On the package it says to lay it in a saucer of water and roots will grow out
of the ends. OK, then how do you put it in the dirt? With roots out of both
ends of the stick, where does the foliage grow.
A message board on the internet said to just stick it in soil.
Any advice?

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c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

On the package it says to lay it in a saucer of water and roots will grow out
of the ends. OK, then how do you put it in the dirt? With roots out of both
ends of the stick, where does the foliage grow.
A message board on the internet said to just stick it in soil.
Any advice?

I did one of those years and years ago. I seem to recall there was wax
I had to scrape off maybe? I think I put it in water vertically and
then when the roots started showing, put it into soil. IIRC, they're
almost impossible to do wrong, though.

Priscilla

"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message
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In article ,
c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

On the package it says to lay it in a saucer of water and roots will grow
out
of the ends. OK, then how do you put it in the dirt? With roots out of
both
ends of the stick, where does the foliage grow.
A message board on the internet said to just stick it in soil.
Any advice?

I did one of those years and years ago. I seem to recall there was wax
I had to scrape off maybe? I think I put it in water vertically and
then when the roots started showing, put it into soil. IIRC, they're
almost impossible to do wrong, though.

Well...you don't know Tom then! lol

Rosewood

In article uKsTc.289557$JR4.198407@attbi_s54,
"Rosewood" wrote:

"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message
...
In article ,
c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:

On the package it says to lay it in a saucer of water and roots will grow
out
of the ends. OK, then how do you put it in the dirt? With roots out of
both
ends of the stick, where does the foliage grow.
A message board on the internet said to just stick it in soil.
Any advice?

I did one of those years and years ago. I seem to recall there was wax
I had to scrape off maybe? I think I put it in water vertically and
then when the roots started showing, put it into soil. IIRC, they're
almost impossible to do wrong, though.

Well...you don't know Tom then! lol

I confess I've been away from the newsgroup for a year or two (more?),
so I've lost the details of what I once knew about posters in the fogs
of the intervening years. ;-)

Priscilla

c (TOM KAN PA) wrote in message ...
On the package it says to lay it in a saucer of water and roots will grow out
of the ends. OK, then how do you put it in the dirt? With roots out of both
ends of the stick, where does the foliage grow.
A message board on the internet said to just stick it in soil.
Any advice?

The new foliage will know which way to go, up!