-- Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA m*@eskimo.com Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....? http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/ http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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- Subject: Re: Propagation strategies for July
- From: r* <r*@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 05:21:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Old-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 08:24:54 -0400
- References: <c=US%a=_%p=Boeing%l=XCH-SEA-08-970702174641Z-19608@xch-hub-01.ca.boeing.com>
I have taken slips from two of my clematis, used rooting hormone, and placed them in individual plastic "terrariums" - I take a 2 litre pop bottle, cut it in half horizontally about 1/3 down from the top, place a soilless mix in the bottom and pop in the cutting. Then I cut a slit in the top half of the bottle so that I can squeeze it a bit smaller, then slide it down inside the top half. Leave the lid off the bottle to provide some air circulation. I have successfully used this terrarium idea for rooting boxwood and euonymus (sp?). I have a question for the group: what is the best way to tag plants that you want to collect seeds from? I have a stand of mixed poppies - many different kinds. I only need the seeds from one or two kinds, and want to mark them so that I know which they are. Last year, I tied a string around each individual plant, but the string slid down and I ended up deadheading some of the ones I wanted (sob!) Any great ideas? Heather in Markham, Ontario --- McAlpine, Duncan G wrote: > > What are you propagation plans for July? Are there certain plants which > you take cuttings > from? Any pointers we should consider in collecting seeds and for which > species?
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