Minor Hail Damage last night.

15 years ago

We suffered from minor hail damage last night on our brugs. Fortunately, the plant knows to set out more leaves, so I am not worried, although some people may think we have slugs eating them. Unfortunately, I think the most damage was on the variegated brugs I have. It was quite the dramatic storm we went through.

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fool4flowers
15 years ago
Sorry to hear that jroot. Especially on the variegated ones. They seem to take forever to grow back.
Betty Levar
15 years ago
I live in Windsor and am new to growing brugs. I have two that I bought at Walmart and I was so happy with how quickly they were growing and how large the leaves were getting. I had planted them in the ground. Well the hail was the size of marbles and did a number on the leaves holes and tears. I am just glad it didn't break any of the branches. Hope that is the end of the hail for the year.
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msyoohoo
15 years ago
Sorry about your brugs. I can't believe the weather that you've been getting. My daughter lives in Montreal and last week there was a storm (tornado?) that had 7 tractor trailers flipped over on a major bridge....power was out in some places for 3 days. Kind of scary.

Betty - I can't believe that you got brugs at a Walmart! I got one at a local nursery a few years back but other than that I have not seen any anywhere. Even the nursery where I got the 1st one doesn't have any. Thankfully one plant can become many or I wouldn't be able to support my addiction! lol
karan
15 years ago
I'm sorry about your hail damage. I'm surprised that you have yours planted in the ground. Do they survive your cold winters. I'm in zone 5 and bring mine in to the garage every winter. We had such a cold Spring that mine isn't nearly as tall as it was last year at this time.
Betty Levar
15 years ago
Karan I only put the brugs in the garden for the summer. I will lift them for the winter and put them in pots down the basement. A lady just north of me named Ruth Ann who is very knowledgable with brugs said they do much better planted in the ground and then lifted for the winter. That's what I did.
sammyqc
15 years ago
The storms were something else!! We had the weirdest wickedest weather day yesterday too. Three different hail storms during the day. I was really worried my tomato plants would get squashed, but they held up. The brugs were okay too, some ripped leaves, some look like bullet holes, but nothing broken, nothing that won't grow back.

I took your advice (Jroot, and RuthAnn), and made a brug bed in my yard, just for them. So far they are loving it, in the ground! I still have some in pots, and it's hard too tell which ones are doing better, although the inground ones don't wilt as quickly in the heat. So far so good!
fool4flowers
15 years ago
I wish you all would send us a little rain down here but not the hail, lol. Sorry you all got damage. I know my inground brugs are much happier than the potted ones. They looked pitiful by this afternoon and I had watered them good this morning. I guess the one big one in the pot needs to be moved into more shade even though it did well in the same spot lasty year. Its really quite pififul looking.
karan
15 years ago
Ok, so if I put these little babies in the ground, what kind of a root system am I going to have to dig up in the Fall to get them back into the garage for Winter?
jroot
Original Author
15 years ago
Not too huge, and even if they are, you will have to root prune them. In the fall, dig them up, root prune them so that you can put them into as large a pot as you can carry or about 12 inch diameter. I assume that is about the size you already have them in, in order to overwinter them anyway. If you miss some roots in the ground, then they will become fodder for the bugs anyway, and will enrich the soil for next year.

Alternately, and what I do for some of mine, is plant them into pails with holes cut in the SIDES, not the bottom. Then the entire pail, containing the brug, is planted. I find that when watering, I can direct the water into the pail area, and know that the plant is getting sufficient water. In the fall, I merely take the shovel, and root prune the roots on the outside of the pail, lift the hole pail inside, slip it into another pail of the same size, and voila, I already have the baby in its pot ready for winter. There are several posts in the forum about this as well. See the link below, about a quarter of the way down.

Here is a link that might be useful: see picture of tngreenthumb's pail with holes
karmahappytoes
15 years ago
jroot, I sure hope for the best! The leaves will grow back fast.
jroot
Original Author
15 years ago
That's what I figured, Karma. Other than looking like it got shot with a blast from a shot gun, it looks good.

John
chena
15 years ago
What a shame.. Thank goodness there was only leaf damage.. I have had to pluck leaves 3 or 4 times already due to wind damage..Mine are still recovering...LOL
I know ya'll will have them looking wonderful in no time...
Kylie
karyn1
15 years ago
That stinks but at least it was only cosmetic. We had a hail storm last year and the hail was very small but came down hard. It looked like my brugs had been hit with buckshot! Ruth Ann has some of the most beautiful and huge brugs that I've ever seen. It's amazing how big they get with her short growing season.
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