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Re: Cuttings in water vs soil (fwd)



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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 04:45:12 -0800
From: Martin Voges <voges@drama.unp.ac.za>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
Subject: 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?  I've just noticed such roots developing on some of my cuttings,
presumably because the air in the plastic bag is so humid.  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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