Dead brugs.... maybe not!

17 years ago

I had a bunch of big brugs that died over the winter. These had been unpotted and stored in the GH when it froze over New Years. I bagged them in plastic trash bags intending to take them around back to the compost pile. I never mananged to get around to it and they've been sitting behind a wood pile for several months. I finally decided to get them composted and found loads of tiny plants growing from the rootball. 4 out of the 6 "dead" brugs have new growth and there's at least 5 plants growing out of each rootball. I'll have to pot them up and get them away from the slugs. You can't see them well in the pics.

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rosepedal
17 years ago
Yahoo there is a brug god... Congrats... I have my very first 6 footer brug and the leaves look like crap or I would post her... Only took me two years for a 6 footer...Man I am so jealous of our florida brug growers...:) Thank goodness we have them....
karyn1
Original Author
17 years ago
Don't feel bad. I have one that's about 10' with little tufts of leaves on the tops of the branches and no blooms yet.
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kasha77
17 years ago
Karyn-
Hurray! What a treat! So happy for you- I love when that happens!
kasha77
givelittle_getlots
17 years ago
they are just amazing plants, aren't they :-))

Lucy
rosepedal
17 years ago
LOL us northerners have it tough.. 10 feet! how did you get that in the basement? lol Al would kill me...He just said we would have to cut a hole in the roof..:)
sianna
17 years ago
I have a 6 footer also but in the 2 foot pot it towers. Just seeing buds now hope they hold and I see the flowers soon. I'm not sure how I'll get it in the basement this year, but will have to try.
rosepedal
17 years ago
Congrats Sianna isnt it the best... I cut mine down to two feet last year and sent cuttings out to share...There is no way al would take it down that huge lol I tried hahah... Congrats post it please...Yes another cold zone huge plant yippee :)
dimples31312
17 years ago
Karyn-
Great! Never give up!
Dorothy
chena
17 years ago
Gotta love a plant that has the will to live!! That's great .. good thing you are such a procrastinator...LOLOLOL

Kylie
PKponder TX Z7B
17 years ago
In this case procrastination paid off! They want to live âº

Pam
mantorvillain
17 years ago
These are indeed tough plants. I had 5-6' stalks of Island Girl, Milk n Honey, and Peach Versi in pots for 6 weeks under lights then in the greenhouse without a sign of life. When I planted the ones which 'woke up' as planned I slugged those 3 in the ground out back and walked away. They're all sending out side sprouts now.
congrats on your survivors.
Will
luvmy3afhounds
17 years ago
Karyn,
That is so amazing! I hope they will now grow like gangbusters for you! That is quite a story with a happy ending. Love it!
Joyce
daniellalell
17 years ago
Karyn, that is awesome, what a great surprise!!! I guess they are NOIDS now though? lol, Maybe you should start labeling your trashed plants!!
napdognewfie
17 years ago
Wow, lucky girl. Only one of mine made it out of the "dead" pile. Did you leave tags in the trash with them?

Linda
fool4flowers
17 years ago
Lol, I still have 3 pots with dead stick in them that I water every day hoping they will come back to life. Maybe I should throw the pots by the compost pile, lol. Congrats!