Re: rhodie cuttings

**t*@earthlink.net**

Rose Marie,

  I've found that almost any plant that roots easily and quickly can be a good nurse cutting for other things. I have also experimented by planting a few bean seeds in pots with hard to root cutting, and this too has sometimes appeared to have been effective.
  At the same time, I suspect there are some species that root easily that are the opposite of symbiotic...(grass seeds & ?. Unfortunately no one has done any extensive testing of this kind, so we don't have the data. Still, I've seen enough positive from nurse crops of many sorts, to have new respect for the idea of companion plantings.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rose Marie McGee <rmnicholsmcgee@comcast.net>
>Sent: Jul 6, 2013 9:56 AM
>To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [GWL] rhodie cuttings
>
>Jeff, this is an informative article. Written in 1994 it seems to not having taken into account the later findings about the results from willow water rooted cuttings. I'm now wondering if there may be other plants which might stimulate rooting of woody plants cuttings. Thanks. 
>Rose Marie
>On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Jeff Lowenfels wrote:
>
>>> 
>> Success with Rooted Cuttings - American Rhododendron Society
>> www.rhododendron.org/v48n4p201.htm
>> If you have a heated greenhouse or a propagating frame but have never attempted toroot rhododendron cuttings, you would be well advised to refer to one of ...
>> 
>> teaming, now with nutrients,
>> 
>> jeff
>> 
>
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