Ruth ann are those brugs(in the post about pot bound brugs) as tall as they look?? wow!! I am brand new to brugs......have seen them and loved the look but never owned one until I got a cutting in a plant exchange at the beginning of June. (I was so thrilled!!) I am also in Z5(I think) in Ont. and am already concerned about my overwintering abilities. :) The cutting I got is doing great and growing well......I have been scouring this forum for tips and advice.....I have been watering and feeding very well. I am looking forward to having blooms one day.....I have no idea what colour they will be, but I really don't care as long as it lives and flowers. I have grown the single white daturas for several years. I bought the original one at the local nursery and it was just labelled "moon flower". It took me a year or two to actually find out that they were daturas. I always just let them seed themselves in the garden, but the plants that do the best are the ones that I let come up in the cracks between the patio stones! :)I bought a double purple one a couple of years later and being rather "green" about them had no clue that I could try and overwinter them, so since it didn't produce seeds, I lost it. I look forward to reading everyone's comments and seeing the pictures that you post. Lois

Am guessing on the last two, the 1st some kind of Rhipsalis, the 2nd some kind of Epiphyte. I'd suggest the pots for the last 2 are rather too big (tho' I see you got this nice, chunky mix which is likely to be fast draining). Pls. excuse me for not wanting to repeat all the tips for Holiday Cacti (both Thanksgiving & Xmas). Pls. search around here for the posts which include a link to "Holiday Cacti", the excellent link which is so often provided here. They explain care & culture better than I could. As to the Jades above, other than feeling like your BIL should not have watered in new cuttings, I'd leave the rest of that to others as well. Just pls. do a search on Jades or Crassula ovata in the meantime, as there are mountains of info. on this posted right here. My short answer on the Jades is since he watered them in, I would NOT water them AT ALL until I saw new growth, but perhaps others will feel differently. Good luck w/ them all!

aspen, I leave soil in my lightweight foam pots and even leave some perennials or cold loving plants [such as mums, asters, etc.] in them. The composite material of these pots also seems to insulate the plants to a greater extent than clay would. I've not had any crack or show damage yet. Of course, your zone is different. I'd think it would be possible if you placed them in a semi protected location.

Its not burlap. Much finer and thinner. Should I cut it off and just go ahead and repot??