Thanks, Kim. I remember seeing that in a local nursery 3 or 4 years ago. I stood there wondering if I should buy another brug, but it's not usual to see them locally so I picked out some annuals I was there to buy and on the way to the register, I grabbed one up. It was a justified purchase on the basis that I didn't have a variegated one and I'd probably never see them again, locally.... the nursery has closed down. I just love how she performs.
First freeze, what to do?
B,
As far as I'm concerned, you've hit the Jackpot!!! A flush that floriferious and variegated leaves!!! Heaven, it would light up a shady corner of the garden, and makes a spot light feature at the same time! Congrats.
She's my fav. (I think) lol
I am totally new to Brugs this year. I started 2 NOID pinks from seed and they are doing great. I recently got several cuttings from a DGer and they are getting some roots, I hope to be able to pot them up next week. I was planning on keeping them in the GH this winter, would I be better off this 1st year to put them in the spare bathroom (no basement) under the skylight? They would be warm (75*ish) and probably stay in active growth there though.
I have a white Datura in the garden that came back from the root this spring. I was surprised, I thought I would have to replant every year. Do the Daturas normally stay short (2')and grow horizontally (5')? The tomato worms stripped it of all leaves in 2 days this summer but it is fully leafed out now and you can't tell it was ever naked.
dylan;
Sound like you have a perfect environment to provide for your plants indoor. Well, ventilation should be good since it's a bathroom. Get a fan (do not direct at your plants, but helps get some circulation), Ah, try to provide some artificial humidity too, then you're all set!
And yes, Dats. have all those characteristics you've mentioned. They make more seeds than anyone can possibly know how to do with them. Enjoy.
I kept the pods picked off the Datura last year, guess I missed one.
They make seeds faster than I pick them. And they're still doing so as we speak - I meant type. lol.
Hi all, it's me again :) Well, I got my florescent plant light. Now, how many hrs. a day does it need to be on? All the frozen leaves on my brug dried up and fell off and new growth is coming along just fine. Most of the plants I'll be putting out next spring are on this table...cuttings, mini roses, perennials I just got, and of course my brug. Thanks again.
Bonnie
Bonnie;
In my basement that I use to overwinter my tropicals. I hook those light to a timer. 12/12 on/off. It works. A fan is on 24-7 to aid circulation. Temp. constant above 60'ish. That's! Oh I check them often for bugs, and give enough water to keep them hydrated. With reduced watering and warmth. I hold off on fertilizer too, 'til the spring when I move them back outdoor.
Thanks Lily. I have a timer so I'll use that.
Bonnie
I have a table setup with lights and tropicals too, but my brug is way too tall for that. Can I cut it back severely? (like just above the Y) Even with that, I may not have room on the table for the big 16" or so pot.
Or, can I stand it on the floor next to the table and let it get just a little bit of overflow light?
Or, just put it in a dark corner and let it go dormant and forget it?
Right now it is waiting in the garage still blooming its head off still! Boy, the blooms last a long time in the cool temps.
My basement ranges from 50-60 throughout the season. I assume that works well for brugs. I do have a 40 degree bulkhead where I force bulbs that I could also use too for complete dormancy.
ph; I'm a newbie, this is what I've observed with mine. I've a beautiful single white brug. It gave me several flushes of blooms for the season, and looking great. Its shape is rather wide, 6-7' or more, so when I took it indoor. I had to trim the branches back to a more manageable size. The tree is adjusting just fine, only the tip cuttings...
Those cuttings bores more tiny flower buds that I've overlook. As a result, I've lost many a blooms from not observing it closely. I've to trim off all the buds in order to conserve energy for the cuttings to make root. The most I'd get out of this experience is that the cuttings are harder to propagate. If at all feasible, I'd have kept the tree intact. Hind sight is 20/20.
Bonnie; how is your brug doing? Do keep us posted.
Bonnie (seabreezy) You live in Klamath Falls! I am in love with your state. Gorgeous! Sometimes, I HAVE to cut buds and blooms off to get them through a door way or just to sit on the floor of my 8 ft. ceiling, basement. It is kind of sad to cut them back, and I probably wouldn't IF I didn't have to bring them in for winter. I always wait and watch the weather forcasts in Sept/Oct/Nov, cause I'd rather cut blooms and buds than have the poor things freeze to the ground. I did leave some buds on a huge trunk I'd cut off at ground level and they are blooming out in the basement in a bucket of water....same place they'll root.
