Re: re: houseplant question

When Kat the plantwoman had to cut back or thin the
ones at work she would offer the stalks to anyone who
wanted them - all you had to do was strip a few bottom
leaves and literally stick it in a pot of damp soil. 
I had one in a container of water for several years
(we put it there to keep until someone took it home,
which never happened, so it lived in a corner of my
office).  Developed a massive root system in the
water. 

Libby
Maryland zone 6


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<4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> I have a Cordyline baurii which is closely related
> and looks like a purple
> version of the Dracaena.  The cultivation
> requirements said to cut it back
> every year to start afresh, but I just didn't want
> to risk it.  2005 will be
> it's third season.  The bottommost leaves are
> looking dull and may
> eventually need to be removed, but each year it gets
> bigger and better.  I
> plant it in the ground every summer and dig it up
> each fall.  One of these
> days, maybe I'll take the plunge and try cutting
> back to rejuvenate it, but
> I'd like to propagate that top growth.  Which would
> be the best route?
> Airlayering - or cutting sections to lay
> horizontally in rooting medium - or
> something else?
> 
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ed browning" <ebrowning@lewiston.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:47 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] re: houseplant question
> 
> 
> > Don't know what happens if you cut them off. Mine
> recently sent up new
> shoots,
> > then the old one dried up. So the roots do produce
> new growth.  It's a
> > Dracaena marginata.
> > Judy B
> > z 6 Idaho cooler, few snow flakes with brief rain
> today. More, more...
> >
> >
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