Re: Anyone doing cuttings now?
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Anyone doing cuttings now?
- From: m*@cvtv.net (Cindy Meredith)
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 07:43:26 -0500
- References: <c4f22799.24f09882@aol.com>
>>Now I have a question. Some of my plants are anywhere
>> from 5-9 feet tall with all their leaves at the top. What would happen if I
>> cut the plant off on the trunk (remember now there are no leaves or stems
>> farther down)? Would the plant die since the leaves are all at the top?
>>Maybe
>> I could try to root the top half? I am talking about Asclepias
>>fruticosa and
>> Sesbania punicea. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks. Judy
>> Showers, Greenhouse gardener in Pennsylvania, zone 6b
>
>http: www.epix.net/~jshowers
I have had A. fruticosa so damaged by aphids, that most of the leaves were
gone. When I cut the whole top part of the bush off, new branches grew from
the trunk. I also got sprouts from the root ball. I don't know about
starting A. fruticosa from cuttings.
Cindy in TX
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