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Re: European Geraniums
On 26/04/97 00:49, in message <3361B382.57EF@eskimo.com>, Duncan
McAlpine <mcalpin@eskimo.com> wrote:
I purchased a plant last year. To get free cuttings for next year....cut
a portion off of each trailing vine with a node. When you have the node,
cut the node in half with a razor blade down the length of the stem.
Place the stem in media.
Can someone improve on what I am trying to say.
.... Don't know if this is an improvement on something that works, but there was
an article in a British gardening magazine a few years ago on Pelargonium cuttings.
The gist was:
a) leave cuttings for twentyfour hours to dry off after trimming and before planting.
b) Don't use rooting hormone.
c) The best time for taking cuttings is the end of the growing season, but not after
growth has stopped. In our part of the world that means Aug-Sept but not Oct.
The usual sand/peat mix is the recommended medium.
That year I did some tests on the first two, and they definitely improve success
rates.
I don't regard myself as at all expert, but, like Duncan, these tips worked for me.
Michael Open
Belfast
Northern Ireland
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