Comments on: cuttings

By: Kiersten Suominen

Kiersten Suominen — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:56:53 +0000

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By: ricki

ricki — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:10:06 +0000

Karen~A friend just gave me a nice bunch of pussy willows. I may stick a few of them in the ground to see what happens. I once built a trellis from the long whips pruned from a forsythia and it began to grow…so I guess anything is possible.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:14:25 +0000

PS It’s not just the time of year, it’s whether plants should be propagated by hardwood or softwood cuttings, I think. Not that I know which is which! I know another blogger who discovered willows root directly into the soil when she used some shoots as markers and then they rooted! So, trial and error is good too.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:10:40 +0000

Here’s to a long life and a full garden! My brain aches too when I read those books, I usually get to about page 3 and give up. Great you are just trying to see what works!

By: ricki

ricki — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:40:52 +0000

Wendy~I think overnight is long enough to quarantine the daffys before adding them to mixed bouquets. I wonder what happens if one fails to do that?
Grace~Never had much luck with the rooting hormone/sandy soil approach. I guess I just like to see what’s going on through the glass.
Jo~What kind of success have you had with poking sticks in soil? Rooting water sounds like a good plan. Yep, berms are us…and it all started with a pile of left-over soil just like yours.
Megan~Big yards tend to bring out the thrifty in us.
Jane~Some work, some don’t. I think it has something to do with the season the cuttings are taken, but, like I say, the process is hit-and-miss around here.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:14:28 +0000

I’ve had only serendipitous luck with cuttings. Usually it’s something I brought inside for its foliage and it lasted long enough to root. Good to know about the coleus. That choisya is a beautiful shade of yellow - how frugal of you and how rewarding it must be to have propagated it successfully!

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:27:53 +0000

Oh now that you mention it, I remember that tip, but I too have a terrible time remembering proper propagation techniques. It always seems easier to go buy armloads of new plants at nurseries. Lazy gardening. but good to know that Choisya might root from a cutting. I might try making some baby plants for a friend with a huge yard that’s been needing some of these, so thanks for the idea.

By: joco

joco — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:44:35 +0000

Didn’t realize Coleus also exuded auxin.

I usually have a large rainwater bottle of salix sticks on the go outside, for when I need some wholesome rooting water in a hurry.

Which isn’t very often, I hasten to add. My usual method is standing forlorn in the garden with some pruned stems in my hands and wondering what to do with them. Then I go around prodding the soil, and anything that gives, gets a bunch of sticks stuck in.

BTW, you were the ‘berm’ lady, weren’t you? Just thinking back to when I read about that, as my impromptu berm ( just a pile of soil I intended for something or other), is now full of (holey) growth.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:07:38 +0000

Me too, Ricki. I’ve got cell packs filled with potting soil for those instances when I think I’ll give a snippet a chance to humor me. Salvias and agastaches are really easy; hebe and fuchsia are a bit moody but not difficult. I remember sort of panicking during the botany class when I took the Master Gardener courses. Science is not my forte. I knew about the Salix’s rooting properties but I wasn’t aware of the coleus. Good information. I’ll remember this.