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Mid-Atlantic Gardening: MIGRATION ON! Plant it and They Will Come part 5, 1 by Gitagal

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Gitagal wrote:
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Brugs always have the best, greatest bloom flush in October around here.
It is worth waiting for it.
What do you do with your brugs for the winter?

After this bloom flush--chop away and root the cuttings, if you want to.
Stay above the "Y" taking cuttings and do not use the soft, new growth ones.
Go with a sturdy, woody piece (you can even root the trunk!).
Trim pieces to about 5"-6",making sure you have 'eyes" on top as well as bottom,
and sink it ,all the way to the bottom, in a 5" deep pot. Rooting hormone helps.

Keep just moist until leaves appear. Give good light and you will be on your way.

I cut mine back to a skeleton as I have to take mine in my dark, cool basement for the winter.
They are still in their pots. I put a grocery bag around the pots.
Once in a blue moon--I give the pots a cup of water. That's it!

Here is some Brug cuttings just taken in January. The stem-ends need not be left on.