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Orange infusion

17 years ago

Hi brug lovers!

I would be interested in starting a thread on this infamous brug...Please help out with ideas, thoughts and experiance. Here is my log..

Wi gh 60 temp or above

No light sabove it

No heat matt

I should say it was a cutting and rooted for me..

Mine experiance is since october I think..

Has curled leaves

Spraying neem oil on weekly basis

No visual bugs

removing curled leaves as they come out

Does have new growth on trunk. I moved it into a fans path thinking the bugs would not be able to get to it.

Gave it a weak solution of miracle grow on 1/26/08...

repotted it in december using miracle grow 50 % and perlite 50 % in a container a little bigger than what it was in.

Water only when I stick my finger in and its dry. The fan tends to dry it out fast blowing on it.

Please add your thoughts or ideas or experiance. What did you do with it? So we all learn...Thank you barb I love this brug and want to learn.....

Comments (25)

  • 17 years ago

    I don't have one.. but I have had curled leaves.. sometimes it is just enviromental.. I keep the leaves removed to avoid the bug thing.. but I don't have a GH either.. I do have some actively growing that I do fert.1/2 strenght this time of yr.. but the dormant ones are lucky if I say HI one the way by.. So I guess NO HELP HERE!!! LOL
    Kylie

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Kylie! LOL nice to see you! :)

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks for the great package!!!! I will be busy planting!!!;O)

  • 17 years ago

    Your welcome! Mine are coming up... :)Thank you to you! Lol

  • 17 years ago

    My Orange Infusion cutting died a couple weeks after I put it in its pot...I had it in water for a few days until the "white nubs" came, put it in its own little pot..It just dried up and shriveled away...I was SO sad :(

    knotz

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Knotz! It could be it doesnt like water rooting.. the more data we gather we will figure this brug out...Thanks for sharing your data that is important.... :)

  • 17 years ago

    I'm going to "beg" for another cutting later..lol...

    But really, I hope you guys can get it worked out...It's a BEAUTIFUL brug :)

    knotz

  • 17 years ago

    close up pic
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    mother plant that i grow from seed
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  • 17 years ago

    in the second pic , the plant is around 12-14 ft tall . i took this pic standing under the plant in my greenhouse . the plant was directly in the ground with no additives to soil . i keep my greenhouse at 55* for the low .
    i also think the curly leaves are enviromental issues , not bugs . remove the fans, air flow is important , but direct fan winds will probally be too much .

    may i ask why you are mixing your soil with 50% perlite?

    i fertilize mine with a weak solution every other time i water , this time of year.

    i hope i was some help . thhis brug was amazing last year for me !!! when i took cuttings i had to climb a step latter . bloomed in our intence heat with no problems . i just love this seedling .

  • 17 years ago

    I used composted potting mix that I have used on all my cuttings and used Superthrive as I did on other cuttings and I lost Orange Infusion within a weeks time. It just shriveled up! I would like to get another one but I am afraid I will have the same results. Is this one difficult to root?

  • 17 years ago

    It sure is purdy!!!!

  • 17 years ago

    I have no experience with this one, rosepedal and it appears Eddie has given you some pointers. I will tell you I'm not a fan of the doubles or triples but have grown them. Our soils don't contain the right stuff for them and I have to keep feeding them borax and compost due to the acidity. When you have curled leaves remove then as it sounds like mites, which are hard to see.

  • 17 years ago

    Thank you Eddie! I love this brug so much. I used 50/50 because I thought it was like plumies and needed fast draining soil. I will take it out of the fans path when I get out there. I love that mini me. Perfect name for it too...I cant believe it gets that tall wow. Hey eddie what does the blooms smell like?

    I remember all too well Karma last year mixing up their breakfast for them. They are a pain to have to feed all the time. Sometimes I said forget it your on your own. LOL
    I really do like the double and its orange. I like the bright colored ones...Yummy

  • 17 years ago

    Rosepedal if you like the color on this one look up 'mariner's miracle'. It is another of Eddie & Jeri's babies, nice bright orange.
    Shawn

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Shawn I will look it up. Eddie has some great ones on my want list for spring. Do you think we will ever warm up....

  • 17 years ago

    Right now, NO, I don't think we will ever warm up, lol. Another storm coming through tonight into tomorrow. We are supposed to get several inches of snow, then the next day they said ice could build up on top of the snow. Where is global warming when you need it?

  • 17 years ago

    Really nice. I dont have that one. Anyone wanna trade something???? I want one. LOL Brandy

  • 17 years ago

    Eddie gorgeous and thanks to your generousity in our trade mine is IN the house doing well. That was one I did not want to take a chance in loosing. ALL yours are in the house lol
    {{gwi:452813}}From Pictures to share with Garden buddies

    It was a rooted plant. I had it in the ground outside until it got to cold and it had to come in. Otherwise I am treating it like all others. Standing close to a window and pinching off bigger leafs to keep bugs in check.

    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    i wish i had one of jeri's mariners miracle brugs . i ran out of room in the greenhouse and had to allow them to die in the fields . only so much room in greenhouse !!

    this brug is a triple and i think the pic doesn't do it justice . great color and it blooms in fluses . just blew my mind the first time i saw it .
    MarinersMiracle
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  • 17 years ago

    That is Purty. Name does it Justice.

  • 17 years ago

    Tempting again Eddie shame on you...LOL Barb

  • 17 years ago

    Lucy here is the link you post you picture i am bumping it up.

    Chocolate Brug

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Brug!! :))))

  • 17 years ago

    yes thank you chocolate Brug. I was really worried that I said something bad. Cause I learned and took to heart the advise of everyone to take things that one does not like about a shippment, to the sender and do PM and not post it in the forum.

    Eddie is a great guy and he will always want all his costumers be happy campers.

    Barb a brug can leave the former home as a healthy one and through shipping shock a lot of negative things can break out in a brug that were just never there before and visible.

    Hugs
    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks lucy!!!! :)))) Hugs