Is it possible to go out and cover them? We don't have a lot of cold here, but when we do I cover mine and if it's really cold I put some lights in under the tarp to keep the roots warm. Wrap those roots to keep them warm as possible. We had a very rare 72 hours below freezing followed by an even rarer snow this year and the ones that were outside are coming back. Do your best to keep the roots from freezing and if this cold doesn't last too long they should come back.

TNGreenThumb, that is a trick that Monika in Germany uses and it's a great way to do your brugs. Another trick was told to us by Tonny across the pond, That one is place a larger pot in the ground and then place let say the 3 gallon one that you have your brug planted in. I did it that way this year and what used to take 4 days with your method took only 1 day and a few hours to dig up all our brugs. No I'm not telling how many we did but here is a clue they line up down the north side of the house, 2 to 3 deep on both sides of the walkway. I didn't drill any extra holes in the pot that was to be left into the ground but since the guys have promised to till up the garden again in the spring all pots were removed. We also use the second pot to put all cuttings in if we remove anything, hence we don't need to label or pot right away either. But others have added annuals to the second pot to dress up their brug feet. We will be using the single pot method when we add hostas to the edge of the brug garden next year also. Another reason to ues the 2 pots is there are some brugmansias that don't like their roots disturbed and will die if they are.

Hello, It's almost time to bring in the brugs although it looks like our Indian summer is going to happen this first week in Oct. But I have a couple of unresolved issues with lil' John, my Frosty Pink Brug named after it's donator. If your out there, you might want to send a couple of life saver advisories before we lose him! Mind you I would appreciate anybody who has the know how to advise as I would like to know ASAP what to do. Lil John has the smell of mold in his dirt and I've flushed it with peroxide 1/10 with water. Maybe I should use a stronger concentrate. Can mold live under the dirt? I know fungus' can but can mold? It sits in a 3 gallon water bottle with 4 big holes cut around it's bottom rim. Big rocks are used to block the dirt from falling out of it. I planned to wrap it with a nice green marble sticky paper I've bought but so far the roots don't look burned from the sun. It dries out faster on one side though. It's lost all of it's leaves in 2 waves. I suspect due to temperature and environmental changes as each time they dropped when I brought them indoors for a couple of nights at a time. Kept it indoors for over 48 hours the first time. Anyway....the second unknown problem is that the little Y that formed is soft and browned which means it'll have to be cut off, but I expect the problem will continue to move down the stalk if I don't pin point it's problem. It's growing babies off the very bottom out of the soil which I suppose I'll have to destroy as well but just to let you know the health of the plant at this point on the plant. Is the smell of the mold responsible for this or is the lack of sun and it's outdoor environment OR because I flushed it with peroxide/water and it didn't have nearly the sun it should have for that much water. I did it just before our temps dropped. Maybe root rot developing? PS. The moldy smell was there before the great flush of water was put to it. I truly think the mold was somehow caused by the miracle grow. PS. I did catch that I should bring it in when it's almost all dry and to water monthly with a cup of water slowly around it's stem. 1)How to get rid of mold? 2) Y's my first baby brug turning brown on it's first Y ? The lil Y was fine after the flushing and eventual balanced moistness. Water meter on hand. Thanks for responding in advance and hope bringing this link up to the top will help some newbies find those tips they needed regarding how to prepare the brug for overwintering. -Sandy PS. Sorry if I've repeated myself, I'm a little tired right now. 4am here.

If I had to do my house all over again,I'd DEMAND a room just for my tender plants that needs wintering over inside. I had to sacrafice soooo many blooms and buds because there is only so much space. All of them must be in by the weekend...it's getting cold here too.