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Post by farmersboy on Nov 27, 2009 18:18:58 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Mar 18, 2010 17:40:25 GMT
Help FB!!! 2 of my Brugs are in leaf but the 3rd one has no sign of leaves at all  I scraped the bark and it is green, so I am tempted to wait a while before I chuck it out  What do you think ? Could it still grow leaves...or has it had it?? It has been with the others in an unheated greenhouse - but, I did have an electric heater on a timer for 4hrs per night when it was cold. The top of the stem is soft, but the bottom 2/3 of it is fine.......help!! |
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Post by farmersboy on Mar 18, 2010 18:19:36 GMT
I wouldnt give up on it yet Auricula,some are slower than others,keep it well watered,it might put up new shoots from the roots,.....i have no shoots on mine yet,but ive only just started to water,its been so cold till this week
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Post by Auricula on Mar 18, 2010 23:58:37 GMT
Thanks FB, I'll keep an eye on it  |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 23, 2010 9:45:27 GMT
When can I start feeding Jen (oops!!  ) FB and when can I put them outside ( we won't get any more frosts from now ) |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 28, 2010 8:51:22 GMT
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Post by farmersboy on Mar 28, 2010 9:24:05 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Mar 28, 2010 9:30:34 GMT
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Post by farmersboy on Mar 28, 2010 10:01:49 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Mar 28, 2010 11:58:07 GMT
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 26, 2010 10:42:51 GMT
I bought a Brug from the GC yesterday - its one of those poor things in a cardboard box and it was sooooooooooooooooooooo dry and dead looking  I told the lady in the garden centre off for not watering them! anyhoo I have given it a jolly good soak and put it into a decent sized pot and its looking a hundred times better. I have wanted one for years Cant tell you how pleased I am that I finally got one ;D We still have frosts up here probably until the end of may  so should I keep it in the GH all the time or will it tolerate cold morning air ? I go to work about 7am so they all get turned out of the greenhouse about then and its still fairly cool (or bloody freezing) that time in a morning some days but then it gets really hot through the day and Im 11 miles away and cant very well nip back to get them out  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 26, 2010 15:58:38 GMT
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 26, 2010 17:23:53 GMT
They can put up with some cool air KL,as long as its not below freezing,so i would listen to your weather forcast,and if frost is forcast,leave it in GH,
Give it plenty of water,and you need some drain holes in the bottom of the pot,and feed it with Phostrogen
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Post by Auricula on Apr 26, 2010 18:28:52 GMT
The leaves on mine are a bit yellow I have been feeding and watering so I guess it's the erratic temperatures |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 26, 2010 18:35:16 GMT
Could be,but i find that as the plant grows,the bottom leaves do yellow,and drop off
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Post by Auricula on Apr 26, 2010 18:41:03 GMT
Oh thanks FB, you're an   |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 26, 2010 20:12:32 GMT
You got shares in phostrogen FB ?? I went back to the GC today and all the plants have been watered  I should think so too! I will leave it in overnight and fetch it out first thing. should be alright if I put it by the house where its sheltered. I have put loads of broken pots in the bottom and it seems to be draining ok, got that silly swelling up compost by mistake tho so I'll have to keep an eye on it |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 26, 2010 20:37:10 GMT
You are too kind,Auricula,..............Shares KL,i own it ;D
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 27, 2010 19:33:29 GMT
;D thought so !
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Post by Auricula on Jun 1, 2010 17:58:18 GMT
Something has been nibbling the leaves of mine, to what are they susceptible?  ? I put slug pellets in the pot |
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Post by farmersboy on Jun 2, 2010 7:46:07 GMT
I have found tiny green caterpillars on mine in past years,Auricula,so i sprayed them with a bug killer,that did the trick,i to thought it was slugs at first
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Post by Auricula on Jun 2, 2010 8:16:45 GMT
Thanks FB, I'll be straight out there with the BugClear |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 8, 2010 18:48:44 GMT
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Post by farmersboy on Jun 8, 2010 20:10:59 GMT
That is low,dont think ive had one that low,................Too much Phostrogen  ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 8, 2010 22:28:54 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by totp on Jul 4, 2010 10:56:35 GMT
I took a cutting from a brug 2 years ago and although it is growing well it is yet to flower. Do they always take so long to come into flower?
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Post by Auricula on Aug 15, 2010 11:26:19 GMT
Here are my brugs - they have flower pods on them   This is the biggest of my 4 cuttings  |
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 15, 2010 15:24:50 GMT
Do you mean what the flower has left after it has died,or is it about to open into a flower |
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 15, 2010 15:29:58 GMT
I took a cutting from a brug 2 years ago and although it is growing well it is yet to flower. Do they always take so long to come into flower? Just seen this post,i have had cuttings flower the same year,if ive taken them early enough,but they should flower the next year anyway,2 yrs seems a long time |
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Post by farmersboy on Aug 15, 2010 15:50:56 GMT
This is my only Brug that survived,Auricula,no sign of flowers yet,its gonna be late  |
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I scraped the bark and it is green, so I am tempted to wait a while before I chuck it out 
What do you think ? Could it still grow leaves...or has it had it?? It has been with the others in an unheated greenhouse - but, I did have an electric heater on a timer for 4hrs per night when it was cold. The top of the stem is soft, but the bottom 2/3 of it is fine.......help!!
I told the lady in the garden centre off for not watering them! anyhoo I have given it a jolly good soak and put it into a decent sized pot and its looking a hundred times better. I have wanted one for years Cant tell you how pleased I am that I finally got one ;D We still have frosts up here probably until the end of may 
so should I keep it in the GH all the time or will it tolerate cold morning air ? I go to work about 7am so they all get turned out of the greenhouse about then and its still fairly cool (or bloody freezing) that time in a morning some days but then it gets really hot through the day and Im 11 miles away and cant very well nip back to get them out 
I should think so too! I will leave it in overnight and fetch it out first thing. should be alright if I put it by the house where its sheltered. I have put loads of broken pots in the bottom and it seems to be draining ok, got that silly swelling up compost by mistake tho so I'll have to keep an eye on it 
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