DG, are the plants rooted, or are they still cuttings?

LTY, they are all rooted. I kept them inside until I knew they were rooted. Some were too small -- not pencil size - so I expected to lose those. All the ones I lost were too small. The last one was small, but it seemed to be doing o.k., putting out leaves, but it rotted very quickly, so may have just been too wet.

I'm going to shuffle some things around so I can put them in a place under the eaves where they won't stay so wet. I think that will be best for them for now. I need to pot them all up into larger pots, but I'm waiting for them to grow a bit more.

I'll take a picture once they get into their new home.

DG, I know you are a very educated, very well-read and very experienced gardener, so I hesitated to reply or to offer any advice. In my experience and for my brugs, they like lots of sun, lots of water and lots of fertilizer. I would not even think of keeping them in the house - unless I was still rooting them - because it is the opposite of the conditions they like. I'm very puzzled every time I read you say that there has been too much rain... because my brugs love water/rain. I have a no-name, extremely hardy pink and I grow it in full sun. It could be CG but I really don't know. I got it from someone with whom I connected via Gardenweb. At the time, he wrote "Ill send cuttings from the big pink one ..... the plant will droop some lower limbs
and they root and it spreads . I found it after the hurricane hanging over a
fence it was a huge plant in someones back yard." So that's all I know about it.

I have rooted numerous cuttings from it for myself and for others... I root them in the shade but as soon as rooted, into at least a half-day of full-sun they go. I now have four of them growing in my yard - all four planted in the ground. Here are a few pics... the blooms start out white, turn to light pink and then dark pink as they age.

I hate for anyone to lose plants and I know how much you paid and how much you've struggled... but I don't see you getting these going much in the house or in the shade... but maybe I'm wrong. I don't want to jeopardize what you have left! I'm truly keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Carol

Carol,

That's an Ecuador Pink. If I was going to stay here, I'd get one from you, but since I"m leaving next July, I'd just enjoy pics of yours. If I ever do settle down again, though, I'll know where to get one!

The brug cuttings are not well rooted enough to take all the rain. They haven't even filled their little 3 inch pots yet. Once they get into their 1-gallon pots, they will be very happy.

If they have some roots, can't you move them into some sun?

Where they are, they get afternoon sun from about noon to 5 pm. That's plenty. I grew my last CG in morning sun on the east side of my house, and it did fine.

I checked and a few of the large ones are showing roots on the bottom, so they can be moved up to 1 gallons. The little ones still need some time. I'm fertilizing them now, so they'll grow fast.

My pink one is being attacked by army worms. I had this same problem a couple of years ago, but not last year, so I thought maybe they were all gone. I'm going out in awhile to cut off the leaves with worms and toss them in the dumpster, then I'll have to check every day until they're all gone.

The bad things about brugs and daturas is that EVERYTHING wants to eat them.

Oh, I thought they were in the house - or some were in the house - good deal - sounds like you have it all under control - which does not surprise me one bit. :)

Carol

Awwww...you are so sweet! That is such a GORGEOUS Ecuador Pink! When I had one, I had to cut it way back every year to keep it in bounds. It grows like mad, but that's understandable since it's a natural hybrid. I love when it has white, light pink and dark pink flowers all at once, don't you?

I have never seen it have different colors simultaneously. I am going to keep a look out for that. The other day, I observed one of the individual flowers changing from white to pink... it was pretty cool.

DG, I meant to thank you for putting a name to my brug.

How are your cuttings looking today?

YW. I just happened to know that one because I had one. There are so many I don't know. Every time I look on the brug forum where people are posting pictures, I drool.

As for my CGs, they are deliriously happy! They love their new sunny home. I turn them every day and fertilize them once a week quarter strength and once a week full strength. There are a few that I will be moving to 1-gallon pots soon, and I'm going to try to put one of the larger ones out in the garden, just to see how it does.