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sandy0225 · 01-22-2010, 06:20 PM

Another thing I'm trying this year.... A lady in Indianapolis(one of my customers), zone 5 too like I am, she left hers out last year in the ground, but she mulched it with bags of leaves just like you do with the basjoo banana. It came back from just above the ground. So I'm trying that this year so I will report next spring if it works here too. We are more like 5a than Indianapolis area is. It's just a little bit warmer usually there.
I tried mulching a naranjilla this year like that, just because I felt sorry for it. I wasn't about to dig up that thorny 7 foot tall monster again this year. I had others already in pots I could overwinter. I thought it was better than nothing!
Basically, if the part of the brug that you cut off bloomed last year, it will bloom this year. If it wasn't mature enough, it will not bloom until it forms a Y. If it's a straight stick but you cut it off the blooming part above the Y, it will bloom. I have two blooming in the greenhouse today-- a versicolor peach variegated, and an Inca sun. My Cherub pink is dogging me out and not blooming yet, but it's sitting on the floor and the roots are colder there.

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 355,509 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: brugmansia Question??? Another thing I'm trying this year.... A lady in Indianapolis(one of my customers), zone 5 too like I am, she left hers out last year in the ground, but she mulched it with bags of leaves just like you do with the basjoo banana. It came back from just above the ground. So I'm trying that this year so I will report next spring if it works here too. We are more like 5a than Indianapolis area is. It's just a little bit warmer usually there. I tried mulching a naranjilla this year like that, just because I felt sorry for it. I wasn't about to dig up that thorny 7 foot tall monster again this year. I had others already in pots I could overwinter. I thought it was better than nothing! Basically, if the part of the brug that you cut off bloomed last year, it will bloom this year. If it wasn't mature enough, it will not bloom until it forms a Y. If it's a straight stick but you cut it off the blooming part above the Y, it will bloom. I have two blooming in the greenhouse today-- a versicolor peach variegated, and an Inca sun. My Cherub pink is dogging me out and not blooming yet, but it's sitting on the floor and the roots are colder there. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!