When can my Brug go out?

There is lots of vegetation growing up the main stem. Do I leave it or take it off?

 

The epsom salts really does green them up, but if you let them go yellow it can take a couple of weeks before you see any change.
So I tend to add some epsom salts before the problem occurs, but be careful not to over do it.

 

Its up to you, if you want a bush or a standard?

I think you might have some kind of insect attack going on, the new leaves are becoming miss shapen.

 

Yes, I noticed it the other day and gave it a squirt of bug spray.

 

Well its now outside so hopefully it will pick up a bit



Theres no chance of leaf scorch today

 

Next week the weather is forecast to warm up, so the Brug will start to pick up.

 

I intend to keep my 2 x Brugs in pots but cannot decide weather to grow as a standard or as a bush. Which is better? Will I get a larger amount of flowers one way but not the other?

Also, these are my first Brugs which I have had from cuttings. Will the plants flower this year? They haven't produced a 'Y' yet.

 

I dont like the look of the webbing, its not red spider mite, is it?

 

Personal choice really, I like the standard look best myself, as the flowers hang down, the higher up they are the better, but it takes a bit longer to get the plant up to height.

As to the Y bit, it only applies to seed grown plants, so if your cuttings are from flowering plants they already have reached that age.

 

Nope just normal tiny spiders lol dont worry i checked that straight away when it appeared

I think it must of lost all it leaves before because i can never remember when i have watered it so prob didnt water for ages and then watered it loads lol

 

Thanks Pete.

 

Here is the culprit of the webs @pete



Its well hard to take a pic of a tiny fast moving spider

Im amazed hes still on the plant after the wind last nighr

 

Has that got six legs or eight?

 

Eight but its a mid action shot so the back four look like two

If you zoom in you can tell they have a blurry thicker edge

 

Oh yeah I can see now, looks like a baby funnel web.