Root cuttings vs stem cuttings
llailiall
6 years ago
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stem rot in rooted cutting. please help
Comments (2)Should i have left it alone to begin with? I tried to, but i was watching it get more and more rotten by the minute and became convinced it was rot because of the clear yellowish liquid that came out when i poked the soft part with a needle. I have grown many non rooted cuttings and never experienced any rot or growth issues before. I will definitely leave it now, thank you for your input....See MoreWhat type of cutting (leaf/stem/semi-hard/hard/root) do you take?
Comments (3)Hi everyone! and thanks in advance to anyone that replies! Hi, and welcome to the discussions! I'm on a super tight gardening budget this year - and by super tight I mean the only way I'll be getting flowers/plants for my container garden is from taking cuttings/seeds from what I already have and what my friends/family are willing to let me take little "snips" of. Anybody with cash can go buy a truckload of beautiful blooms - even have someone plant and care for them. What you want to do takes love, patience, consistent effort, forethought, determination, and IMO, can be extremely satisfying. I'm fairly new to propagating from cuttings - I have Purslane and Blue Daze (Evolvus) down pat, but I don't know what type of cutting and when to take them from ... pretty much anything else, I don't know if it's even possible to take cuttings from some stuff. Here's a list of the plants I have at my "snipping" disposal - Here's my experiences with some of your list... Clematis ... I had 'the president' but it pooped out the first day it was 100 degrees - boo) Clems like to be in full sun with their roots cool. Next time, try placing a potted plant so that it shades your clem roots during the hottest part of the day. This may help it get going. Remove flowers after the petals fall off so the plant does not waste any energy making seeds. Clems take a few years to establish. They make seeds but it is uncertain if seeds will make the same flowers as the parent plant. Mulch is very helpful for Clems. Balloon flower (platycodon grandiflorus - just the regular one and P.g. 'Mariesii') - makes seeds that are ready when the seed pods develop openings at the top. A long-lived perennial. Hosta (32 jillion varieties) - divisions as soon as the summer heat passes or early spring. Hostas live for a LONG time. Columbine - makes seeds that are ready when the seed pods develop openings at the top. Individual plants are short-lived perennials. Canna (My grandpa is going to mow over them if I don't come dig them up this weekend - can you move them any time or will they just die? Most of his don't have flowers and I don't know if it's because he doesn't water or if it's because he mows over them almost every year - can you grow them in containers?) - makes tubers that can be moved about any time. If grandpa mows them, no big deal. I think the ground (vs. in a pot) is preferable for anything perennial in your zone. Try to put them somewhere where they won't be soggy all winter but will get plenty of water in the summer. Mowing and/or lack of water could both lead to lack of flowers. You can cut large tubers in half to make more, and each year the tubers get bigger and make "pups." They also make seeds but people don't always have an easy time trying to get these seeds to sprout. A long-lived perennial as long as the tubers don't rot in the winter. Jasmine (not sure on variety, it may have......See MoreHelp! Different needs for leaf vs. cutting vs. rooted plant?
Comments (11)No, you didn't repeat, this was exactly what I was looking for, thank you! Should the rootless cuttings be placed on top of gritty mix or have the stem submerged? With the Topsy Turvy, this is what I did with it: 1. Depotted, knocked off old soil from roots, repotted in gritty mix. 2. Let sit for a day or two in shade, watered, and put by a window. 3. Biggest leaves started shriveling up. 4. Was afraid it was rotting due to old soil/too much water, so depotted and inspected. Everything looked fine, so I washed the old soil off roots, dried with a paper towel, let them rest for a few hours, then repotted. 5. Put back out by window, but haven't watered since. Biggest leaves continued shriveling. So maybe it needs water? I'd initially stopped because I thought it had too much (though it was only watered once). Still, it's only been a week or two without water and it started shriveling early on. Here are some pics of some plantlets with leaves and roots - the ones on the left: The ones on the right are cuttings that have just the beginnings of small roots. Here are some smaller ones, including a Topsy Turvy (no roots on that one yet): These have not been watered at all yet. I'm afraid to because everything's at different stages - some things have roots, some don't. Here is the pot I replanted. The Senecio seems to be flailing a little bit, the leaves started curling towards the light immediately and are now starting to look a tad wrinkled. The top was damaged in the repotting process. :( Half of these plants are cuttings, half have roots. This pot hasn't been watered yet since repotting (been almost a week). I LOVE the Sedum dasyphyllum. All of the little heads perked right up the day after they were repotted. I hope lots more grows!...See MoreRoot cuttings?
Comments (6)Sounds like a great option to me! I have some roses that I just acquired and are in containers that are about to go into the ground. I’d love to try this with a few now, as some have some long roots exposed and they are extremely rare roses. Did I miss the post about this on the Antique forum? That’s where I usually hang out, and I must have missed it. Do you happen to have any recommendations on where to find the information for root cuttings? Or maybe a link? Great timing for me, by the way! Thanks so much, Lisa...See MoreVaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
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