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The art of propagating roses through rose cuttings has been used since the Victorian Era, and was popular with the pioneers who journeyed across the United States looking for a new life. They brought along cuttings from their gardens, …
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Pre-making holes in the rooting medium will insure that the rooting hormone remains on the plant stem cutting, not on the soil surface. This will improve chances of rooting the cuttings and making new house or garden plants.
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Plants From Cuttings
QUOTE: The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to doing something better than they have ever done before
- Vita Sackville-West
One of the most cost effective ways of getting plants for your garden is from cuttings off other plants.
Many people avoid trying to grow plants from cuttings assuming it is too difficult. If you know what to do it isn't quite as hard as many people believe.
When you take a cutting off the plant that you want to grow, make sure it is approximately the length of a pencil.
You will then need to remove all but the top two leaves on the cutting. If the cutting is from a large leaf plant you should also consider removing another leaf from the top to ensure there isn't too much leaf for the cutting.
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You will find where to cut the plant by looking at the stem. Where there is swelling on the stem, these are called nodes and this is where the growth of the plant occurs. You should always cut below a node when taking your cutting.
Once you have a good cutting you should treat it with a suitable hormone formulation. There are different types of hormone formulations specifically for the various types of plants and you will need to match the correct hormone with the plant cuttings you are growing. Your garden center can help with this.
Dip approximately 1/2 inch of the bottom of the stem into the correct hormone and then insert the stem into a suitable rooting medium. This rooting medium can be a mixture of pumice and sand for good results.
Compact the mix lightly around the stem to hold it in place.
If you cut the top off a clear plastic drink bottle it will act as a mini hot house once turned upside down and placed over the plant.
This will help raise the temperature inside and stimulate growth.
After about a month your cutting will have roots and you will be able to remove it and pot it as you would any other plant.
It really is quite simple once you know what to do.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/plants.html
Thanks,
Annie
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Question: How should I take cuttings of a beautiful, old climbing yellow rose in the yard of a farmhouse nearby that's about to be demolished? Answer: I love your foresight of preserving old varieties that are about to be destroyed! …
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Identifying Plant Problems Not all plant problems are caused by insects or diseases. Sometimes an unhealthy.
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Aeroponics allows more control of the environment around the root zone, as, unlike other plant growth systems, the plant roots are not constantly surrounded by some medium (as, for example, with hydroponics, where the roots are …
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Step-by-step instructions - how to plant a tree.
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Bring plant questions to this weekend's plant clinicHagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 15 minutes agoA plant clinic is an ask-me-anything information booth where you can bring gardening questions or plant or insect samples for identification and advice. …
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Author: bethie Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:40 pm (GMT 0) I would Not plant them in the least sunny area. As for soil they are not picky and are an easy plant to grow. They should do well in your area. …
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