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RE: What's Everybody Doing?

At 06:44 PM 6/15/98 -0500, Cindy Meredith wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>
>I've set lots of mint cuttings, divided my lemon thyme and took cuttings of
>an English thyme. The cuttings didn't do well at all. I placed them in a
>soilless mixture, kept the medium moist and misted at least twice a day.
>Still, lots of the cuttings dried up. Any ideas?
>
>Also, I want to take cuttings of my scented geraniums. I lost lots of the
>last batch due to stem rot. Any tips on how to better stick the cuttings? I
>did about the same with the scenteds as I did with the English thyme
>(above).
>
>TIA for any advice.
>
>Cindy in TX, Z8/9

Cindy,  I used to start a lot of scented Geraniums from cuttings.  The
method I had the best success with was to put the cuttings in a zip lock bag
with a few drops of water in the frig for at least 24 hours so the cut ends
could form a good callous.  Then dip in Rootone and stick them in a mix of
1/2 perlite, 1/2 vermiculite on bottom heat (70 F) in a shady part of the
GH.  Keep the cutting mix moist.  A shady spot in the garden would work well
too.  In your climate, bottom heat is probably not necessary.  The scenteds
have varying degrees of difficulty for rooting.  Some will take a few months
and are considered almost impossible, others - like most of the rose and
lemon scents seem easy.  I always started mine in the spring after the stock
plants had woke up from winter and were putting out nice fresh growth.  It
was a good way to prune and shape the plants at the same time.  Hope this
helps.  Marilyn
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon
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