I was perusing the Classic Threads and found three that are a help to me. I thought I would bring these to other's attention in case they had the same questions I did regarding the wonderful world of Brugmansia. If anyone has any other tips they would like to add, please feel free to do just that.
The only other area I am uncertain of is with Bubbler propagation. I currently have numerous cuttings in bubblers and would appreciate any assistance you can render.
In the Classic Thread area, on Page 1 there is Brugmansia: Biology 101 (by Calalily); on Page 2 is Brugmansia: Pollinating 101 (also by Calalily); and on Page 4 is Brugmansia: Best Stems for Cutting (by Eclipse). I'm sorry, but I don't know how to put these in as a link.
Barb
Help for Us Less Experienced Folks
barb, thanks. i better read on. gee, i don't even know how to get to the classic threads.
I sure wish there was a way to keep the classic threads on the forum they originated on also. So when they got bumped to the top of the page on the Classic Thread Forum, they would get bumped up on the Forum they originated on. I am afraid a lot of people do not even go to that forum regularly to notice when a thread is bumped up. I have them bookmarked myself, but newbies would not even know about them.
I was going to ask Dave about it last week when I was linking Susie's pollinating thread for someone here. It is a great thread as are the others you mention, Barb!! I bet he could do it, he seems to be able to do everything.
Barb just go back to the threads you like, copy their address in your top bar and paste it into your post. Dave's will convert it to an active link.
Annapet, look on the main Brug page and you will see this:
"We also have the Classic Threads forum, which is an archive of the most commonly discussed topics on Dave's Garden."
Click on the green CLASS THREADS and it will take you there. It is on the top of each forum I believe.
thanks, kell. i'm REALLY getting deeper and deeper into this. yesterday, i was just going to leave it up to the bees and others, and now, i'm seriously thinking it would be fun to try to experiment. well, i was a scientist before...i guess i'm back to the lab.
oy vey!
Thanks kell! Do you do the bubbler thing? I am trying some Hoya cuttings also to see if they will root well in water.
Barb
You sound like me Annapet. A friend named Glory asked me to send her some sang pollen. She kept saying make sure it was fluffly. I gathered some, and I was so nervous. She was an accomplished brug hybridizer and I had no clue.
I had no intention of ever crossing brugs. Well, I took an anther and walked over to another flower and rubbed it on the stamen. I think I must have gotten a pod for suddenly a whole new world opened up for me. Then I drove Susie nuts asking her questions.
Hi Barb. I tried it for a short period of time. My problem with it is I do not like to cross contaminate but I didn't go back and buy more stones to use on other cuttings so I never tried again.
I just started to use hydrogen pyroxide on the the advice from Jeanette and Sherry and Randy. I like that way so far. My problem is my water rots cuttings easily. They put some weird chemical in it that kills fish too, so I blame that. LOL. I usually just pot them up to root. But if I procrastinate, the H2O2 seems to buy me some time.
If you want to do hoyas, I bet Carol or Mel or Paticia could give you great advice. They are the Hoya Queens around here.
Kell, the peroxide should keep it from rotting, but try using distilled water. It is not expensive in the grocery stores.
Also, even though I strip the leaves off before I bring them in to the bubblers, they still seem to get small pieces in them. I go through about ever 3 weeks or so and redo them. Give them fresh water and hydrogen peroxide.
I know that some of you guys use toothpicks to keep them off the bottom of the container so they don't rot. As an experiment I made a platform in the wastebaskets out of hardware cloth with 1 1/2 inch legs on it (bent) to put the cuttings on. Then one of the fellas I think it was told me I would have a mess when the roots all grew through the hardware cloth. So, I cut pieces of the plastic, or fiberglass, window screen and put on top of the hardware cloth. This has worked real well. I think on 2 different occasions I got a root through but I think it was on the side of the screen.
barb, i hope you don't mind me asking another newbie question here on your thread?
wondering how a brug flower length is measured: from the calyx?
Don't mind a bit! Every question someone else asks is one less I will have to ask. :o)
Barb
I'm not sure what reminded me of this but I will add it here, FWIW - this year, I do not just throw cuttings in the bubbler, I put like cuttings together in smaller containers, like clear, plastic, soda bottles to possibly prevent bugs or virus or whatever from spreading, tho I've never had a virus or disease, but there is no reason not to practice good, clean habits - also, bubbler stones are cheap, so I keep a good supply and i toss used stones, which often crumble anyway, and do not swap the stones around in the bubblers. If I reuse containers I wash them in my dishwasher which sterilizes and so far has not melted anything...
Thanks Jeanette. You know I keep meaning to buy distailled water and I just can't remember to. Also to try the toothpicks. Clever whay you keep them up and off their ends.
Annapet, I have no clue of the official correct way. When I have measured my flowers I do it from the top of the calyx/bottom of peduncle.
Sherry, I try to practice good technique also, so many people reported SB last month it was scary!
bjf826, I want to tell you how smart I thought you were going to the classics and reading all of that stuff. I would think you would learn a lot from that and save a lot of time asking questions and trying to decypher everyone's answers.
Good job. Jeanette
Where did I see that ? I take the name in my brozer and copy into a / onto a document . IE
http://www.brugmansia.us
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/brug/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/362576/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/362575/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/346432/
http://davesgarden.com/forums/f/archive/
--so far
Thanks Jeanette. I tend to delve into the details to the extent that I sometimes miss the "big picture", though.
I have had the same Brugs for two years now and while I very much enjoyed the blooms and foliage, I never thought about increasing my collection until I found this board. Once I saw the variety of color and form - not to mention the variegated ones - I started my quest to find out everything I can about these beauties and go from there.
Many thanks to you and everyone else in sharing their experience with the different aspects of Brug culture.
Barb