Just a couple of weeks ago before we had our first hard freeze, dug up a few of my brugs that had bloomed, and cut off 8 that had Y'd but not bloomed. I potted the ones I dug, and put the cuttings in 5 gal buckets with a air pump and air stone. I had removed all the leaves on all of them but now I have leaves growing on them all and even the cuttings in the bubbler have buds. The one in the bubbler are over 6ft tall and already have bunches of roots. My question is, can I keep them in the bubbler all winter without potting them up? Thanks John
Brug Cuttings
I do, John. I use a SuperThrive/H2O2 mixture in the water and they do very well. Something else I do is keep all the leaves picked off while they are in the bubbler, too. I don't know if this is best, but DO know it keeps problems to a minimum related to pests. Then when temps start to warm up, I let the leaves go ahead and grow and viola!! a head start on Spring!!
Barb
You might try a heavy spraying with Volch, prior to putting the cuttings in the bubbler. And, taking the leaves off is a good idea and it saves space. I've left some cuttings in the bubbler for months and they do just fine - tho, once a cutting goes in the garden, it's there to stay, I prefer wintering them in the ground, but I use the bubbler to get early blooms. Good luck, I hope you enjoy your bubbler as much as I have enjoyed mine...
Sounds like you are doing great. I should try it too. Do you all keep it in cool temps? Is that the trick?
John leave the leaves on the plants i just read that its not a good thing to strip off the leaves regards Paul
Hi Paul!! When is it not a good idea to take leaves off brugs? I take leaves off just about any time the brugs are under stress, like being devoured by bugs, heat/drought, and cutting them for the bubbler/GH. Early on, I tried leaving the leaves on, but, they fell off, got broken in tight quarters, or became bug infested - that's how I learned, for my zone/area, that before going in bubbler/GH they need serious bug prevention (Volck) and all the leaves prevented good coverage. I leave top knots and buds and pods. If the cutting is pods only, I remove everything but the pods. I've only had a few pods ripen in the bubbler/GH. But there have been lots of pod cuttings that rooted in the GH, and made buds and leaves, so I put the bubbler rooted cuttings back in the ground, where they flushed, some several times before the pods ripened, whatever, the cycle continues to go round... .
its posted in hereb some where they said it will make the plant leggy and the brugs need whats in the leaves am just saying what some of the experts in here said
I did have lots of leggy brugs, during the drought/heat/humidity, but I turned my back on them for 15 minutes, they are bushy again. Everyone has their favorite method. Lotz of different recipes all leading toward the same goal, huh??!! I learn something new every year...now, I've flipped over roses, oh, dear, I ordered 9 last night and forgot a couple I really want, whew!!
roses dont do great here i use to grow lots in Mass tho
Gosh, phicks, I would think roses would do well in FL. OTOH, what the heck, there are sooooo many beautiful tropicals, which I love. I don't know how long it's been since you grew roses, but it's been years for me, about 20, or so. Now, I find that roses are easy, not because I'm any better gardner, but because roses have been greatly improved - when I first grew them, I had to get up before daylight, suit up and powder them with Sevin, which made them look awful, then use all kinds of other stuff, and still we ended up with a bud or two & no leaves. That's all over, a novice can grow them, the improvement in the rose, in such a short time, is amazing, to me...