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Acceptable brug plants

17 years ago

Would you all consider it acceptable if you ordered a 30 inch plant to have the top cut off and just get a pencil size stick with roots? I am debating whether to send them back or not. I had ordered them off ebay from a seller I don't normally use for a friend so she would get blooms soon because of the size but am I correct in thinking that since the tops were cut off all I will have after the leaves grow back is a stick with leaves? It will have to grow a new shoot I would imagine to get a Y. There isn't a single leaf. Even a tiny one. All the ones in my greenhouse that the tops died on are just leafy stalks now. He says he cuts the top off all his plants to ship and has never had a complaint. I would have rather given her the top, lol. Tell me if I am wrong. I am just used to getting plants that have tops, lol.

Comments (8)

  • 17 years ago

    Regardless Kristy if it EVENTUALLY will y and grow....that is NOT what folks are ordering. Sounds like that person made TWO cuttings out of it?! Don't wait...say you want a refund or a WHOLE plant

    Sorry about this negative experience

    Lucy

  • 17 years ago

    I am flabbergasted.

    If I order a 30" plant, I expect a PLANT!

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks you guys. He made me think I was crazy. He says he does all his plants this way and never had a complaint. Out of all the hundreds of plants I gotten none have had the tops cut off. Waiting to see if he expects me to pay shipping to send them back. Its not that they cost much since they don't have real names. Just the idea of them being chopped in half. There was plenty of room in the box that they could have been left whole. He shows pics of his fully mature in ground plants and they looked nice so I thought he knew what he was doing. I asked why he didn't post a pic of the plants he was actually selling and he said because he had too many. What a crappy answer. I bet nobody would buy them if they saw what they look like when they get them.

  • 17 years ago

    I ordered from him too! I did receive one 30" that I ordered, the same with top cut off. It was healthy and thick though. I am not concerned about it blooming this year but he advertises them too. His origianal cuttings may have been above the y so I didn't even go there for that argument. I didn't pay much for it anyway. I also ordered 20 of his so called pups. They were rotten and not labeled, the outter layer was nothing but slime. I contacted him through paypal immediately with a dispute. I sent pictures promptly to him and he did refund my money for the 20. I have not had the best luck with the brugs from Ebay. This spring I did order from 4 people that sent nice plants. The sellers that grow brugs all the time sent plants that were diseased or disappointing to me. I expected healthy nice plants from from what I thought were experienced growers with wonderful feedback and reputation but to be blunt I received better plants from the average person. One person that sells alot on Ebay sent me excellent cuttings, very nice and thick. They all rooted and are growing well and that was my first time ever rooting brug cuttings. You just never know what you will get in the mail. Brugs are not available here so I have no choice but to order online.

    That same seller told me he never had received complaints however he has had bad feed back in the past and someone left feedback recently saying that their plants were wilted. I haven't read his feedback lately. Go through Paypal, Good Luck!

    Tammy

  • 17 years ago

    That stinks. Makes you wonder if he's sending the advertised varieties because by cutting the top he's definitely going to delay flowering until it's too late to leave feedback. Who is the seller? You can send me a private email.

  • 17 years ago

    Sure Karyn, I will send you the id. I am sure it is the same seller by fool4flowers description. Look for my mail, gardenmasterjo@yahoo.com. I just sent you an email.

  • 17 years ago

    That is not right at all... I belive in protecting each other.... I would be upset too.... False advertisment if you ask me....

  • 17 years ago

    in my (limited, lol!) experience, if you put a tall stick in a smallish pot and feed it tons of bloom booster, it'll send up a shoot and Y a lot sooner - it really shouldn't take too much growth. that's what all my plants are doing now. I broke the branches off my super nova and a few others because I felt they Y'd too low, and the new shoots only had to grow about six to eight inches before buds appeared again. didn't take long at all :)

    that guy's still borderline dishonest though. if I were you I'd demand a partial refund, because you only got part of the plant :P