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Re: Cuttings In Water

C.A.
You are a waterful grower. Any secret like changing water daily or add a
spot of ale to the water???  How long of root do you grow before
transplanting to media ? Do you experiment with hydroponics?      JF

Chroni Apolloni wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Cuttings in water is one of my favorite topics, because I somehow
> simply do not have the ability to root cuttings in soil, never, not
> once, no way no how, but even I can do cuttings in water for those
> plants which will.
>
> So in addition to those I've previously posted about, the coleuses
> (including Cuban oregano and variegated cuban oregano), mints (genus
> Mentha), basils (almost all except camphor basil), Plectranthuses,
> Salvias elegans and involucrata, Ajugas, scullcaps (Scuttelaria
> lateriflora and some others), dead nettles (Lamium), Lamiastrums,
> lion's ear, ground ivies (Glechoma hederacea and " " variegata, and
> the many morning glories, and probably some others...
>
> This year so far I've rooted Ipomea batatas "Blackie" (hence the sweet
> potato vine is but another morning glory after all), Ajuga lobata, and
> rather surprisingly to me, "Vietnamese coriander", a Polygonum sp.,
> which seems to do this Very vigorously and reliably and is unlike some
> of the things which are particular about recieving more light while
> they are rooting (the fuzzier mints for example seem to require bright
> places). I think the biggest surprise of all was Yerba Buena, Satureja
> douglasii, I had all but given up on the Saturejas.
>
> Have I missed any?
>
> Good gardening,
>
> Robert Carl chroniapolloni@yahoo.com
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