i had a tuber and it did so well the last few years but this season it isnt showing a bit of life at all. and the ones i started from cuttings died too. what did i do wrong. gave them water through winter but it did get pretty cold some nights down in o the teens but tried to keep them warm
why dont brugs come back?
Hummm, brugs are not tubers. They are tree like plants with huge root systems. I have no idea of why you lost your cuttings, How had you keep them through the winter? Are you sure it was a brugmansia,? Do you have a picture of your plant? If it was in fact a tuber then I would question what it was.
If it is abrug and you brought her inside for the winter, she shoudl be ok. They go dormant indoors. May be, it is not a brug, give us a picture.......Clemen
i mean roo system and yes sure its a brug plant was given them from a memeber here.
i have a small green house with a propane heater that burns blue like recommened .
tried to keep it on when below 34 at night watered it sparingly but watered them.
dont know what i did wrong
will try tommorow but its not worth trying to save as cuttings and roots died and nothing is coming back at all
can you take a picture of her? Clem, i am feeling for your baby.Clem
yea if its not raining. which is a great possiblity tommorow.
but will try.
ok will wait for your pictures!
Marie, some brugs are more cold sensitive than others. It would help to know their names. For those planted in the ground, heavy mulching would have kept the root system warmer. It wouldn't protect against frozen ground.
I keep my Brugs and other plants in a greenhouse heated by a vented propane heater. At 45ºF, even my just-rooted cuttings survive and grow a bit. I did lose my Sam. The winter of 2006 did prove to be disastrous because my DH decided to save propane by lowering the thermostat to 40ºF. I think it was the prolonged cold that killed the more sensitive ones.
You do have to be very careful when watering in winter. The combination of cold and wet leads to root rot.
i actually think it was the cold. trying to keep the greenhouse heated and they beeing rooted cuttings.
had shreeded white( seems i will never see this one)
butterfly
and an unknown peach and white one.
have other tags so will look at those tommorow.
i think im not good at brugs.
Don't give up yet. Let's try to figure out what went wrong. If the rooted cuttings died, try taking cuttings earlier if you are looking for backup plants. Larger plants have a better chance to survive. Better yet, don't over winter cuttings in your greenhouse. Stick to overwintering the mother plants. Prune in spring.
You didn't mention the size of your greenhouse other than to say it was small. I often lurk over in the Greenhouse Forum for ideas. Several small greenhouse owners have used unvented propane heaters only to find that plants suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning due to incomplete burning. I have an 8 X 8 X 8 greenhouse heated by an electric 1500 watt heater — one with a thermostat. I try to keep the low temperatures between 35º and 40ºF. This winter I kept the greenhouse 3º to 5ºF warmer by placing 4 black 35 gallon garbage cans filled with water on the south side of the greenhouse. I had hoped to get larger garbage cans in there but was unable to find them locally. This winter I plan to add add two insulating layers of bubble wrap.
Watering is a big issue. Keep the soil on the drier side. I do make one exception. If we are getting a hard freeze, I go out and water all the plants and soak the pavers in the greenhouse. My well water is warmer and that helps.