I hope this loads for everyone. Very simple, I hope...
http://s399.photobucket.com/albums/pp73/EricKnight_Brugmansia/?action=view¤t=P8290003flowerearly2.flv
This message was edited Oct 11, 2008 5:02 PM
My short video on inducing seedling Brugmansia to flower
Eric I do not see any link or video :-(
Am I blind? Please point me in the right direction. I am SO new here.
Lucy
I dont see it either :(
elva
Okay, not sure that is the best way either, but you should be able to click on it now and see the video.
Eric, I can see the video just fine, but there is no sound, even though I had my speakers up full-blast - consequently, the video didn't mean anything to me.
saw the video. No sound. Guessing spider mites on the brugs? Remember ...I am NEW and testing MYSELF what I am learning :-)
Wonderful Eric... I guess there is nosound... but it quite self explanatory... you're clipping the ends of the tiny top leaf flushes off... making like atrimming of the leaf tips... so will this new technique promote rapid flowering there kind and inquisitive Sir..
How about a nice clear picture before & after? Is this on a plant that Yd?
Linda
You guys/gals are harsh ; )
To answer a few questions. I was pulling the smallest leaves off leaving just the primordial apical bud. This induces the seedling to subsequently flower. However, there is a drawback. Your forks will be very small. How small? This small.
More pictures to explain this process...
One last picture...hopefully these pictures will tell a thousand words. This is how your seedling should look after you have plucked your leaves.
This message was edited Oct 12, 2008 3:18 PM
Gosh ...how about that! I suppose that is very helpful when you are trying find out what type of flower your new seedling will produce for you ...I don't know if I can bring myself to do it, however I would probably have a go at it if the new plant has not Y'd by 5/6 ft because that is getting too tall for me to remove bugs and inspect the leaves etc. So what happens after you get your blossom cluster on the tiny Y ...does it get back to normal growth after a while? ...thankyou for the information.
Chrissy, I have to agree with you on all counts. The only other benefit it has besides getting your seedlings to bloom well early and much shorter than 5/6 ft in height is that it enables you to shape your Brugmansia. You can continue to do this and you will get an extremely tight set of forks followed by another set of tight forks, etc. until you wish for the growth to resume its normal habit of larger forks. Another drawback is that you will frequently lose the first set of buds/flowers you get this way. The second set however should come in just fine. I present this method simply as food for thought for those of you who may wish to bring in your plants with flowers at 2-3 ft of growth instead of 5/6 feet of growth or who otherwise like smaller Brugmansia and don't mind tricking them into blooming a bit more heavily in a tighter area.
Thank you very much this is very interesting and helpful.I really appreciate your time and effort to inform us of these wonderful tips.I am an organic gardener and tall plants present the problem of not being able to reach the 28 spotted ladybird (squishing) and grubs etc.Also for crossing it's better if you don't have to get up on a ladder.Until now I thought the only way to control height would be by growing cuttings from above the Y. I make all my plants into umbrella shapes so above the Y bits sometimes tend to be a more shrubby growth.
Thanks again ^_^
I certainly didn't mean to sound harsh or critical - I was merely relaying that I don't know a lot about Brugs and couldn't relate to your pictures without a narrative to go along with it. I have 21 small and medium-sized Brugs, and want to learn more - thank you for the pictures and sharing your knowledge.
KayJones,
No problem. Sometimes things come out in a harsh manner when they aren't meant that way. Honesty though, thats the bottom line. You needed more and deserved more. I gave you a bit more and hopefully that helped. I'm not so arrogant as to believe that I know more than you as I learn a bit more from everyone who grows Brugmansia when they post and share. The honest truth is I haven't figured out much on my own except for perhaps that I love Brugmansia and flowers in general and even that I owe to those who shared their interest and time with me. 21 Brugmansia. Are they 21 different Brugmansia or are you like me and have multiples of those you've come to love the best? Out of your collection, what are your favorites and why? I try to keep up with things, but there is always an improved seedling or better hybrid out there that I haven't had the chance to grow and I can say there is a slew I haven't grown now that so many people have gotten into hybridizing Brugmansia. My all time favorite so far for doubles is Langenbuscher Garten. Goldenes Kornett is my favorite single gold/orange...and that one is wild and a relatively recent addition to my collection which is constantly changing.
Eric, I have 21, but only a few have bloomed. Many were give to me, as small plants and cuttings, from a very dear friend here on DG - she is an amazing grower and I love her! SO FAR, my favorite is Brugmansia Phenomenal - it smells great and is a wonderful double/triple - a very nice pink color. I have one that might be CG - lost the tag - starts out yellow and turns pink as it ages - it has the most delightful fragrance. I have a double white that has never bloomed and a Sang. that has never bloomed, although they are both over 5 years old - guess I don't have the right conditions. I just moved to Florida, zone 8b, from Missouri, so hopefully, now that they are all in the ground, I can get some wonderful surprises!
Eric, thank you for all the great information, I am fairly new to burgs also. I had one in 07 and this last season I am up to 15. 4 of which are Ecuador Pinks that bloomed constantly for me from August to October when I put them in the basement for the winter. All of my burgs were small when I got them the EP are the oldest, I received them in 4” pots in early June. I have a Goldenes Kornett which grew well but did not flower this season. I’m glad to hear it is one of your favorites and I’m looking forward to seeing it bloom next year.
Eric I have learned so much from your postings in the last few days and defenately some things I am going to try out. I really like to give them their time to flower. But then pinching them back to give them a more compact growth and shape them. Now THAT I find very tempting! Been pinching off all new growth along the main stem all the way to the Y. So it looks more like a tree. As time goes by I can do it the right way hopefully to get trees. But I like the bush look a lot too.
thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Eric, Thanks for the info. I wish I'd known about this before it was time to bring them in for the winter. I had 5 plants out of 100 that bloomed. Almost all of them Y'd & didn't have time to finish. The seeds were planted March 29 so I guess I didn't do too bad. Since they have to come in, shorter plants would be more convenient to drag around (not to mention space-saving).
Linda
Eric
Watched the video- I got it!! Simple proceedure.
Thanks! I'm a visual kinda person and the written explaination didn't mean anything to me!