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Re: What are the world's easiest cuttings ?

easiest cuttings?

Sedum spp.

When I was about 5 years old I had a few beans of a sedum in my dry
windowsill. Little light tan hairs protruded from the stems and it dawned on
me that they were trying to live. That was when I first realized that you
could cut a piece of plant and make it live independently from the plant you
got it from. Of course I have been hooked ever since. I'd say that was my
easiest cutting being that I wasn't even trying.
Jared R. Shortman
jared@tucsongrowers.com
Tucson Growers
www.tucsongrowers.com
(520) 882-7060
2509 N. Campbell #338
Tucson, AZ 85719

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Grazzini <rickg@centrelab.com>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: What are the world's easiest cuttings ?


>The scented leaf pelagoniums seem to like almost dry rooting conditions.
>The glass of water is the problem.
>
>I cut scenteds and most pelargoniums with a sterilized blade (weak chlorox
>dip), or just break them off.  I spray the cut end with a weak fungicide
>solution (chlorothalonil = Bravo = daconil) because I am neurotic about
>greenhouse fungus diseases.  It is probably not at all necessary for these.
> I let the cuttings dry at least overnight, and out of direct sunlight. The
>cut end "calluses" --- the right term is probably "suberizes" --- and gets
>hard.  I then stick the cutting into a 1 part promix : 3 parts coarse
>perlite mixture, soak it down, and let it sit on a shaded greenhouse bench.
> I drench it with water when the media gets dry, but otherwise ignore it.
>If I have a rooting hormone handy, either a dip or a powder, I use it.  If
>not, I don't.  For most of the pelargoniums I have raised, it works either
>way.
>
>The suberization period can last for days without problem, as long as the
>cuttings aren't in direct sun.
>
>I just spoke with one of the largest pelargonium propagators in the world
>last weekend: Oglevee's in Connellsville PA.  They recently began to clean
>up the scented pelargoniums, and are now offering virus and bacteria-free
>scented stock plants.  (yes, they have a website --- use your browser).  It
>was fun to watch the crowds at a horticultural trade show walk past their
>booth.  The plants that people stopped and looked and touched and felt ---
>were the scenteds.  It was great!
>
>Rick
>
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