I've two Brugs grown from cuttings purchased last November, both are healthy and both are still single stems. one being about 3ft tall. This might sound a dumb question, but I was looking on google about Brug cuttings and read this...
"As the stem grows and matures remove lower branches and leaves and continue doing so until the stem Y's"
should I pick off all the tiny side leaves that are growing up the length of the stem? What does this do? I assume it must put more energy into the top with the hope of it forming a Y sooner? they don't seem to be growing into branches?!
Cheers, Will
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I just left mine to do their own thing. They eventually branched into a Y when they reached about 6ft. They totally de-foliated during Winter but are now starting to leaf up again.The leaves only really seem to be around the Y branch though.
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I think my larger one might be 6 foot when Autumn comes, I'm not going to want to cut it! especially if it hasn't flowered!
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I would leave the lower leaves on if they are not branching the plant needs these to photosynthesize.Wilza wrote:I've two Brugs grown from cuttings purchased last November, both are healthy and both are still single stems. one being about 3ft tall. This might sound a dumb question, but I was looking on google about Brug cuttings and read this...
"As the stem grows and matures remove lower branches and leaves and continue doing so until the stem Y's"
should I pick off all the tiny side leaves that are growing up the length of the stem? What does this do? I assume it must put more energy into the top with the hope of it forming a Y sooner? they don't seem to be growing into branches?!
Cheers, Will
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Can't imagine what the point of that would be ... mine have massive lower leaves and IMO that must be contributing energy to the plant to hurry-it-up to flowering size.Wilza wrote:"As the stem grows and matures remove lower branches and leaves and continue doing so until the stem Y's"
Worth considering whether you want a standard or a bush, and that would influence whether you take off any side branches. I find that the wood can be too weak to support the top growth, and I have had to strap a couple of stout canes, tightly, to the stem to support the weight of the head for a season or two, but that may be because they have been grown in my conservatory for at least a full season and may have grown quickly - taller than the stem diameter can easily support.
If your Brug is from a cutting taken above the Y originally then it is already from "mature wood" will flower soon-ish, whereas if from "juvenile" wood before the Y it will have to grow to maturity before it starts to flower.
Either way, it is the act of branching that generates the flower buds.
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Wilza wrote: "As the stem grows and matures remove lower branches and leaves and continue doing so until the stem Y's"
Cheers, Will
I never remove the leaves as they aid the plant but i do remove any tiny shoots that form at the leaf base joining the stem.
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I have some with that annoying habit, I believe the branching starts when conditions are right - light/temp/feed/hormones/day length, sometimes it just doesn't happen when you want it to.
I have chopped the nice branchy bit off as a cutting to make the plant I desire, retaining the mother plant as a backup & breeding stock.
Feel a bit ruthless doing it, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't... genetics.
I've also noted that Angels Skyline & Angels Flight are lanky plants, maybe I should have spotted that in the name!
I have chopped the nice branchy bit off as a cutting to make the plant I desire, retaining the mother plant as a backup & breeding stock.
Feel a bit ruthless doing it, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't... genetics.
I've also noted that Angels Skyline & Angels Flight are lanky plants, maybe I should have spotted that in the name!
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Arlon Tishmarsh wrote:Wilza wrote: "As the stem grows and matures remove lower branches and leaves and continue doing so until the stem Y's"
Cheers, Will
I never remove the leaves as they aid the plant but i do remove any tiny shoots that form at the leaf base joining the stem.
Yeah, those are the shoots i'm referring to, I only remove large leaves when they go yellow and tatty. This is my first year growing them. I'm finding they are a fascinating plant to grow...
I've just been out to get this picture and noticed there is a Y forming on the smallest one YAY!!
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Steph wrote:I've also noted that Angels Skyline & Angels Flight are lanky plants, maybe I should have spotted that in the name!