Hello everyone! yes Brugs do go dormant. All you need to do now is start watering them, if they are in pots move them outside when danger of all frost is past! Once you see green, start fertilizing them too!
Chraleen, how did the bubbler in the tank work for you?

Nothing I got bat plant seeds and they never did anything but next year it will be brugs in there. I hear they do great??? Have you tried it.??

No, I have not tried it, but others in the other building have talked about it. And like all other methods, some make it, and some don't. Don't know why some go to mush!

They just don't have that "light of life" to live. They are the mosting interesting plants I have ever grown. I love the adventure.

The Brugs I get bloom in October / November and then I have to take them to the basement. Are there varieties that will bloom all summer? My laundry room smells great in the winter but I'd rather be enjoying them in the garden all summer long.

Most of the brugs, will start to bloom early summer. You just need to get them out in the sun as soon as your frost is gone, and they need lots of fertilizer. I use miracle grow, and I double the strength for the brugs, I also use it at least once a week, once they start growing.
Also, most of us that bring them in for the winter, will take cuttings from the top of the plant, root them for next year, then let the plant go dormant, don't water them much, then when it gets warm, get them outside water them, and watch them grow.
Hope this helps?

That's what i do too. then the excitement of the first bloom.

That anticipation of the first bloom is like waiting for a child to be born!

You are so right, I was really getting "antsy" last year before mine bloomed. But it was so worth it all.

Linda, thanks so much. I will get it out tomorrow. I have some 14-14-14 Osmocote. Should I even bother using it or just go with the blue stuff? This is great information. I thought I had to wait until it was consistantly 60 degrees at night. It has already begun growing leaves in the basement.

gardenersdetective,

There are no Brugs that bloom all summer. They bloom in flushes that can last for weeks depending on the cultivar. Then they stop blooming and rest for periods up to 8 weeks. During this time, they produce buds. This tendency is very obvious in B. suaveolens, a species whose blooms open almost all at once. A large mature plant can have up to a hundred or two blooms at once. There are some varieties whose blooms open over a longer period of time making the rest period seems shorter.

As Charleen and Linda stated Brugs are heavy feeders and fertilizing them up to twice a week is not out of the ordinary. However,it is never a good idea to use more than the recommended dosage per use. It's more than a plant can use a once and what is left over can burn the roots, increases the salt content in the soil.

Brugs produce two kinds of growth: vegetative and flowering. The reason your Brugs don't bloom until late in the year is because Brugs, that come back from the roots or are taken from cuttings far down on a trunk, have to put out a certain amount of vegetative growth before they branch (produce a "Y") and switch to flowering growth. To get your Brugs to bloom earlier in the season, take large cuttings that include the "Y", root them and overwinter them indoors. Cuttings taken from above the original "Y" on the mother plant continue to produce "Y"s and bloom as if they were still attached to the mother plant.

BettyDee what is your rooting technique?

gardenersdetective, I've tried several different ways to root Brugs, but have the best success with rooting in water with a bit of H2O2. I've also added a tiny bit of rooting gel to the water. If I add too much, it kills the stem, but a very small amount seems to help.

I use about 2" of water and about 1/2 tsp of hydrogen peroxide and place the jar in my kitchen where the humidity is higer. I have two windows facing south east that provide strong, bright indirect light. I wait until the roots are about 1" long. Sometimes I place the cuttings in potting mix with about 1/3 perlite added when the cuttings have produced the white nubs from which the roots will emerge.

I check the cuttings to make sure they are still healthy. Otherwise, those that are beginning to rot may damage the others. If the cuttings are long enough, cutting back to healthy tissue can sometimes save those cuttings.

Does anyone have a double or triple brug extra? I thought mine were dormant but they still haven't budded out I bought CREAMSICLE last year but it didn't bloom. I also had a large NOID that did bloom. Neither are doing anything. I stored them under my house for the winter.

Teresa in KY zone 6

Don't give up on them yet. Put them in the sun, and keep them watered. They may just surprise you yet!
I still have some that have not come back, but everyday I go check on mine, and I always find one more finally showing new growth.

That's right. I have a noid yellow that looked like a stick, now there is green. coming up from roots. wonderful.

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Recently, Liz mentioned that she lost many of her Brugs this winter. I guess the freeze was so unexpected that she didn't have time to protect her plants or to take cuttings.

I discoveered George had given me a Sheer Bliss and I had it tucked into Aquarium with peat and it made it, there is a Salmon Perfection with it. Got them in same hole together. I figured they would be better togeter than tear the roots apart. I am so anxious for them to bloom and I just got the little fellas planted today. I haven't talked to Liz but I need too. How are your Brugs doing?

So far so good! Lots of new green leaves popping out. No buds or blooms yet!