This is the first winter that I have had no major pest problems with my brugs. Only one small spider mite infestation at the beginning of winter, and I haven't seen the little buggers since. (I credit that to Orthenex - it works every time). Yahoo!

Also, my brug cuttings are doing better than any other winter since I've had them. I guess practice makes perfect. I credit that to not making the cuttings too small. Instead, I opted for large "Y" cuttings which weathered the winter much much better. And, since there were less and larger plants to take care of, my success rate was very high this year - only a few small casualties this winter.

Seeds, though, are still slow to grow for me. I have more luck with them in the Spring and Summer than I do during the winter months. I don't know why...

Only a month or so more and I can start putting plants outside a little...

Knock on wood that nothing happens to them between now and then....

How's everybody else doing with their cuttings, etc?

Kathy
USDA Zone 5
Connecticut

We are having gorgeous weather, the cuttings are rooting great and I have been busy as a bee for
a week moving all my brugs. to larger pots and even moved some outside already.

So all is good here in Nothern California

Patricia
Livermore, Calif.
San Fran. Bay area

Well, as I have been questioning, we are hanging on. I have aphids, which I squish off, or wash off daily, more on some plants than on others. And I have lost a couple. But the ones that are growing, are growing very well! I do have a couple that are melting from the top on one stem, and growing well on the other stem. I hope spring gets here in time for them all to go out and be healthy! I am glad to hear that practice makes perfect.