Re: norfolk island pine

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I would love to hear from anyone here who has actually rooted cuttings from 
Norfolk Island Pines themselves. I have found almost all large conifers, 
except cypress & juniper, to be quite tricky at best to root.
  As for needing a terminal bud to grow a tall tree....I doubt this is 
actually true. If you can root a side branch, yes, it will grow sideways, 
prostate, BUT if you stake it upright, it will after a while self-correct 
and start growing upright on its own. This has been my experience with, for 
example, a great many Podocarpus spp. that I've grown from cuttings.

Tom

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From: "Geri Laufer" <gerilaufer@gmail.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] norfolk island pine

#1 suggestion: turn the plant.
if you take a branch cutting the new plant will not grow upright. If your
cutting is from the leader, the new plant will be a duplicate.
What if she could re-use the pot for sentimentality and get a fresh new
tree for it?  Best, Geri Laufer

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp <
hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Twice in the past week I have received questions about Norfolk Island
> pines. We grow these here are an indoor ornamental...frequently decorated
> for Christmas
>
> Question One: the plant is lopsided from the pot never having been turned,
> so it leans quite a bit to one side. Possible solution — snip off the
> longer branches on one side and try to straighten in pot...possibly w/a
> stake.
>
> Question Two: the 20-year-old plant has tremendous sentimental value for
> the owner, but is declining. She want info on taking a root cutting...I'm
> wondering if a cutting from the leader would be better?? On line, a 
> Website
> said these are usually grown commercially from seed, but I'm guessing that
> is not an option.
>
> Any thoughts, suggestions???
>
> jems
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