propogating a shrub in a potato?
cyberianblonde
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Jack Pine (Pinus Banksiana) Seed Propogation
Comments (1)Mike, A good place to start is Tom Clothiers website: http://tomclothier.hort.net/ I'm short of time at the moment, but basically if you look in the Tree and Shrub section you should find stratification and germination data for just about every tree and shrub around. The advice there is sound and I have used it many times for growing pine, spruce and fir trees from seed. One thing I like to do is to soak the seeds in regular hydrogen peroxide for about an hour or two, just to remove any dirt or fungus from the seed coats. After that I change to plain water. Hope that helps. TYG...See Morecordyline propogation
Comments (2)The international cordyline society has a nice website. I think it's cordyline.org. There's propogation info on there somewhere, and lots of pretty pictures of cordyline, too....See MoreColius Propogation
Comments (20)Wow! This thread has a long life. I don't know if anyone is still interested but I thought I would post anyway. I used to have lots of luck rooting coleus in water but now there are so many chemicals in it that if the water doesn't sit for a day the plants start turning black right away. Most of you refer to the length of the cutting and so I have to tell you it is the number of leaf nodes that is important. You can have a very long cutting and if there are no nodes in the water or soil there will be no roots. The rooting hormones usually have a fungicide in them. The auxons (growth chemicals) are stimulated by the rooting hormone so you increase your chances of sucess. When I give propagation classes I recommend the use of a microwave to sterlize the soil. Vermiculite and perlite are both excellent as starting medium because they don't get waterlogged as easily as peat based starting soil.Twenty-five years ago coleus was considered a shade plant. The new hybrids with the brighter colors will take a lot more sun. Since they are hybrids, collecting seed is not usually sucessful in getting a plant with the same characteristics as the parent plant. That's why when you buy the seed you get a mix from a particular strain. I hope this has been helpful :) -Sandy...See MoreTrying to propogate Pussy Willow
Comments (2)welcome !!!!1 what flora said.. but it also research spider mites ... bottom line.. it is NOT a houseplant ... and you will struggle wildly.. to make it into one ... and of course.. being deciduous.. it will loose its leaves every year.. when the sun starts to decline ...i cant tell plant size.. nor pot size.. but it looks like that media.. might not be the best for a shrub.. rather than a house plant .... if you want to discuss that.. you could post a better picture of the whole ... if you want to get it outside.. we need to know where you are.. as getting it outdoors.. for winter dormancy.. would involve 'hardening it off' .. to outdoor temps.. rather than just pitching it out the door ... lol .. but i bet even that would work ... frankly.. you have to try hard to kill a PW ... and most likely.. last spring.. if you simply stuck the branches in mother earth.. some of them would have rooted.. with little or no care from you .... you are loving this plant to death.. so what is the next step???? are you willing to let it be free .. to see if it comes back to you .. or do you want to look at a bare indoor plant all winter .. either choice is fine with me ... [though if you keep it indoors.. you are probably going to have to let it dry out pretty well.. while its leafless .. we dont want to rot the roots on a dormant shrub] ... good luck ken...See Morenandina
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