overwintering brugs

18 years ago

Hello all-

I posted a message a few nights ago but haven't seen it appear so will try again.

Early last season May 2004, I purchased 2 brugs (pink angel's trumpets). They were about 12" tall in 6"inch pots. I immediately transplanted them into 12" pots and they thrived on my nothern exposure deck, increasing in size X10 but not Y'ing or blooming. At the end of the season, before frost I brought them inside and kept them alive in front of french doors thru the winter. They continued to grow in height, but had dropped most of their leaves. Early in spring of 2005 they began growing again and sprouting new leaves. Unfortunately one of the plants also seemed to sprout an infestation of "spider mites"? I managed to keep them alive until it was warm enough for them to return to the deck, and they recuperated quickly and well. The mite infestation on the one returned after a drought at the end of July but finally, now in late August, they have both Y'd and have 12-15 buds each. My current queries are... if, when and how far do I cut them back to attempt to winter them over again and.... is there anything I could/should do to combat the mite infestation. Obviously I'm not thrilled about inviting them back into the area of the rest of my houseplants. Also, can anyone explain why all of a sudden we are having difficulty loading the message pages of this forum? I can't even load the one that asks the question "anyone else having computer problems?"

Hope to hear from someone out there before our first frost! Thanks

Robin

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jroot
18 years ago
Last question first. I think the slowness has a lot to do with the amount of "flower people" attempting to use the site at the same time. Also because there are a lot of people coming here, the new owners have realized that there is a captive audience for ads.....hence more ads and believe it or not, more downloading of adware onto home computers. This site is the major source of adware, even if I log in as a member. They seem to want to know which parts I visit. Scary.

Now your brug questions. If you can bring it indoors for the winter without cutting anything off, that is great. However, this year put it into a cool dark spot ( if you have one) and let it go dormant. It will drop the leaves, and the spiders won't be such a problem. About April, I bring mine out of dormancy, into the garage at night and gradually introduce them to the morning light, and gradually more light.

If this is not possible, you might consider taking cuttings from the parent plant you have. These can be rinsed in soapy water, rinsed well, and then set into a bucket of water to start rooting. There are several conversations about this in the forum. I believe one was called bucket o brugs. It has a wealth of good information there for you.

Good luck from one zone 5er to another.

Here is a link that might be useful: bucket o brugs
WickedHeart
18 years ago
I can't help you with overwintering your brugs but maybe I can help with your second question. I don't have problems with this site, no annoying ads or anything because I have my computer's security settings correct and I do not allow active x to run here.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gladiator Security Forum- How to Stop Hijackers and Spyware Infections
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