Re: Rooting in water
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- Subject: Re: Rooting in water
- From: T*
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 04:30:31 -0500
On 3/15/99 6:08 PM Barb Pernacciaro (bpern@idcnet.com) said:
>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?
Here's a message from our Tropical Hibiscus Mail List about how they root
them in Sweden:
I usually propagate my hibs with softwood (green stem) cuttings. This is
excellent to do while pruning, only trouble is not to keep too many
cuttings! The cutting should be 4-6" long. Leave max 2-3 mature leaves
on the cutting; you don't want too much competition during root
development. Then I usually either:
1. Put cutting in water till enough roots develops, changing the water
daily.
or
2. Put cutting directly into a dirtfilled pot, water and put a plastic
bag with little airholes in it (I use the holepuncher) and a rubber band
around the pot to keep in moisture.
These are the two most common technique for rooting softwood cuttings
here in Sweden and since they been in use for at least 50 years (ask my
mom!) I see no reason not to recommend them to you.
Good luck
Yvonne <palais.de.forsling@2.sbbs.se>
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