Any of You use peroxide in water or soil for rooting
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Comments (39)smr9479, welcome! To answer your question, as long as the cutting you make has at least two mature leaves (4 or more is usually better), it should root. To make a standard cutting (for your average hoya), you want to cut the stem right BELOW a node (the place where the leaves join to the stem, again making sure there are at least two leaves on the CUT portion of plant- see picture below). For heavier (large leaves or a big cutting) hoyas or hoyas with very small internode stem (stem tissue between two sets of leaves), you want to make a cut directly BELOW a node. You will then remove the leaves from the node. See picture. Keep in mind any long, young vines that have immature or no leaves may die back. But, after it uses the energy to root, it will grow a new vine. Hoya waymaniae, taking a standard cutting: Hoya waymaniae, taking a heavy "duty" cutting (large leaves or very tiny internode space):...See Morerooting a coleus plant- do it in water or soil?
Comments (54)Heythere, Vintage. Good to hear from you! You can absolutely use a wine bottle, or BBQ sauce bottle, coffee can, whatever you have that is clean and will hold water. I quit using glass I want to keep because our water is so full of lime. After a few weeks, glass items are etched with lime deposits, a caveat to others who might have lime-y water. Brandon has some excellent info (gleaned from experience) to share about propagating in general. I don't blame him for sticking to his general view that water propagation is the red-headed step-child of propagation. His objections inspired me to share more of what I've experienced and I look forward to doing a better job with taking more pictures this coming spring. His warnings that most plants won't yield the same results with this method are valid, and his contributions to this discussion are appreciated, at least by me. I don't know if the person who started this discussion imagined it becoming so "big." My description of my last picture added did prove to be true. There are at least 4x as many cuttings as what is pictured Nov. 19. Some have been separated more, other jars with large openings still have up to 10 cuttings in them. Ken, you might be interested to know that the accumulation of your comments about the size of cuttings in general inspired me to stick the tiny tip of a Coleus plant next to the mama when I accidentally broke it off. It's been at least 3 weeks so I think it's safe to say that it's going to live since it's not crispy brown yet. You have to look closely at the very bottom of the pic to see that it's a separate, tiny piece, just a couple leaves. (The mama is a cutting I appropriated from a giant overgrown planter in Sept.) It was already well-rooted by the time "panic night" rolled around, and partly due to this discussion, and partly due to testimonials I've read from others who do have success keeping potted Coleus alive for winter, I potted it up at the same time as taking the other cuttings. Don't know if the soil purists will consider this a good comparison since it had "water roots" before going into a pot. Someone above mentioned newer style windows with UV protections and that definitely could have and probably did contribute to my failures in OH. My dwellings all had at least double-pane windows and at my last one, where I really went nuts and failed miserably the last winter I tried, I had the windows replaced in January with all of those fancy options. Great for furniture and carpet, really can have disastrous effects on plants. Become more honest with myself about the vast difference in light for a plant right on a windowsill vs. one 4 ft. from the window also....See MoreHydrogen Peroxide for bad roots?
Comments (16)It was a long time ago. I think I poured some in a cup 1/3 and water. The Phal had some bad roots which I cut off and poured the mix over it. Next day it looked bad and over the next few weeks the healthy roots died. I'm sured it burned. Maybe too strong. I have learned over the years of growing orchids, less is more. Fiddling with their roots is not a good idea. They are very strong plants with good reserves. I have repotted plants with really bad roots and they actually branched and grew new healthy ones. With good growing conditions, plants will turn around. I spent most of my orchid growing in NY in zone 5-6. It takes a long time to grow different orchids well. Each has to be looked at individually. Best to focus on a few varieties and get those under control. Don't spread yourself too thin, you'll lose plants and money. Learn the varieties which do well under your growing conditions. As you learn more, add new varieties. You will lose plants, but you learn. Don't do anything now at this time of year. I can almost guarantee you will not be successful. Wait unil end of Feb/March. The daylight lengthens and orchids go into growth mode. When you see new roots growing, try anything you want. They have the grow power to overcome your mistakes. Jane...See MoreTo water or not to water .....and using a soil probe
Comments (2)No experience with it. But I suggest you create a drained situation. If you're concerned about drip off the balcony, use a 2-pot system. Grow the plant in a pot with drainholes which is set into the no-hole pot. Periodically lift out the inner pot to remove excess water....See More- 15 years ago
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