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Re: Cuttings in water vs soil

"Diana L. Politika" <diana@olympus.net> wrote:
> Marianne Lepa wrote:
>> According to this gentleman, the 'water roots' will rot away and
>> the cutting will have to develop new roots specific to soil.
>
> Water roots are of inferior quality for growing in soil.  The plant
won't ALWAYS die, but the cell structure is not the same as that
> needed for nutrient uptake in soil.
> Anyway, to make a long winded story into merely a gasp, add
> one tablespoon of soil a day to your glass of water.  When it is
> soil up to the top, the glass will in essence, contain mud.  Now
> you have roots that can handle soil.  They will have toughened
> up and are ready to pot up.

Just to muddy the water a little more ;)  what about roots developing in
the air - not on plants that normally have air roots?  I've just noticed such
roots developing on some of my cuttings, presumably because the air is
so humid in their loosely tied-shut plastic shopping bag.  I'd imagine their
structure also differs from soil roots?  But I'm not sure how to stir up a
dust storm little by little. :)

Regards,
Martin
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