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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Rooting Plants

In a message dated 98-03-14 19:52:57 EST, you write:

<< I find that I get most things to root best if I use a mist bench, which
 can be rigged from the fine "mist" nozzles that are designed to be
 used with drip irrigation, and a timer.  Cuts down on the fungus problems
 immensely, and you don't cook the plants. >>

Another inexpensive and handy method for a few cuttings is vermiculite in a
big plastic fishbowl.

Fill the bowl 1/3 to 1/2 full of vermiculite or perlite and insert the
cuttings.  A rooting powder (the correct label for what you are starting) is
good.  Cover with anything and put under the lights mounted under your
cabinets,  that is sitting on the counter.  The clear sides of the fishbowl
will show you when roots have formed if you push the cutting in close to the
clear sides.  Someone not familiar with the process usually is uncertain when
roots have formed.

Cuttings begun in such a protected way must be treated kindly and not stuck in
the garden directly.

In the cold areas of the country our time frame for doing cutting outdoors is
about 100 days.  The overwintering method is difficult for home gardeners.
If you do not have a greenhouse or plant room the kitchen counter may do.

This is a recycling of those fishbowls your kids made you buy and watch fish
expire.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
zone 4
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