late fall. I've had good luck this year cutting off the shoots and potting them, keeping them in the shade for a month. Are you pretty cool there now? I actually just turned the furnace on to take the chill out of the house.
Wow, I wish I had alittle bit of your cool air up their Brugie. I'm going to go ahead and cut some off now as you said Brugie. They need to be cut now instead of Fall to enable a better root then I shall do that.
Their is definetely some great knowlege here, thanks so much!
The one's I cut off were potted (a few) and some in water to root. The one's in pot's were just sticks with nubbies and I've watered them under the bottom instead of on top this time, and I can't believe the success. They are actually showing green growth all over from bottom watering and no rot from the top. I'm a happy camper...!
Brugie, Thanks for the advice. I have a few that have sent nice shoots up that I'd like to save. I foolishly planted my scrawniest seedling (a Cypress Garden X) directly in the ground and that one has the hugest leaves!! and is around 4 1/2 feet tall now, of course the most robust seedling at this point. I'm wavering between digging the rootball up, vs/ cutting off the nice straight shoot. I wish it would Y, and bloom, to help me decide! But you're right, the weather is quite cool and it seems that plant growth has slowed down a bit. No furnace for me yet...have 100 year old house that costs a fortune to heat. We grit out teeth and put on another sweatshirt if need be :)
If the sun would just come out, I'd be happy. Well, it would help if the winds would die down some too. Good luck gals, with your cuttings. I need to be doing more now myself.