Re: cuttings

My boxes are 18-inch squares made of PT 2-by-8s sitting on top of my potting bench in my lathhouse [shade]. They are filled with vermiculite only; they are misted for 10 minutes each at Dr Pepper times [10, 2, 4]. They are always damp, never wet. The vermiculite tends to break down after a couple of years, at which time I dump and mix it in with the potting soil and put fresh vermiculite in the cutting box.

Because it never gets cold here--no matter how much I say I'm freezing in February--the boxes are in use all year.

On Aug 6, 2005, at 1:53 PM, hodgesaa@earthlink.net wrote:

Oh, what about drain holes? What do you do about keeping them from getting
too wet?

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


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Date: 8/6/2005 12:39:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] cuttings

I didn't respond right away Andrea, because I have mixed results with my
cuttings. I'm now using the clear enclosed box method that I think Cathy
brought up some time back. I use a 1:1 mix of perlite and vermiculite in
mine. I just checked this morning and some of my hardy woody cuttings
have
taken hold. Previously I had only done tender plants in this box and with
great results.

But as I understand it you are doing yours in the open, no top. So I
really

wouldn't be able to give any advice.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] cuttings



I don't live in an humid climate Andrea but I just use vermiculite.

Little

chance of rotting that way.  I actually used Jim's method of the box.

Ask

him about it it's a good solution.

David
http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 6:19 PM
Subject: [CHAT] cuttings



Question for those of you in really humid climates. I've been trying

to

do some Hydrangea cuttings and a few other things this summer. Seems
they were doing well until it got into July. It's been so humid that

the

soil isn't "breathing." My cuttings are rotting rapidly and it's

really
irritating me.


Do y'all use JUST vermiculite to do cuttings or do you use soil also?
Does the vermiculite work better? I bought a bag today at Lowe's so I
can try that. Should I wait until September when it cools off some?


I want to start some things (mostly Hydrangeas and Salvias) even
though

I know it's late into the summer, but actually I usually do some in

the
fall and they do fine.

A


Andrea H
Beaufort, SC

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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