Help with rooting helichrysum and lavender cuttings
jennifer_champagne80
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What media is best to root cuttings?
Comments (3)My usual method? lol. Well, I'm just beginning to learn about the "right" ways to raise plants, so there have been a lot of "not right" ways that I've tried to do things! I HAVE rooted a few pieces of rosemary, but for some reason the lavender is giving me trouble. I also had SOME success with catnip, sage, various vines, possibly peperomia, a couple sedums, and LOTS of jade leaves. I just took some cuttings (a few inches long? Some were probably shorter), took the leaves off the bottom, dipped in rooting hormone, and put in soil (probably the same stuff I made for my square foot type beds outside). The first few failed miserably, so the ones I tried after that, I put a plastic bag over top, and they lasted for longer, but eventually died off. One, surprisingly, worked! Let's see, what else? I tried to keep the moisture on the low side. Also, they were outside in a bright area, but very little direct sun. As far as light for my current/future cuttings, have east windows that are partially blocked by trees, and a west facing picture window (that most of my high-light plants are in.) I tend to put cuttings either on my kitchen counter (low to moderate light), or the east facing window sill (some direct light in the morning, but not much), or another east facing windowsill where the sun is mottled by a maple tree. (this is where I complain that the tree is blocking my sun. grrr) The west facing window gets direct sun for a number of hours in the afternoon. When we HAVE sun, that is (I live in Vancouver). For my Persian Shields (that are my big project right now), I did make sure to keep a node for the roots to grow from. I have a couple in water, and one in some sort of potting soil mix. They look good for now, but it's only been a week or so. I also have them under a plastic produce bag (the type that grapes and cherries come in- with holes all through them)....See MoreRussian Sage & Munstead Lavender: Do they ever get cut back?
Comments (13)Bumblebeez, mine are typically cut back to within 6 inches or so of the ground but I don't really measure when I cut back. Mine reach a height of ~3 feet tall in typical summers and I have cut back the flowerheads after blooming and gotten second blooms. Mine are in an area out front where they get no special care as they are naturalized in an area and have reseeded themselves. I know that some people like leaving the stalks of many plants up over the winter for winter interest, but I find that if they are going to get blown down and blow across the yard, they get cut back. I have this issue with quite a few plants but the grasses are the worst in the bunch! Russian sage tends not to have this issue but while I am out in the area tidying it up for winter, they typically get cut back too!...See MoreTransplanted lavender - cut off flower buds?
Comments (2)are they all the same variety lavender? do they all get the same sun exposure? If you feel that the plants are unhealthy, removing the flower buds would redirect energy to roots and leaf production. But some lavenders are more silver than others, so its hard to tell you if the difference in leaf color is a sign of a problem or just...a difference. pictures??...See Morecreating rooted lavender cuttings?
Comments (3)I've had luck just pinching off a couple inches of Tips, and strip leaves from the lower portion, let dry just a bit, then tuck into sterile potting soil, set in bright shade. Don't overwater or put in a glass, or stems can rot. I'm usually so busy I just tuck some of these into existing outside pots that get light watering often, and they often take root just fine, growing slowly at first, then they want to be planted in the ground sometime in the next year, (or a larger Pot) before they leap and take over the pot, if you started them on the fly in an already planted one. People in the Portland, Oregon area can come get a bunch of cuttings from my lavender plants NOW to help shape them up! I have Mustead cuttings that I just cut this morning. Such lovey soft foliage, I think everyone should have some. And like othetr lavender they take drought and neglect, as long as you trim them back in late summer or fall - to make more! Rosemary & other shrubs too. So easy to do. Come get em!...See Morejennifer_champagne80
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