Brugmansia and Stuff

Mr List · Post by **Mr List** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:21 am

personal choice, do you want it to look bushy or have a clean trunk?

DiCasS · Post by **DiCasS** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:32 am

daz wrote:Mine is coming on a treat.Loads of mircal grow and loads of water.Just coming into flower

Well, mine looks nothing like that

and I thought mine was doing well. No bushiness to speak of, just a stick, a fork a few leaves and flower buds. Why aint mine bushy

Di

pdid · Post by **pdid** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:40 am

otorongo wrote:Another thing, my suaveolens is growing bushy, should I prune the side shoots and keep it to one main trunk?

Prune them, stick them in a pot of compost for a few weeks and you`ll have some more plants which you can sell/ give away/ keep as spare

DiCasS · Post by **DiCasS** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:30 am

Well, my Brugs are in flower now but over the Summer have had terrible leaf drop, it seems all the original leaves have come off but new ones have replaced them to some degree. Also noticed I've had some bud drop as well. The smaller buds not the larger ones. I've given it lots of feed and water, so I know it hasn't gone without, any ideas why it's dropping

Not been particularly windy here either to cause damage.

Cheers

Di

Kristen · Post by **Kristen** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:41 am

DiCasS wrote:Well, my Brugs are in flower now but over the Summer have had terrible leaf drop, it seems all the original leaves have come off but new ones have replaced them to some degree. Also noticed I've had some bud drop as well. The smaller buds not the larger ones. I've given it lots of feed and water, so I know it hasn't gone without, any ideas why it's dropping

Capsid bug attacks Brugs. I think it is early on, and not later. If so could that be the cause perhaps?

Steph · Post by **Steph** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:57 am

They tend to grow huge leaves and then when the flower hormones cut in, those leaves drop off, to be replaced by smaller ones.

Shame its been a dross year for flowers.

HarryandNess · Post by **HarryandNess** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:38 pm

Just wondered if it's draining well enough Di. Ours likes lots of feed and water but as soon as we water it, it more or less comes out the bottom of the pot.

Ness

DiCasS · Post by **DiCasS** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:27 am

Sorry guys if I made it sound as if it was on deaths door, it's not, it has grown well I think and the leaves are a good green colour, it's just the amount of leaves and buds it lost that concerned me - it still has plenty.

Kristen I did have problems earlier on with the leaves, yellow they were, but have a sneaking suspicion whilst I was away my Son perhaps wasn't watering as he should (no proof

) and just gave it a good dollop the day we returned home - that would sound right

And I did see signs of the capsid bug, but not to a great extent. Those leaves have dropped now anyway.

Ness, don't think there is any problem with the drainage, the water runs out okay when it's got enough. Being new to Brugs I'm amazed how much water they need though.

Steph, sounds like the leaf drop is normal then, though am surprised at the amount it has/still is dropping. Still no idea why the buds have dropped though. There was another two that dropped yesterday when I came home from work. Overall quite a few buds have dropped now.

It still looks okay, and your probably wondering why I'm complaining, but did think at one point I would be left with bare stems

Here it is, and a pic of a little variegated one which is a lot smaller plant but just in flower now. Thanks all for the comments,much appreciated.

Di

derrick · Post by **derrick** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:03 pm

How do you get so many flowers on your Brugs i have a 8 feet plant but not great flowers this year .Do you wear eye protection if you cut them i find they spit at you from height

DiCasS · Post by **DiCasS** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:28 pm

Derrick all I've been doing is feed and water every day and that's all. I've seen some pics of members Brugs other years and they have been literally dripping with flowers, masses of them, I'd love to get them to grow like that. I've been using Miracle-Gro all through the season.

Not heard of the spitting thing

Di