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Author: katsback Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:52 am (GMT 0) Nice Polly, i was hoping mine from last year would return this spring, just to cold i guess..
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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.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/plants.html
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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Author: eileen Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:12 am (GMT 0) Really looking forward to those pics CK. I may try upside down tomatoes myself next year if yours all produce a good crop. Mine are only just beginning to form flowers at the …
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50, 79 humidity, N 13 mph gusting to 22 mph wind, cloudy I finally potted these little guys up. I also potted up the 2 surviving hardy hibiscus seedlings, the rest of the apple seedlings, and planted the few surviving johnny jump ups …
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