Whoa- you're doing something right! Congrats! :)

Nice job. Looking good. Must not be too cold in basement but then you're in zone 6.

It's funny though. It almost seems like they want to go dormant. Dropping leaves here & there, but it might just be normal due to growth. I think they stopped growing and I have held way back on the watering.

I just want them to make it another couple months until spring. The good news is the days are getting longer and we might be getting a heater for the basement. If we do, I better be prepared to pot them up again

Mine drop leaves too, but I assumed that it was due to lack of humidity.

I think it is pretty much lack of everything (Water, Heat, Sunlight) that is telling the plant it is wintertime and to go to sleep

Great job Rubby! I've tried green cuttings and a couple took, then proceeded to die.

Thanks. I just can't wait to get these things growing outdoors. Still have a couple of months to go. I hope they make it that long.

Then next year I can hopefully take hard wood cuttings. And hopefully do it mid-summer to give them a chance to root in well.

Love the pictures! Reminds me of snorkeling in the Florida Keys many years ago. Just beautiful.

Oops, wrong post. lol walked away from my computer and forgot which post I was in. LMBO

LOL. I was wondering what you were talking about......

those look great in my book..this is my 1st yr to try propagating of brugs..Ive had better luck with the hardwood cuttings I got from bill, thx bill, 3 have bit the dust and Im still struggling with the softwood, but you've encouraged me to keep going, I will try your method now..thx

Wow, great transformation in such a short amount of time. They look so healthy.

Lizann

Thanks. I feel I lucked out, but we'll see. Just to keep you up to date, the leaves have started to "sag" in the last week. I'm thinking they may be trying to go dormant, but I don't really want to let them. I would like to keep them looking the way they are until I can plant them.

I am going to pull them away from the window at night to try and stay away from the cold. I also might plant one of them up and out of the old soil they are in that doesn't want to hold any moisture.

I will take a pic tonight and send

why wait till fall for cuttings... or chopping the plant up in the summer while it's trying it's best to make flowers for you... Solution : usually in the spring/summer as the plant starts growing.. it will put out a little bunch of leaves along the stalk.. these would grow into limbs for the bush it is trying to create.. just pinch this flourette off and stick it in some soil.. in a sheltered location.. it will root easily and you'll have a plant in short order.. pinching these off will also encourage straight tall growth of the limb.. an alternative to soft or brown cuttings.. but of the two.
my favorite is rooting a thick hunk of lumber .. the easiest is rooting the flourette of leaves from the stalk

gordonhawk: You are correct and I like your thinking. I was given my Brug in July/August and didn't even know what it was. September came around and it was suggested I cut it back for the winter, so I did.

Instead of throwing out the cutting, I stuck them in some soil just to see what they would do. No loss if they were to croak on me.

As I get more experience with brug's I will be thinking like you. Until then, I just pray for the spring so I can get out in my yard and start working.....:-)