Re: Spring Gardening

Cuttings...yeah....my ex called earlier this evening and said his CO blue
Spruce has 2 headers and can he cut one off and stick it in a glass of water
and get another tree....I explained cuttings, length, rooting hormone, etc.
Gave him the materials; sent him URLS for illustrations. He seemed to think
this was a lot of bother for something that really should sprout from a
glass of water.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring Gardening


> A friend of mine just takes a cutting and sticks it in the ground where
> she wants it to grow. The vast majority of them root without any
> hormone at all. I have never done so, but I recall reading that they
> can also be cut back in the early summer. Flowering may be a bit
> delayed, but will happen.
> Cathy
> On Saturday, June 5, 2004, at 12:10 PM, james singer wrote:
>
> > Easy to do, Rich. They'll even root in water, I think. Just remove the
> > blooms and carefully remove the leaves from two or three nodes at the
> > bottom of the cutting, dunk it in Rootone or similar [Schultz's is
> > called TakeRoot] and poke them into damp sand or vermiculite. Keep
> > them in a shady spot, don't let them dry out, don't disturb them for 3
> > or 4 weeks. They should have roots by then.
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, June 5, 2004, at 02:43 PM, Richard T. Apking wrote:
> >
> >> As you all can see by the original posting date,I've been thinking
> >> this over
> >> for quite a while.  Has anyone cut back their Autumn Joy; and if so,
> >> what
> >> was the result.  I guess I just figured they would be tall and
> >> somewhat
> >> floppy in the fall.  Also about rooting the cut off portions, is this
> >> difficult?  I've never done this, and could (if I decide to do the
> >> cutting
> >> back) use some help as to the techniques so the venture is a success.
> >> Thanks, Rich in Z-5
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <Zemuly@aol.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 7:03 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spring Gardening
> >>
> >>
> >>> In a message dated 5/21/2004 8:45:09 PM Central Standard Time,
> >>> Chris@widom-assoc.com writes:
> >>> plan to try pruning sedum 'Autumn Joy' as well to keep it stocky.
> >>>
> >>> You can easily root your trimmings.  I cut mine back every year in
> >>> late
> >>> summer when it gets too leggy.  I'm notorious for rooting everything
> >>> --
> >> for that
> >>> reason my beds look like my house!  They're a confusion of plants.
> >>>
> >>> I weeded beds at the Ag Experiment Station this morning then stopped
> >>> by a
> >>> great nursery where I bought two Lespedeza thunbergii.  I have
> >>> wanted one
> >> (or
> >>> two) for years and their mention in this month's "American Gardener"
> >> sealed the
> >>> deal.  (Or maybe the 90 degree temp frazzled my brain.) Tomorrow I
> >>> tackle
> >> the
> >>> horror in the beds.  Soon I, too, will take pics for display.
> >>>
> >>> zem
> >>> zone 7
> >>> West TN
> >>>
> >>> zem
> >>> zone 7
> >>> West TN
> >>>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > Zone 10
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
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