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Re: [SG] Archives

Sheila,
When you move hostas from your hydroponic box do you remove the rockwool
from the roots or just plant rockwool and all? It seems like hydroponics
would be a good way to root stage 3 TC plantlets. I know of at least one
TCer who roots plantlets (with no roots at all) in potting soil and does
well.
Dan Nelson
Bridgeville DE
zone 7

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> From: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Archives
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 3:00 PM
>
> At 09:14 AM 3/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
> > Also, has
> >anyone grown hostas hydroponically in either water with
> >the expanded clay pellets or in rockwool?
>
> Hi, Diane.  When I divide a hosta that is not really large enough to
divide
> (sometimes you have to, to get in on a really good trade!), I give them a
> little boost in the rockwool.  I have a small hydroponic 'box', and it is
a
> nice set-up to help broken plants heal and put on healthy root and
foliage
> growth.  I've never left a hosta in any longer than it takes to prove its
> health, so I don't know how they'd do if they were kept 'hydroponic'.  I
> imagine that hostas would be perfect for it, because of their tolerance
of
> moisture and high transpiration rate.
>
>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Z 5/6
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