This brug is unbelievable in the number of buds it has. It stands a little over 4 feet and just as wide. I counted over 50 buds. The trunk on it is over 1" in diameter and it's only in a 10-gallon container. I finally found a larger plastic container that's about 30 gallon, but I'm afraid to transplant with all of the buds it has on it. I water 2x a day and fertilize at least 1 time a week. Today was fish emulsion day :)
Here's another pic from the back of it.
Great job!
Only fert 1x per week? I've probably been throwing away fert then. Not wanting to have to recover from a deficiency, I've been hitting mine about 3x a week.
I think I need to fert more. I also put in some really good extended release palm fert about a month ago. I think all the leaves could be a little darker.
Really nice one i had looking good all the leaves gone heat has to be other 2 is loosing them to but not all once like this one. ah well..
I think CG is an excellent bloomer and performer. Yours is beautiful.
Emily, What fert do you use besides fish emulsion? What is Palm fert? What are the NPK? Another one for me to go looking for? LOL Don't think I need any more. JUst curious. Jeanette
You are doing good there Emily!
I use several different fertilizers. Most of the time I use nana fert, but will occasionally use something else like transplant fert (has motasses and B1 in it), orchid food 20-10-10, or fish emulsion. I stay away from anything that has a high phosphorus number like bloom boosters.
I orginally bought the palm fert for a fantail palm I have, but though the brugs would like it as well.
The palm fert I use is made by Whitney Farms and here's a little description of it from:
http://www.whitneyfarms.com/products/fertilizerblends.shtml#LLpalm
Life Link Palm & Hibiscus Food (6-5-3)
* Give palms a head start with research-proven mycorrhizae.
* With a balanced fertilizer formula developed for the unique growing requirements of palms and hibiscus.
* An effective organic blend developed for both container and in-ground plantings.
* Ingredients: Blood Meal, Bone Meal, Feather Meal, Dried Poultry Waste, Sulfate of Potash Magnesia, and Kelp Meal.
It also has either .1% or 1% (I think it's .1%) magnesium, which is the highest I've found in any of the ferts around here. I think I sprinkled in some osmocote in as well, but not very. Once in a while I'll mix in some ironite. Then there's the epsom salts. I'll use those every few weeks between feedings. When I pot each plant up, I add bone meal to the soil as well so help provide calcium since the water out here is so soft. Last, but not least, I spray messenger every 4 or 5 weeks.
Emily, how can your plants not bloom!! They must b bloated. All that stuff has got to go somewhere. LOL
Jeanette
LOL! Some of my little guys have leaves that are so yellow. My guess is a nutrient deficiency so I added some ironite and watered it in. All of my brugs are growing so quickly and they're such hogs when it comes to feeding. What's really green is all of the grass around the pots.
Well, I'm not sure what my problem is. I have only one blooming. All of mine have nice dark, blue green leaves from the Cal-Mag. But they just grow a lot of branches and don't bloom.
Jeanette
Emily, you are doing very similar to me. I think my Orchid food I am using is like 18-8-20 or somehere around there anyways. I also add, per gallon a 1/4 tsp each of superthrive and seaweed powder. Thing that strikes me the most, in their development is the placement. I have two Creamsickles and two Whiskers. I did a test and it is an amazing thing to see the difference. Want pics? I'll send them. Some people (sorta friends) that were walking their dogs last night had been waiting to see the blooms. They were facinated with the difference in the plants after I gave them a little tour.
Sure, pics would be great. I'm still experimenting with placement myself. I'd love to see your pics. This monster CG that's about to start blooming either tomorrow or the next day used to get full shade in the afternoon but has grown into the afternoon sun zone where it's getting cooked (just caught a nice whiff of brug air from inside the house. ahhhh....). I've started keeping younger brugs in more shade and letting the larger ones go to town on the sun. I still can't believe how quickly they are all growing.
Oh you won't believe the difference - I'm stunned! I'm glad I did the experiment and had a chance to realize the very different needs of certain types. My Super Nova (I'd posted a thread of how pathetic it was) is doing better than ever. I just left it where I put it, in the shade and it is happy as a clam. Go figure!
