Can someone walk me through the process of taking starts off my brugs?
Thanks,
Jenniew
How to make starts
Hi, and welcome to the brug forum. If you will look at the thread titled Maya variegation field test - NE Illinois you will see what cuttings can look like. They can be taller or even much shorter. Just cut some pieces like you see in the picture on that thread and either put them in water to root or in moist soil and normal house temps, since it is too cool to put them outside, and before long they will root and be on their way. Be sure when you take cuttings that you sterilize your clippers between plants to avoid passing any possible diseases from plant to plant. Good luck.
Hi Jenniew...welcome to the brug forum...I have never taken a cutting, but it would be like brugie said, only I believe that they say to wait until the plant has 6-8 nodes beyond the Y to take them. I was waiting to see if someone would come along and say this. I guess you would only need to cut beyond the 6-8 nodes if you want to maintain the plant that you already have....if not, I guess you could cut anywhere.
Let us know how you do.
Margie
I'd also suggest each cutting have a minimum of 3 nodes , more is better.
The top of the cutting will die back to the first node when planted.
I think this is what I did wrong with my Isabella X cuttings (I'd never taken cuttings myself). I didn't look for "nodes".
Scooter - so should I look for areas that have many little white dots on them - they are more likely to root for me?
Definitely would help as these are pre-lenticils although they may or may not develop.
It seems like mine had some, but obviously they didn't take. Can you take cuttings from a 1 year old seedling? Maybe that was the problem.
That's how we keep seedlings over winter for more evaluating.
THAT IS unless we are lucky enough to be living in a warmer zone or have heated GH's ........ LOL
You can take cuttings from anything that is growing. A six month old brug would give cuttings. I received a nice rooted plant in the mail from a semi hardwood cutting with only one node on it. She had cut hers into small pieces, about 2 to 2-1/2 inches long, with the one node and laid the cutting on the soil and pressed it half way in. The bottom half of the horizontal cutting rooted and the node on top grew into the plant I have. I have to say that it was one of the strongest plants I've received in the mail. It had a great root system on it.
Good point.
I've not have very much luck with logs Brugie. That's why I hesitate to suggest the method.
Gosh ! One node ? You can grow anything it seem like.
.I wanna be like you when I grow up ..... ;-D
( being that it had a strong root system I would venture to guess it wasn't a L'Amour) *grin*
Sometimes I think it depends on the plant itself. I've rooted several Mayas and several Herrenhauser Gartens from one leaf and its node. Maybe the weather was just right (dead of winter as I recall). Maybe I was just holding my mouth right that time. I probably just got lucky. But I would say, if they look like they are dying, give them every chance. They just might make it anyway.
Kay
My Herrenhauser Garten rooted just fine, and so did my creamsickles. But both of my Golden Ladys failed. I was so sad........... They almost looked like they were taking and then gave up.
Sorry about being so slow to say thank you. I had to finally wrestle the computer away from my daughters.
Thanks again,
Jenniew
Last year, about this time, my one an only brug was showing signs of new growth (it had been wintered outside), so, I cut down the stalks, which appeared dead as a door nail. I tossed them into a compost pile and much later, found them rooted. Nearly blew me over. My question is, which limbs are generally used for log rootings??? I have LOTS out there now, and wonder what the ideal would be for log rootings, I'm sure I have them in all stages. TIA!!!!!
You know - this is kinda funny. For those that remember, I threw 3 Brugs out in the snow last winter, because of an aphid problem I had. They look deader than a door knob. I went to lift one up, out of the pot and slimed my hand as the outer, yellow layer slipped off, and underneath it was green. Russ wants me to water them and see if they will come back. I told him I'd water ONE - just for fun, but the other 3 are history. I highly doubt they will come back. I mean - it gets COLD where I live.l
Sherry, I think you can use any part of the brug to make log cuttings as long as they aren't the green, flexible material. That doesn't have enough of the nodes on it yet. Many people use the huge trunk piece, cut into smaller pieces, for log cuttings. They kind of resemble logs, I think.
Karrie, I bet the aphids are gone now...............LOL!
OMG >>>>> I'm gonna barf !
On HGTV Landscaper's Challenge, they are tearing out beautiful
HUGE banana Plants and Brugs that they were standing under while talking things over ......... Waaaaaaaa !
:'(
Scoot, you are not the only one to notice some of the unusual 'improvements' they make. I've seen them remove some unbelievable plants, perfectly healthy, that simply have not been groomed, in maybe 20 years, in order to make room for common/ordinary replacements, such as Bradford Pear Trees, which cause allergies for people who are not ordinarily allergic. I don't get it but assumed I was the only one to notice, until I read your post...
Well, Shirley, if they are still alive then we better call Ripleys or the Alien watchers! :-)
Sherry , all these plants looked to be in A-1 shape.
One of the brugs they were standing under looked like a CG or DS , in FULL flush.
It prolly shed pollen all over them ............. lol
I wish I had not missed the one where the brug was removed. Looks like there is nothing else we can do - we must start a brug rescue!!! Sooner or later, I knew this would happen, lol!!