Hi, my second post on my dear brug. Bought it at a neighbour's spring plant sale and it sprang to full green life after winter in the basement. However though the leaves are huge and keep growing, bugs of some kind were eating holes in them and it wouldn't bloom. I tried organic and inorganic spray for the bugs, coffee grounds and grub pellets, and have fertilized like crazy. But it won't bloom and now many leaves are yellow especially under the denser growth, and some leaves look burnt or scarred from pesticide spray. I think I have gone way overboard and should have just let the bugs have the odd nibble, seems the more I baby plants the worse they do and the ones I more or less ignore do best. Overprotective!!!
Help! I think I am killing my brug with kindness
Can you supply a photo? You need to know what kind of pest you have before you spray. The yellowing leaves could be due to spidermites or just old age. Using a white sheet of paper, place it under the yellow leaves and tap or shake the leaves. Spider mites, if present will drop onto the paper. Fine webs are also visible if the problem is spidermites, a common pest indoors.
Regarding not blooming: If the cutting was from the base of the mother plant, it will not bloom until it has formed a "Y" regardless of how much fertilizer you use. It has to reach a certain size before that "Y" is produced. Sometimes that heigth is 6' or more.
Veronica
Janet, I'm sorry you are having trouble with your Brug, and I know it won't help to tell you , you're not alone. I think I loved mine to death (not quite yet) with watering and not knowing where to put them. sun, not so much sun, moving them to the garage everytime it rained, or may just have potted them in pots to big. This Brug beauty is new to me. I just want everyone I see a picture of, or at least I did until I have worried so much about the ones I have.
Faye