OK.. My brugs arrived today.. I went out and got a couple very large pots and potting soil. 2 square feet per pot. gave it a nice wetting and dug a hole and inserted the cuttings. Here they are
Thanks Brugie and I will try to take good care of them. :)
DO they look ok?? :::biting fingernails:::
They look fine. They should take off pretty good in a few days.
Look good to me...You're doing a fine job and you're gonna be a great brug mommy :)
Julie
WOohoo.. I am very excited.. and nervous..lol
They are looking good Jazz. Can't wait to see your flowers this summer.
Haha! Yet another poor soul, has been seduced!
Looks great! They'll definitely like all the room in those pots.
Yeah, I am looking into a nice trolly or forklift... lol
OK.. I have questions. It looks as if my one Brug (the one with the leaves) is doing ok, The baby leaves are nice and shiny and I think may be bigger than when I got them. The Rosamund cutting is beginning to look withered at the upper end. not on the outside just the inside shrinking up. Is this normal? I watered the pots when I planted them up but haven't done anything to them since. They still feel moist when I stick my finger in. I haven't moved them over to the window yet.. is it time? The windows face east but there are heater grates right in front. is this a potential problem? I was thinking that I would shut them down and maybe cover them also.
I am concerned about the amount of light also.. should I get a free standing plant light or do you think the double windows should be enough?
OK..I am going to try that again since it was a little dark. Sorry.. Here is a side pic of rosamund
View from the top.. what are those green things?? Not mold??
Forevermohr
And ForeverMohr The ends of the leaves are a bit dried up..the larger ones were like that when they came but the one on the right wasn't. Could it just be stress from being shipped and planted. I didn't soak just potted them up since the wrapping around the roots was nice and moist. (edited to be more descriptive)
This message was edited Mar 31, 2005 9:11 AM
Rosamond was a cutting I took from a dormant brug in the garage. It may or may not work. I've had good luck with most of the cuttings I took from dormant brugs by putting them in the bubbler. Why don't you pull the Rosamond cutting out, cut a fresh cut on the bottom and put it in water and see if it will firm up. It looks dehydrated in the picture. When you pull it out, if it has good nubbies on it, just put it back. It won't hurt it to check it.
I know it had a good amount of roots but I will check it out
OK.. I dug up Rosamond and as well as the roots it had white/light yellow nubbins so I stuck in back in and gave it a bit more water (since I disturbed it) going to have to do the brug prayer now
It will be fine, I'm sure. At least it is showing growth under the soil, so something will come up. Hang in there. I had forgotten that it was already rooted. I've got to start keeping better records. LOL!
LOL.. I was looking at it today and the withered portion appears to be at a 45% angle. I thought I read something about that being normal for them? Anyway..I am just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!
I thought we were supposed to soak our cuttings in water for a few days before planting. Maybe that is why not all of mine took? Now I am confused (again). :-)
Karrie, different people do it different ways and can even try things at home that normally don't work for them. I was able to root some in water this year and in the past, they have rotted on me. Next year, they might rot again. I generally do NOT soak my cuttings in water if they are nice and firm when they arrive. Jazz's brugs were rooted when she got them. I hope Rosamond will come out of it.
oh....... yes - some of mine just got "slimey". Others look like they'd take, but when I transferred them into the soil, they just wilted and died. My Cherokee did well at first, then started to die off, and then suddenly decided they wanted to live - they are both very healthy little plants now.
I was wondering if I should be watering them more.. How damp do they like their soil? I heard something about overwatering and I think I may have gone too far the other way!
Let the soil dry quite a bit. When you lift the pot and it feels light weight, it is time to water. Mine generally even start to wilt before they get water. Then I soak them and wait again until they dry out.
ok.. um.. I don't think I'll be lifting the pot though. It's kinda heavy :)
OK... I am still not sure if Rosamond will make it, how long should I wait to see if she is going to "do" something before I give up? ForeverMorr's leaves are definately growing larger! That means she is doing ok right? I am wondering if they can grow leaves but not be rooting well and then they just go "erp" and die? (getting a bit discouraged)
This message was edited Apr 7, 2005 9:03 PM
Give her time to come out of dormancy. A couple more weeks and if she isn't showing some kind of growth, we will have to find you another one later. I gave my mother plant away, but I'll have Pink Beauty and they are almost exactly alike. This fall I should have a little bit of everything to replace her with, plus some others that you might want.
OK.. It's beginning to warm up here.. could I put her outside even if she isn't "sprouted" or should I wait until she does something? It is warmer in the house than outside but there isn't as much light..
I'd wait to put her out. It might be too many temperature changes. I'm not putting brugs out yet, but my zone is below yours. I'd say when the temps remain above 45 at night, it would be safe for her. I'm mostly concerned that she isn't rooted into the soil and the cold temps could cause rot.
ok.. I will keep her in. I am not ready to put any of them out quite yet as temps are still going down to the high thirties at night
My daughter was visiting this last week. We bid on and got 3 nice rooted plants on ebay. They came on Thursday. Nice plants with a lot of good leaves, not large ones but real nice but they were just a little wilted from the transport. I mixed up some Superthrive in water, in a large pan, and I laid my plant down, leaves and all. She planted her 2, watered them with the mix and then she put her potted pants in the water and left them. Right next to my plant that was laying down.
I left mine in the water about 2 hours then planted it and left it sitting in the water. At this point all 3 were sitting in the mix over night. When she left on Saturday, all 3 plants looked identical. healthy, leaves perked up and they have not lost any yet.
Don't know what this proves, but do like the Superthrive. I do not think the plants should be planted in pots larger than what they can handle.
One more thing, I had planted a brug in a 5 gallon pot so it would grow and be a nice plant to give as a gift. It is a beautiful plant, but it did not grow an inch after I put it in that large pot. That was 2 months ago. Still has the large leaves, but it just sits there. It might be growing roots, or the roots may rot because of the size of the pot.
edited to say large pan. using cooking utencils is not a good idea.
Jeanette
This message was edited Apr 10, 2005 11:22 AM
Ok.. Yesterday I felt the stem of ForeverMorr and the stem of Rosamond (below the shriveled area) and they both feel the same.. still waiting for a leaf to make me feel better
OK.. Several updates on my Brugmania.. First of all Pictures of the plants Gretchen sent me.
Next Pics of the plants Bruggie sent me. Still no leaves on Rosamond but her roots look great so I have high hopes!
Then, Pics of two of the babies from the seeds Brugie sent. I have four total and if you look closely you can see that it will soon be five babies (maybe I shouldn't have planted all 18 seeds? lol)
And last a question. ForeverMorr had some crumply leaves at first and I took it to be shipping damage. But it looks like one of the newer leaves has been chewed on or is maybe getting the same look. They are inside and haven't been out yet. I do have a Labrador but I don't know if she would be so delecate as to just nibble the edges. Any thoughts?
Pic one shows the new leaf on top and the older leaf underneath
Looks like some kind of environmental damage, but don't ask me what. I don't worry about the leaves unless they look like they are diseased or being eaten by monsters. When your plants are outside and adjusted, you will find that the leaves will be okay, probably. I have leaves that look like that too, and my best guess would be that there isn't enough humidity in the house.
This message was edited Apr 25, 2005 8:54 AM
Thanks Brugie. Sometimes I feel like a real twit always fretting over what these plants are doing (Or not doing) Someone tell me it will get better once I have a little experience under my belt!
The wind did that to some of my leaves.
Hey, I did it for two or three years. We just love these plants so much that fretting over them is part of it. Enjoy and fret away. LOL!