Someone in this thread referenced Maya being too hard to root in water??? I have either a Maya or a Peaches & Cream. (I still can't figure out which it is even after so many photos I've looked at). But I want to take some cuttings and I usually just put them in water and sometimes I pot them up in MG potting mix. Which is the best way to root in case it is a Maya?
Hi all, AuntB, Lily...my brug is growing well. So well in fact I think it will hit the ceiling before long. I'll try to get a pic tomorrow. Right now the camera is in the car. Question...do brugs HAVE to go dormant? I don't know if I can do that. I don't have any place to put her that won't freeze, and lately our temps have been in the 20's and teens at night. Also, I know she's pot bound but don't know if I should repot her this time of year. And since she's in the house and we have a heat pump, I feel like I'm depriving her if I don't water when she's looking dry. I can't believe I'm obsessing over a plant...lol. And I haven't even seen a bloom.
AuntB...yes, Oregon is georgous. We love K. Falls. We've only been here about 6 yrs. and it's only been the last 2-3 that I've had a permanant place to garden. My father was from White City, KS. and my roots are from that state, although I haven't seen much of it.
TTYL,
Bonnie
BDunn, I think Maya not as easy to root in water, but I kept some in water for about a week and they developed little nubs and I quickly potted them up. If you want to start with water, watch them closely for rot. I'd get them into a pot as soon as possible. Bonnie, they don't HAVE to go dormant. Some people think they need a rest, but in the wild, where ever they are from, (Malaysia?) they grow year round. I keep some semi dormant- not growing, but alive enough for the stems.trunks to stay green. And I'm keeping some growing in the basement under lights this year.
Thanks, Bonnie. I'll start with water. I covered her last night since we had a freeze warning. She's on the south side, but I wanted to be sure. Good thing I did as she still got a few leaves knocked out from the frost. My baby brugs on the north side pretty much got whacked. They haven't been in the ground that long with my recent move so I don't know if they would have come through better if they had been more established.
Barbara
In my zone, although classified as 7b, I can easily passed for 8a. However, by past experience. The growing season is tempermental at best. Most of my brugs planted outside didn't have enough time to produce flowers. So pot culture is the thing to do. I potted most of my brugs up, and bring them indoor. Those outside, I use them as stock plants to propagate new ones.
Here's my v.peach now. Soon I'll have to be scraping her off the ceiling. Does anyone have an answer about repotting? Will it hurt to leave her in same pot all winter? Guess I'll have to figure something out when she gets to big to sit on the table.
Thanks,
Bonnie
Bonnie,
If it's pot bound and getting too big, early spring will be a good time to take cuttings (to shape the plant) and prune the roots. Prepare a big basin of water, add a tablet of vitamin B1 to each gallon of h20. Gently knock the pot off your plant, use a hatchet or pruning saw, saw off 1/3 of the root ball, (all the while try to keep your root ball intact ~ don't break the soil apart), trim off any brown, dead roots) tease the side root out - this will encourage the roots to grow back outward instead of encirculating your pot. Dip the fresh, but reduced size rootball into the Vitamin-water. Use a slightly bigger, new pot to replant your brug. Add several inches thick of potting media to the bottom of your pot, place your plant in the middle, fill in more fresh potting media. Use the same mentioned water, and water your pot to help settle the fresh added material, repeat the adding, 'til the procedure is done. (potting media level even with the old planting mark).
*Do not add strong fertilizer at this time. Wait until new growth is visible before you resume the fertilizer program. (I prefer using potting mix that's free of added fertilizer for this purpose).
*The Vitamin B1 water helps roots to regrow and stimulate new root formation.
Lily, Thank you so much for the instructions! I'm printing them out for reference. I'm glad I don't have to do it now. I'm still sticking bulbs in the ground for spring, but today is the last day. We're supposed to have snow tomorrow.
Thanks again,
Bonnie
You're welcome, down South, my planting is several weeks behind your schedule as far as planting spring bulbs. I've up to until Thanksgiving to put my bulbs into the ground. Happy gardening, and stay warm up there. :-)