Re: Chocolate Cosmo
Kristl Walek wrote:
>
> > I've yet to be successful taking cuttings from chocolate cosmos. What
> > methods work best for you?
> >
> > Nan
> >
>
> Nan:
>
> My apologies for not answering earlier. My server has been down for 2
> days. Unfortunately, I have not done cuttings of Cosmos atrosanuineus.
> I am in fact, totally useless with cuttings of all but the totally
> idiot proof species.
>
> However, give me a seed and I can germinate it.
>
> However, there has been much discussion of this species on other
> groups, and I know that cuttings are possible. Perhaps someone else on
> this list can share their method, for the benefit of us all.
>
> Kristl
> Gardens North Seed
> Z4, N. Gower, Ontario Canada
>
If the cosmo is the same as the regular plants, then they are pretty
easy to get to grow from cuttings.
I found this out by accident when my cosmos fell over from the wind
storm.
I just left them to lay across the ground and noticed that they were
rooting along the stem at the part where it met the ground.
When I got tired of looking at them sprawled all over, I decided to
move them against a fence, so I could support them better.
It so happened that the ground had become muddy from a rainy period. I
just chopped off about ten inch length of stems and left the ends open
to the air and buried the rest of it. I then just left them as the
ground was wet for several days.
The result is I now have baloon flowers and cosmos blooming on these
new plants that have grown to be about a foot high now.
If the ground is not muddy I would keep the soil where you transplant
them, whether into the ground or a pot pretty evenly moist until they
form a good root structure.
Good luck!
Rita
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