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Re: grevillea cuttings

>I've been trying to propagate several varieties of Grevillea (G. lanigera,
>G. alpina among others) from cuttings and have so far had zero success.
>Anyone out there have any tips on how to make the cuttings take?
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>University of California
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Perhaps this might be considered a crackpot approach, and I'm not
recommending it from any experience, but I've heard of rooting some cuttings
in "willow water" or "coleus water". By this I seem to recall that you take
willow (or coleus) slips, plunge them into water, and add the cuttings you
wish to root. Enzymes or hormones from the willow/coleus are supposed to
stimulate rooting in your grevilleas! 

I believe I might have read this in The Avant Gardener magazine many years ago.

What do you have to lose?

Has anyone else heard or tried this method? Does it really work?

Doug McClure
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