I was lucky enough to acquire a few brug cuttings from generous DGers. In my excitement I quickly set them to root and now they are growing. Do I water and fertilize?
They are growing in 2liter plastic bottles that I cut the tops from and put drainage holes in. That is where I rooted them. I am seeing a lot of roots through the clear plastic but none are root bound or anything yet.
Do I care for these as a spring plant that needs water and fertilizer and light or do I treat them as winter dormant plants that need to be kind of neglected with little water and little light? Temps in their room are in the 50 to 60 degree range. # walls of the room are windows so they get a lot of natural light albeit short winter days. Light and temp not change til late march.
Are fresh sprouts dormant?
Me too! I have nearly the same conditions but have them under lights. Inquiring minds want to know ----
When is a brug root bound and needing repotting? My roots are growing up the sides of the 2liter bottle pots they are in. They are quite visible and kind of cool to see. I have not seen roots grow up very often. Usually they do the round and round the pot thing. My Coral Glow has lots of roots but no leave, yet. My Candida Pink has lots of branches and leaves but no roots showing. Everlasting has few leaves and few roots. It is quite interesting to see them all do so differently. They are all from cuttings that are same length and 1/2 inch diameter. They were all planted same way and same day. Obviously cutting size was not the determining factor on how they grew or rooted. It must be difference in type of brug. I have some noids that would be top heavy and fall over if the bottles were not jammed into a large roaster that renders them incapable of falling over. Even with the large tops, they show very little root.
What should I watch for to decide when they need bigger pots?
Do you all have them is potting soil or just in water? I brought a cutting with me when I moved and I was wondering how soon I should plant it?
I put mine in miracle grow potting soil. I had to leave to take care of my mother for a few weeks, so would not be here to take care of plants in water. I worried the bubbler would quit or water would get funky. Since I learned from reading threads that dry soils was best in winter, I hoped putting them in soil and leaving them would be best course of action. I was not worried they would suffer from lack of water. They were in a high humid environment. I had them in pots in a large roaster that was setting in a tub of water. Temps in the room were in upper 40 and lower 50 while I was gone.