I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. I have a new Japanese Honeysuckle the was planted
outdoors last May. About 3 to 4 weeks ago, when the weather was starting to
get below freezing, I decided to cut a couple of branches off and try to
"root" them in a glass of water. I read you leave some leaves on, but they
fell off within a week. I tried to slice the bottom of the stem segments,
which is where I figured the roots would start. What I have after 3 weeks,
is some kind of growth coming out the pieces of branch, perhaps where the
leaves were (?). I see nothing coming out of the bottom that looks
"rootish". Can I somehow use these growths to start new plants? I want to
grow then indoors, by a sunny window, at least for the time being (winter).
If I can use them, how do I plant them? Here are two pics of them I took
about 5 days ago, the growths still look healthy, but I don't want to wait
too long if now is the right time to plant them. Or should I wait yet?

http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/hs1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/hs2.jpg

Thanks much in advance for any advice, as I never really worked with plants
much.

Rooting cutting of Japanese honeysuckle in the middle of winter? What a
ingenious thing to do!!!

I'm sure there are many here who can fill you in on how to do the secret
fertility dance!!!!

In the cold of winter is the best time to perform this all-important
ritual!!!!!!


"DK1000" wrote in message
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I'm in Cleveland, Ohio. I have a new Japanese Honeysuckle the was planted
outdoors last May. About 3 to 4 weeks ago, when the weather was starting
to get below freezing, I decided to cut a couple of branches off and try
to "root" them in a glass of water. I read you leave some leaves on, but
they fell off within a week. I tried to slice the bottom of the stem
segments, which is where I figured the roots would start. What I have
after 3 weeks, is some kind of growth coming out the pieces of branch,
perhaps where the leaves were (?). I see nothing coming out of the bottom
that looks "rootish". Can I somehow use these growths to start new plants?
I want to grow then indoors, by a sunny window, at least for the time
being (winter). If I can use them, how do I plant them? Here are two pics
of them I took about 5 days ago, the growths still look healthy, but I
don't want to wait too long if now is the right time to plant them. Or
should I wait yet?

http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/hs1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/dannykewl3/hs2.jpg

Thanks much in advance for any advice, as I never really worked with
plants much.