My technique is not so very complicated. I use as a rooting medium some crushed granite mixed with perlite and/or sphagnum (whatever is laying around in an old pot). The crushed granite is what's left in my driveway after I used the rest for my garden paths. I fill a pansy pot (8" green plastic pot) with the mixture and add about 6-10 cuttings. I make sure each cane has a "heel" and is semi-ripe. I don't worry about the cuttings having leaves as they tend to fall off for me anyhow. I place the pots of cuttings in a shaded greenhouse and mist them sporadically. The mister comes on when I water my gardens (usually every day or every other day). When the mister doesn't seem to be working (perhaps the heads are clogged as I pump water from the pond unfiltered), I just take the hose and spray in the greenhouse. It's not terrible technical. Caveat: I learned from experience. The cuttings that I started in the summer last year, and potted to a gallon size, and left unprotected on my driveway through winter died...almost all of them. Suprisingly, my seedlings I overwintered on the driveway in the exact same conditions, did NOT die. This winter I will keep them in a protected (but unheated) building. I hope this helps.

Hi Josh, I wouldn't say that either but damn, I live in an apartment and I am quickly running low on space. You see my main addiction is with tropical fruit trees. Of all the tropicals on the planet, I have to be hooked on this group of plants? I seriously think I must have lived on a tropical island in a previous life. LOL! Mike, You yourself have taught me a lot and it has been great getting to know ya! You truly are an awesome man, and very VERY generous! I just hope things are going better for ya. So many people in the past taking advantage of you...AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T MEAN THAT ABOUT ANYONE HERE! I love this group of people here, Rhizo, Josh, Mike, Laura, so many, I hate to give names because I know all ready I have left so many out. You all have taught me how to take much better care of my citrus. MY 'ORo Blanco' is going thru such a HUGE growth spurt right now, my 'Meyer' dropped a few leaves, and fruits but it's flushing all ready, same with my 'Ponderosa'. A couple years ago, the only citrus I could grow was my 'Key lime' and 'Ponderosa' but because of this awesome group, I have now expanded to what I have now! HEy Mike, One last thing...when you have some free time(which I know isnot a lot for you), could you post some pics of your bonsai 'Ponderosa'? I also would love to see some more pics of your 'Oro Blanco' and some pics of that 'NavelOrange' blooming. Take care everyone and thanks again! Andrew

I am the gardener at my house. Husband was been invited, but had no taste for it at all. I had hoped we would be one of those adorable little couples who create a beautiful yard together, but that dream died with the scores of plants he murdered. He came out with me a few times and the results were a disaster. I may as well have sprayed Agent Orange on my most treasured plants He was always drawn to Round up and the weedwhacker, and randomly beheading or poisoning anything green. The really weird part was he would disappear from where we were working together. I would be talking and weeding, and he would just be gone. When i finally would go look for him, I would find a path of carnage on the way. He would deny every cold blooded murder. He is the Ted Bundy of gardeners. Since I could not have him incarcerated, I have made do with a life sentence of never touching anything that prunes or poisons again. I am not one to require my own way, but this he found out was an exception. So, out of respect to 39 years of marriage, I record shows I know he loves, and encourage him to enjoy those while I work outside. Heck, I would not care if it was porn if it protects the few plants I have left. In loving memory of plants lost in their prime Laurie.

Fran, that's exactly OUR situation. We've been in this house for over 39 years, and we're honestly sort of packrats. It's been and experience trying to organize and reduce the clutter. I hope you have the good luck we did selling--found buyers rather quickly--who have been a dream to work with (so far--and just the walk-through and closing to go!). And may you find movers who are as good as ours! Am sure you've done a lot of decluttering to list the house--I can only suggest continuing to do so, as enthusiastically as possible. One thing I did this past weekend? I put post-it notes on EVERYthing. They were color-coded (pink for main floor, yellow for basement), and each stated the destination room at the new house. It really seemed to speed things along, I didn't have to direct anything much once we got to the new house. Of course, there was one little glitch with that, one of the movers was color-blind, but he said the colors I used were ones he could distinguish! Again, best of luck to you!