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Re: [GWL]: Citrus

Subject: Re: [GWL]: Citrus
 
But I don't have any understock.
Or experience grafting.  ( Might be a good time to bone up on it, eh? )
Diana Politika
The Greenhouse Nursery
Port Angeles, WA
Zone 8
Hello Diana:
I have had some success with citrus cuttings on my sunporch.
Have mostly used new growthwood with some traces of wood showing on
the basal end of the cuttings.
I used a spent gallon jug of windshield wiper fluid as a mini greenhouse.
Cut the top off and on the bottom cut 5 small holes for air circulation.
I fashioned a flap large enough to get the head of a spray bottle inside the
flap to irrigate without disturbing the cuttings.
Took cuttings direct from citrus right to prepared medium. (Nothing special-
just Pete's pro mix) No IBA's were used. Just gave the cuttings a really
good splash after literally sticking them in the medium after trimming off all
but the last 2 or 3 leaves on the stick/s-cutting/s.
Covered the pot with the whitish colored plastic mini greenhouse and set it
right on top of the soil and then placed the pot in a spot that is warm and get's
diffused sun. Kept an eye on it to make sure the cuttings remained mainly moist
but not soaked and within a month, the cuttings developed "new growth."
I have yet to try this on my Meyer lemon but may, just to see, if Meyer is
propagatable (is that a word?)
Best of growing,
~Gianni
S-NH Z- 5/6
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