On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:12:42 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:


David have you heard of this new RHS advice that you should NOT cut the
tip from a cutting? Normally I would take out the soft tissue at the tip
of the stem but apparently the advice now is to leave it alone because
it's too much shock for the plant's system (apparently)
I assume you still take out any flowering buds if you haven't been able
to choose a cutting without.

This was something I was taught while training but I've never seen any
gain from removing the soft tips (unless I want another cutting ;~])
so I stopped doing it years ago.

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