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Please, wish me luck my friends. My way of rooting.

myermike_1micha

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

Yup, nothing special and nno particular way of rooting. It has worked in the past, so I am hoping something takes with all this heat and humidity,

I just stick a few into a pile of unused bark mulch and cover with a shade cloth and hope for the best!

I really hope this work. Some I just stuck right into it and others I stuck into a potato and buried. That's how I root anything from rose cuttings to citrus to gardenia to house plants. See them somewhere in there? Still green for about 3 weeks now. Keeping my fingers crossed.

.Ha

Thanks everyone

Mike

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Laura LaRosa (7b)

6 years ago

Mike I would be interested to know how they work out. Good luck with them. I have found citrus more difficult to root than other plants. I have tried to root meyer and my ST several times without success. However, my cocktail grapefruit still has two leaves and seems fine. Then, about 6 weeks ago, a branch broke off my oro blanco. Instead of throwing it out, I cut it up into three chunks and tried to root them....well, I think the three have taken off! Two are actively growing leaves, and the third is still as green as ever (but has not sprouted). I wonder if pomelos are easier to root than lemons...???

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Vladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
6 years ago
I wish you luck, Mike. What do you have rooting there?
myermike_1micha
Original Author
6 years ago
Oh God, A few different Hoya.s a weird houseplant, a coleus I don't want to loose come winter, and some orange, grapefruit, and I think a Calamondin..Come to think of it, I should of labeled than darn things Vladimir...Ha
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Vladimir (Zone 5b Massachusetts)
6 years ago
Have you been successful in rooting citrus this way?
Susanne Michigan Zone 5/6
6 years ago
Mike looks all good so far. I saw a video couple of weeks ago where a guy stuck some citrus in a potatoe. I thought it was kinda joke and not serious. Now you are saying that this works? What is the potatoe doing to the rooting? I think labeling would be a good idea. Years ago I was able to remember what I did weeks or even months ago. Now it seems I can not remember after a couple of days which is what. Bad.
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Your method may very well work for you if you have naturally-high humidity. If your humidity plummets, then all bets are off, unless you cover them with an air-tight plastic covering or clear to transluscent container.

I just keep a clear plastic storage container partially under a tree for the summer. It is filled with a couple inches of 1/2 perlite and 1/2 potting soil. As I find things to root, in they go into the container. It's protected from bugs and critters, maintains really high humidity and stays warm. I've had success rooting citrus, bougainvillea, holly, and many other things that can be tricky or take a long time. I do use hormone too.

But mainly the optimal rooting environment has light, is warm, protected from bugs and critters, fairly free of fungus, and very humid.
poncirusguy6b452xx
6 years ago
I wish you luck on the rooting. I have given up on all rooting projects except figs , tomatoes, and, sweet potatoes

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hibiscus909
6 years ago
I have used pine bark fines to root some plants. Works great for azaleas and crepe myrtle, for example. Have not yet tried citrus, so I look forward to your report.
jinnylea
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Good luck, Mike. I wish you and your cuttings much success! I look forward to your future reports. :)

I have a few recent Etrog cuttings (and a few other varieties) that I put in a soiless potting medium and covered (after watering deeply ) with a vented plastic baggie. They are in my sunroom where the temperature and humidity is high and they are now rooting. They have new leaves developing on most of them so I am very excited.

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