Snow and Brugmansia day 2. The little guy in the middle is a sanguinea that is also flowering.
This message was edited Nov 25, 2008 7:33 PM
Snow and Brugmanisa
I use this method to cull my Brugmansia. Yes, I bring the ones inside that I like. I also do this regardless to test the weather out when I move to see when the real time frame for moving my Brugmansia is going to most likely be. I'm sure many can attest to bringing Brugmansia in and out repeatedly as the weather starts to change trying to push those seed pods as much as they can before they have to bring them indoors. I brought my plants in much too early this year and even bringing them in and out as I do, I lost a lot in the process as this does stress them immensely... especially so when your hurrying to get to work and leave them indoors rather than risk being late...
awwwwwww.. gosh they look cold!
I feel sorry for the poor plants. I brought in all of mine, all 200+ of them. LOL
Linda
Eric.. Hon that is just sad!!! LOL BBBUUURRR!
Lookin good BTW!!!
Kylie
Eric, your photo is so beautiful.
I hope the brugs can be saved. I have come to know they can be a lot tougher than we think.
We have had way too much snow this November. Usually we don't get snow until December.
We had 4" yesterday.
It's good to see you :-) Now I can put your face to your name :-)
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Alice
Linda and Alice,
Don't feel sorry for these... its a selection and learning process. My best Brugmansia arborea crosses are just starting to sprout and these are indoors in their little humidity chambers. Sadly, I lost almost all of my aurea x aurea crosses... another Belgium learning experience. Funny that the crosses I made and had the least experience with I seem to be faring much better with those and the ones that I have the most experience with are all going by the way side. All in all, things are looking up as far as I can tell.
Update on my frozen Brugmansia... 90-100% of the leaves on most of my outdoor Brugmansia exposed directly to snow have died. Their is some die back on the green tips of some of them as well. My datura that I had outside, but covered via an overhanging roof were left perfectly intact. I'm thinking that Brugmansia are similar to the olive tree in some respects when it comes to cold. A nice long slow temperature change and they can adapt somewhat better than if there is a drastic and sudden change in temperature. All of this tells me that tissue culture is indeed a viable method of selecting out tissue from each plant to gently and slowly select for cold tolerance. How long or permanent this selection might be is another issue and I'm betting that it would last for one or two generations at most if properly done. Note: I've done reading in this area and these are assumptions only at this point.
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A suggestion on bringing a 60 lb brugmansia in from the cold others may find helpful:
Don't carry the plant into the basement alone.
Surgery is scheduled for Feb 12th to repair the umbilical hernia. Think what did it was lifting the brug and its growbag out of a hole in the ground. (had it level with the lawn...looked neat...as if a brug was growing naturally in Connecticut).
I think I deserve a prize for this. If not for saving a brug, then for stupidity.
Oh, I bet that's painful. I think many of us have, at one time or another, done something stupid for the sake of our plants. It's time to come up with an alternative plan. Have you ever seen an incline railway? Could you use the same principle next to your stairs? Open up a section of the railing, push the plant onto the platform and have the platform ride down to the bottom, push the plant to its destination. I hope you have a speedy recovery.
Gosh david, you truly love your brugs.. I hope you get well quick!
David_Paul,
60 lbs plus water, etc. in the pot. Even something light like a sledge hammer can be very heavy if lifted wrong . I used to lift weights as a young teenager to compensate for my bookishly short frame. 15 or so years later, I was having an ego problem and decided to lift a freezer up by myself... not a smooth move. At least what you did was for love of a plant and not to satisfy your ego. I think we've all done stupid things, but stupid things done in love are much for forgivable. At least for us, perhaps your body will tell you a different story. We don't realize how fast we age and what was once easy becomes incredibly hard or impossible.
Take care of yourself,
Eric
This is my way to cull seedlings I don't chose to grow on.
They just get left out ..lol
By planting out time again, they are compose :-0
awwww..David_Paul.... I would prolly hurt myself getting things in that I am attached to.. I go overboard on things I have cared for tenderly and passionately... I made t least 30 trips bringing things in from the back yard to the 13 step deep stairwell and into my basement..........and I will make prolly more trips out this spring......Just get well so you can grow some more, okay?