Karrie, post pictures and tell us what you use on each one. Thanks, Jeanette
I feed them all the same. It is their location/sun that has varied. I'll get pics later.
I didn't even think about different brugs needing different levels of light. Will have to do some searching and see if I can come up with anything on this.
oh Emily - you'd be amazed at the difference. I have a doc appointment today and have to go shopping afterwards. After all that I will get some pics of the difference. It is simply amazing.
Karrie, this is becoming a REAL dilemma for me. I need to know what you came up with. Jeanette
I don't have to go to the doc for awhile - I'll go take the pics now. brb
Ok - I'm back. I don't think this was the opportune time to take the pics, because the ones on the side of the house are getting their sun right now and are little droopy. They always do that, and by 1:00 in the afternoon they are in shade and perk back up.
Here is the Whiskers in full sun. Look at the size of the leaves. It also is more susceptible to wind where it is at.
Here is a pic of Whiskers in Part Sun that I took about a week ago.
Here is the pic of the Part Sun I took today, kinda droopy right now, but has certainly grown in the last week. It will perk up later on in the day. Look at the size of the leaves of the one that get's part sun - and the color.
Here is Creamsickle in full sun.
Here is Creamsickle in part sun. A little droopy - but like I said, it will be shaded soon and perk back up. The difference in the shape, size and conditions of the leaves is amazing to me.
Karrie, it is amazing the differences in plants, not only Brugs, in their location even if you feed them all the same diet of nutients.
I forgot one more thing that might be important. The ones in full sun there are in pots. The ones in the part sun are planted in the ground. That may be part of it as well.
That probably would make a difference, Karrie.
I just went out on my brug/earwig watch and guess what! Cherokee has a bud! Yeah! She's my only pink!
You'll have to post us a picture, Karrie. I don't have this one.
Here's a link to Cherokee in the PDB:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/94044/index.html
Thanks, Karrie.
Karrie, I think the difference is more in whether they are in pots or planted directly in the ground than whether they are in full or part sun don't you?
Maybe I shouldn't say that though, because I have a Harrenhauser-Garten and also a Charles Grimaldi planted in the ground and they don't appear to be doing much of anything. I had a long talk with "Harry" the other day and told him I was going to pull him out by his roots if he didn't start growing pretty soon. He has been in the ground about 2 months and hasn't done a darned thing. Charley has only been in the ground about 3 weeks and hasn't done much either but I will give him more time before I start thereatening. But, due to our short growing season they better get busy fast.
Jeanette
Emily, Check out my poor poor charles germaldi, He's been attacked here lately, with mold, mites, and white flies, all his leaves have dropped off, and he's plum naked, Have you ever seen a more naked bruggie in all your life LOL. Look he's still got a single bloom on him. he he. He's still a keeper though. I've got him through all the bugs and such, and should start coming around now. If I thought it'd do any good, I"d stick it out side, but it's right next to the door on the inside of the greenhouse, so it gets plenty of sun and shade .
kathy
Oh! Poor thing has been through so much and still has a bloom. Amazing! I've heard the weather has been especially brutal in the SE this year. I hope your CG pulls through okay.
I think it will, we have had lots of rain the month of July, I did get rid of the mold problem though, and most of the scale is gone too. This brug has been sick before, and came back with flying colors.
Pot/ground, Sun/shade.. I think it's tough to say what's causing the difference with big difference in location and sun.
I have 2 mayas from the the same plant started at the same time. The one in the pot has also seen the least sun. It's grown, Y'd and is setting buds but is still not as big as the one inground with more sun.
Thats still an interesting series of pics and possibilities though!!!
Well, I think my threatening helped both of them. I could not believe it. The following day Harry was half again as big as he was. Charley also had grown a couple of inches overnight. Don't think the fertilizer had anything to do with it do you? LOL
Jeanette
edited to read fertilizer rather than Cal-mag
This message was edited Jul 28, 2005 2:37 PM
Although the heat has baked a few of the blooms, CG is going nuts! My yard and home smell soo wonderful. I love CG and will always have one or two or three.... This is the most blooms I've ever had at once and this guy gets full sun until about 5pm.
