In article ,
escapee wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:15:14 -0500, Katra
opined:

Would Mountain Laurel grow faster from cuttings? If you can get the
cuttings to root of course. ;-)

K.

You would avoid the full year it takes a seedling to become a 12 inch plant!
However, your assertion is correct; it is difficult (I find) to propagate
from
cuttings.

V



Right now I'm trying to propagate the local wild perennial chiles by
cuttings. :-) 2 of the 5 I did look good, I mist them daily and have a
greenhouse. I'll probably do more as the bush I have is very large so
can spare a few twigs. G

Hummmmmm... even if one out of ten cuttings took, it' be worth the
effort. Rooting compound is cheap. ;-)

Maybe I'll give it a shot, (there are some ML trees out in front of the
local HEB) and report back in a few weeks.

Having a greenhouse is GREAT! :-) I can get soooo much more done. My
Orchid cactus (Epiphilium) is going insane putting out new pads so I'll
be able to propagate a bunch of those for resale, and I have a large
number of little baby Peruvian Torch cacti coming up from seeds. That is
a first time for me, being able to sprout cactus from seeds...... :-)
PT seeds are not cheap either.

Sorry! I'm rambling. :-P

I highly recommend these greenhouses! The 8' x 8' is very affordable and
they are not as flimsy as they look. They have already been thru one
heavy storm with no damage:

http://www.propools.com/cgi-bin/Soft.../greenhouses/d
reamhouse.htm?E+scstore

K.

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