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[IBC] Root growing from cuttings
I have found that the plants with tighter internodes
seem to be easier to root than others. I can root kotohime maples with extreme ease, other maples not as well. On bottom heat: This is tricky and can sometimes kill rather than stimulate a plant. I use manure and sawdust to create heat in the bottom of the rooting container. This means you have to have a deeper container than usual because you do not want the new roots to hit the manure, the cuttings will get fertilizer burn and die. I am using recycled styrofoam cold chests with holes in the bottom, sawdust, manure, sawdust layers, then my pearlite. The contaners are about 8 to 10 inches in depth. With this system, I do not allow cuttings to harden off in the cutting bin, I transplant earlier. With this system and a mini green house that gets misted only twice a day, I have been rooting many more things this year. The other was containers on hot concrete with transulecent palastic lids, sort of a mini terrarum effect. This needed more tending and hand watering than I had time to do, but I had quicker rooting becasue of the heat. More maintenace but no inflated electric bill. Kitsune Miko --- Brent Walston wrote: At 09:12 AM 7/27/04 -0400, you wrote: Oaks are extremely difficult to root from cuttings, better leave those for experts and grow them from seed (acorns) which is very easy. Some maples are easy, others difficult, it depends on the species. Semi hardwood cuttings in summer is the preferred method for most cuttings these days. This is explained in the Cuttings article that I pointed out to you. Willows don't need hormone at all. Most maples require a fairly high IBA content, but again it varies with the species. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Chris Cochrane++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Chris Cochrane++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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