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04-03-2003, 04:15 PM

(Zphysics1) wrote in message ...

1) always take cuttings in the dormant season
2) some of them do require callusing but my guess is that fig will do
without
3) a mist bed can be done cheaply and effectively with a plastic bag
over the pot. I usually get extra sticks, longer than the ones I use,
and that I plant at the pot edges. They keep the plastic up and away
from the cuttings
4) give them 8 weeks in cool but not cold shade for rooting
5) once new shoots start appearing, wait another month then VERY
GRADUALLY expose to increasing amounts of sunshine.
6) give them morning sun only throughout the first season.
7) transfer them to final location in the fall

Will this work for plumeria? I have the same problem. I am moving and am
leaving a veritable tropical garden behind -- cherimoya, plumeria, star
fruit, pummelo, figs, bananas. :-(

/z.

I have no idea what plumeria is, but all those above are standard
instructions. The only things I have found that really require
callusing are pineapple and sansevieria. I do know that bananas are
easy to propagate but have no idea how you do it.