Re: leaf cuttings -- try try again

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• Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:46:13 -0700 (PDT)
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At 01:46 PM 6/15/98 -0600, Karen Cooper wrote:
>I think my first try at propagating primulas from leaf cuttings has failed.
>It's been over a month since the cuttings died away or rotted away, and I
>don't see any new plants.

Karen,  I've never heard of starting Primroses (Primula) from leaf cuttings,
The leaves of Streptocarpus look very much like Primula leaves and THEY WILL
start from leaf cuttings.  Primulas are not hard to grow from seed or root
divisions in August.
        
>Or perhaps my garden primroses just won't work and I should try my angel
>wing begonia instead?

I hate to tell you this but, ....an "angel wing" Begonia is usually a cane
type Begonia and the leaves will root but never make new plantlets the way a
rhizomatous or Rex Begonia will.  BUT, angel win stem cuttings will root
easily in water  :) Marilyn
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>Karen. [though I'd rather make a lot of new primroses than a lot of
>begonias, honestly]
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Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon

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