Rooting in water
- To: Perennial List
- Subject: Rooting in water
- From: B* P*
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:08:52 -0600
Barb in Illinois:
Years ago I took a Plant Propagation course at Southern Ill. Univ.,
and we learned that the roots that form in water are very breakable
making it difficult to transplant them. But I have gotten around that
by rooting things in water in a waxed or styrofoam cup inside a glass
of water. Then as roots form and are about an inch or so long,
gradually adding sterile potting soil every few days to the water.
Then after a few weeks when it's full of soil, pulling the inner cup
out and letting it drain and become the first pot. Pussy willows
should readily root, but it would even work better on a vegetative
(non-flowering) shoot (I have a memory that half-hardened vegetative
growth is preferred for rooting woody stuff). Any others with more
experience?
--
Barb P.
SE Wisconsin, Zone 4
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