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Old 02-07-2006, 07:08 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
 
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Default making cuttings of Colorado blue spruce


V_coerulea wrote:
You might get the sour cherries to root, especially in a cold frame over
winter. Forget the others, especially the firs and spruces. Grow some spruce
from seed and learn to graft the good ones on the seedlings.
I'm assuming this is a lily and not an amaryllis or some other member of the
Amaryllis family that people call lilies. Some lilies make bulbils along the
stem which can be rooted. Some only make them at the base of the stem,
usually underground or near the surface. Otherwise wait until the stem dies
down naturally, dig up the bulb and remove any small bulbs attached. If
there are none, Remove a few of the outside scales of the bulb. Gently pull
them off new the base and stick them like cuttings. A small bulblet will
form at the base of the scale. Make sure you treat for fungus or the scales
may rot instead. Treat the mother bulb's cuts and replant immediately. Lily
roots are perennial so try not to destroy more than you have to. Amaryllis
are not done the same way.
Gary


Will try the sour cherry cuttings now. Found some seeds of the Lily but
no bulbils. If none of the seed make it will go after the bulbils next
year.

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