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[INDOOR-GARDENING:402] Re: Chinese Evergreen

Hi Donna and Everyone:

I'm relatively new to the list, and this is the first message I feel 
qualified to respond to.  Yes, an Aglaonema Silver Queen will root from a 
cutting.  A few years ago my mother brought home a piece of Silver Queen that 
her office's plant maintenance service accidentally lopped off.  It rooted in 
a few week in moist vermiculite, which I prefer using to water.  I also used 
rooting hormone.

Karen in NY

Original message:

<<I have had a Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema, Silver Queen) for about 18 months
now and I have treated it very badly.  It was originally very full and
happy, but over the last few months it has gotten sparser and sparser.
Yesterday I wanted to pick off a couple of yellow leaves, and the whole
stalk came out of the ground - the roots had rotted off.  I then gave gentle
tugs to the other 5 stalks, and I got the same reaction.  I cut off the
rotted portion, threw out the soil, and left the stalks in a vase of water,
hoping they will root again.  I realize that what I did wrong - I
overwatered the poor thing.  I keep it on top of a high shelf, and it is
difficult to test the soil up there, so I just watered it without checking.
I looked up propagation techniques for the chinese evergreen, and "cuttings"
wasn't one of them (division was).

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

Thanks,
Donna>>
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