Hope u dont mind if I ask a few questions regarding trimming brugs. Mine have finally grown to a length that made me proud ( 4ft or so) Now that we are in the cold season I hated to cut them. Leaves fell and bunches of small ones started to grow from the area where the old leaf was attached. I havent cut them yet but what happens in the spring? Should I still cut them then or now and grow the cuttings or just leave them alone? Would appreciate your input
Pruning question
I wait until all chance of frost is over , the dead stuff helps protect the rest .
A couple of years ago I stopped painting the cuts/prune branches . I just spray with oil now
I just joined here a year ago last Oct and didn't post so I don't know if it is nessacesary to seal or the oil is enough .
Maybe people will say and it's probably going to be FLIP A COIN heads - seal , tails spray with oil and if it lands on edge doesn't matter .
By the way , unless you click watch thread , you will not know if some says something in a post you didn't start .
I have never thought of painting the stalks - I just whack them off abut 6 onches above the ground and mulch for winter. They come back like gangbusters in late spring here in GA. Zone 7b.
Azalea
I'm in south GA and was interested in your post above. I have a brug that was gifted to me which is in my front yard. I tried to cover it, but the cold got it, however, I did manage to cut off a side shoot and have it growing in the house. Can you tell me when to plant it out and also if I cut my brug off will it come back out? I know it's still too early ... but if that's what I do ... when is the best time to do it. This is the first time I've ever grown one. I don't know what kind it is, but it had beautiful pink trumpet shaped flowers that smelled heavenly ... but only at night. Thanks for any info.
101 - most brug growers I know cut them back in late fall, or just before frost - then they can root the cuttings. If not cut back they will just freeze and be useless anyway. Then in the spring, new stalks will appear from the roots. As Tonyjr says, you need to wait til frost danger is over to plant out your new rooted ones. There is lots of info on here about growing and caring for brugs.
This is as far as I got last year .
Pruning is a try something and the following year you see the results . Someone may post a better idea or result . Try to keep notes so you know what you did that worked or didn't .
I tried cutting / peeling the bark and graphing to pruned area , but didn't work .
I got my first Trumpets last year. They grew fine but no blooms in the summer (planted in May). I brought them inside in October and did get a couple of blooms. I didn't cut them back at all, now they are 4-5 ft tall and it is February. Should I cut them back?? One is very leggy, all the leaves fell off except for some growth on the top. Should I cut them back now?? or wait until I move them back outside. will new growth come out of the bare stalk?
Thanks
Janet
You don't have to prune . If you do , don't cutoff "Y" - that's where flowers form .If you do , it will have to grow another Y before flowering .
I would just water with weak fert. [ food ]
how come after I prune somtimes I ge die back that looks soggy
Several reasons ,
1 . dull cutters bruised / crushed tissue
2 . you used anvil type [ cutting blade stops at a flat stop - as opposed to bypass which the cutting blade passes across cutting and keeps going ]
3 . Dirty cutters that passed on a disease , fungus etc
4 . Bird crap , fertilizer , you watered with heavy spray [ washed the sap from between skin and trunk ] , the pruned branch was in sun for too long or not long enough .
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I used to seal the cuts with tree wound [ black tarry stuff ], then I used / went to volck oil spray . Last year I just used soapy water [ palmolive - ivory dish washing soap ] like you would use for mites aphids , snails , white flys .
I use alcohol and H202 to clean tools - just prune one plant - then clean your tools - be careful both alcohol and H202 will dry out your gloves
By the way a good trick is to keep your gloves in a plastic bag with an oily rag - it keeps them soft and the spiders don't like the smell of the oil .
Wow im doing a lot wrong, i didnt use bypass pruner and had used the pruner on roses right before. I will correct this.
Will i be ok to just prune under the soggy area using the right method?