my brug seedlings have grown, and after weeks of procrastination, i'm planting them on the ground. the big leaves are 8" long, and the plants are 14"-16" tall. pretty chunky trunks, and many small leaves.
i'm planting them along the fence where they can get full sun. what's the minimum spacing i should do?
thanks!
annapet
they look so good.. very very nice.. be lovely along fence..
thank you for looking. i thought it looks pretty good, too, then i see the other brugs here on the forum, and mine is PALE GREEN. do they come in all shades of green, or should i do something with mine?
my brugs are in 2 gallon pots, in full sun and i water them regularly.
You will find different colors of foliage from one brug to the next. Don't worry about that. As for spacing, If you are pressed for room, I would put them three feet apart and know that they will probably sprawl into each other, but will make a great living fence. I put seedlings 18 inches apart, but they grow tall and straight, so it isn't a problem. I'm sure they will look great.
Thanks, Shirley. I am really psyched about this. I haven't been so happy digging a hole this morning, and can't wait to do more digging this weekend. I'd love to have that great living fence, and something that smells great, too.
Have a fabulous weekend =).
Here's an update. The fence, hubby says is 4.5' tall. I think I'll have him take a photo of me and my brugs just for fun. They all have huge leaves.
WOW, they will be fantastic when they bloom Annapet.
i hope so, kell. thanks for looking, btw. i don't even know what these babies are supposed to look like. got the seeds from seedman.com - - - from their supplier in brazil. lol. but then, all the photos on their site look the same. ha-ha. crossing my fingers.
hubby said, "sure grows fast, hon. hope they're not ILLEGAL."
I think the spacing depends on which ones you are growing. Most of them grow pretty fast and can get pretty wide.
thanks, karrie. i'm thinking to let them grow past the fence, then encourage the branches that will grow. how do i do that? just trim the leaves 5' down?
From what I've learned, if you want them to be tree-like, you need to prune the leaves and shoots that are toward the bottom - you kinda decide where you want most of the growth. That's how I'm doing it anyways.
Moonglow, they are looking great !! very healthy looking brugs. You are going to be in heaven when they start blooming.
that's awesome, karrie. thanks. i'll try that, and give them bare legs. i want to plant some plants in front of them anyhow. you know, i'm just so happy already they have huge leaves. imagine when they bloom.
looks like you had one fun photo shoot =))).
thanks for the cheers, patricia!
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your welcome, lol & ;-)
They look great Annapet. Where is Corte Madera?
Mary
hi, mary! corte madera is 12 miles north of the golden gate bridge. it's a small town =).
Be sure and post pict. when they bloom. Dixie
for sure i will, dixie. i hope it happens this year....
They're definitely happy Anapet.
Don't pinch or cut the tip top to try and control it's height. An earlier comment sounded like you might have if you hadn't wanted them to get taller than the fence.
Brugs have to go through the vegetative stage (especially from seed like these) before branching (referred to a Y) to a blooming stage.
Seems like many go for the tree form here, snapping off lower leaves and any basil shoots (suckers) that arise. I'm relatively new to brugs but I don't start removing any leaves until it's Y'd since that foliage is what's collecting the sun, feeding the plant and also shading the roots so it doesn't dry out as quick.
From seeds I started this year I have one that didn't start to Y till about 6'. It's now 8' + but hasn't set buds yet after a couple of forks. Then I've got a couple others that Y'd between 3 and 4' and are setting buds. One's about to bloom.
Blaine, how do you know all this?
Did my research and started growing the plants and gaining the experience.
Two books,
all of the experience shared here on DG,
following links and reading all the brug stuff I could on the internet and finally my own personal experience.
Everything you'd ever want to know about brugs is buried in the years of threads in this forum.
Well more credit to you Blaine. I try to do my research. I try year after year and succeed occasionally. We ate our first Black Russian Kirn tomato last night - I picked it and had everyone do the taste test. It got an A+ for flavor and texture!
So as you can see I don't spend all my time on these sweet sweet brugs - but you know they are 2nd!
(((hugs)))
Ahhh, the Russian Krim!! Is this your first year to grow those? I grew them 2 years ago I think and it took a couple of tries to figure out when it was actually ripe BUT it was good.
I just picked my first maters of the year last week. Juanne Flamme - more yumm! One of five new types I'm trying this year.
Yes, they are very very wonderful maters and my first time at them. I am going to let my next ones get a litte more mature before picking.
