I don't know whether it is appropriate for me to post here, but Elva has sent me the healthiest brug cuttings I have seen....thank you from the bottom of heart....
I owe you Big Time!!
There are so many cultivars words can't thank you!!!
Emh48 has outdone any gift I have received!!!!
Welcome to our world.... Thank you to Elva for being such a wonderful person! This is what DG is all about. Thank you for posting this!
What a wonderful gift! Congratulations.. you should have your own Brug jungle in no time. DGers are the BEST! I hope every one of them does fantastic for you... I see you have some work to do ... go get those beauties rooted. LOL
Tammie
Oh WOW! What a collection! Very very nice!
would anyone like to tell me how to plant them? (face is red) (someone told me before and I have forgotten)
gail
What an awesome gift, Gail! Lucky you!!
:) Donna
Gail, you can plant them directly into potting soil, put them in water until you have nubs then plant or leave them in water until they develop roots.
Planting in soil:
Some people dip the tips in rooting hormone mainly for the fungicidal benefit because Brugs root relatively easy. Use small containers: 16oz plastic cups with holes punched in the bottom, deep 4" plastic pots or quart-sized pots. Moisten soil and put pots in a humid location. You can group the pots together and make a temporary clear plastic tent over them until you see active growth. Any plastic will do as long as it is clear. Don't place in direct sunlight or you'll fry the cuttings.
Rooting in water:
To prevent cross contamination just in case a cutting is sick, use separate jars. Fill with about 3" of water. Add a few drops of H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide). It helps to prevent algae and adds extra oxygen to the water. Change water every day. You can plant in soil after nubs form in that part of the stem that was underwater. Or you can allow the cuttings to develop short roots.
I have better luck with the latter method.
thanks so much....bettydee...did you get your pads??? I am doing it in water....thanks for the tip of hydrogen peroxide......I just sent regular mail as you are so close???
They arrived yesterday and in excellent condition, too. Thank you so much. Should I root them in the ground or in a pot? I'll post the money for the postage tomorrow.
Veronica
gessiegail you are so right Elva is one of the best
Yes I have to jump in here. Elva is a very special lady.
We are getting to be big buddies.....I think that she is coming to Corpus Christi to a neurologist I know.....I told her I would take her over there and we could have lunch together....Isn't DG the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same here Delisa, I have to jump in too. Elva is a treasure, and one of the kindest, sweetest people you'll ever meet.
very very nice there are wonderful people on Daves .
I got in a panic today...too much to do thinking I needed to get those cuttings in a pot.....yeah....I don't!!!! They are doing fine in the water for a bit more!!!!
they will in water for while using bubbler? its good to do..
what is a bubbler???