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making cuttings of Colorado blue spruce
One could say the most pretty tree is the Colorado blue spruce or the
Concolor Fir. As the old adage goes -- "spruce up the looks of the house". Well out of my 175 Rock Elm seeds only 4 made it and are doing well, provided can keep the grasshoppers from devouring them. But my cuttings of Rock Elm all failed. In their place I have blue spruce going in that greenhouse setting. I used root hormone and am misting several times a day. If none of them make it, it will be my last attempt on blue spruce. And I will conclude that some species are just too difficult to root via cuttings for which I do not have the time. Now this year I had a beautiful blood red lilly growing. Does anyone know if lillies are good cutting-propagation plants? How about honeylocust? How about black-walnuts? How about sour cherries? Are any of these easier to cutting-propagate. Perhaps none as easy as Willows, but at least easier than elm or blue spruce. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
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making cuttings of Colorado blue spruce
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 wrote in message oups.com... One could say the most pretty tree is the Colorado blue spruce or the Concolor Fir. As the old adage goes -- "spruce up the looks of the house". Well out of my 175 Rock Elm seeds only 4 made it and are doing well, provided can keep the grasshoppers from devouring them. But my cuttings of Rock Elm all failed. In their place I have blue spruce going in that greenhouse setting. I used root hormone and am misting several times a day. If none of them make it, it will be my last attempt on blue spruce. And I will conclude that some species are just too difficult to root via cuttings for which I do not have the time. Now this year I had a beautiful blood red lilly growing. Does anyone know if lillies are good cutting-propagation plants? How about honeylocust? How about black-walnuts? How about sour cherries? Are any of these easier to cutting-propagate. Perhaps none as easy as Willows, but at least easier than elm or blue spruce. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies |
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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. Archimedes Plutonium |
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making cuttings of Colorado blue spruce
wrote: One could say the most pretty tree is the Colorado blue spruce or the Concolor Fir. As the old adage goes -- "spruce up the looks of the house". Well out of my 175 Rock Elm seeds only 4 made it and are doing well, provided can keep the grasshoppers from devouring them. But my cuttings of Rock Elm all failed. In their place I have blue spruce going in that greenhouse setting. I used root hormone and am misting several times a day. If none of them make it, it will be my last attempt on blue spruce. And I will conclude that some species are just too difficult to root via cuttings for which I do not have the time. Now this year I had a beautiful blood red lilly growing. Does anyone know if lillies are good cutting-propagation plants? How about honeylocust? How about black-walnuts? How about sour cherries? Are any of these easier to cutting-propagate. Perhaps none as easy as Willows, but at least easier than elm or blue spruce. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies Not sure plutonium, but send me an e-mail when you can. |
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