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Taking Cuttings
A month or two ago I bought the necessary bits and pieces with a view to taking cuttings. However due to faffing around I didn't. Is it too late in the year now? I had in mind fuschia, hydrangea, pelargoniums and suchlike. mark |
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Taking Cuttings
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:16:41 -0000, "mark"
wrote: A month or two ago I bought the necessary bits and pieces with a view to taking cuttings. However due to faffing around I didn't. Is it too late in the year now? I had in mind fuschia, hydrangea, pelargoniums and suchlike. mark What "bits and pieces" did you buy? As long as you keep them indoors or in a warm greenhouse you should have some success. Pelargonium cuttings need to be kept quite dry. Hydrangea must be quite easy as it was one of the test plants they did on GW Gardener of the year competition. Reduce the size of any big leaves. This applies to any plants with big leaves. Fuchsia is a bit tricky at this time of year. You'd be better to wait till Spring and have much better success then. If you've not taken cuttings before, look them up on Google; "Pelargonium cuttings" etc and you'll get good instructions. Pam in Bristol |
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What "bits and pieces" did you buy? As long as you keep them indoors or in a warm greenhouse you should have some success. Pelargonium cuttings need to be kept quite dry. Hydrangea must be quite easy as it was one of the test plants they did on GW Gardener of the year competition. Reduce the size of any big leaves. This applies to any plants with big leaves. Fuchsia is a bit tricky at this time of year. You'd be better to wait till Spring and have much better success then. If you've not taken cuttings before, look them up on Google; "Pelargonium cuttings" etc and you'll get good instructions. Pam in Bristol Thanks Pam, Compost, hormone rooting powder, and a large plastic cloche to put over a growbag tray. Was going to fill the growbag tray with lots of small pots. mark |
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"mark" wrote A month or two ago I bought the necessary bits and pieces with a view to taking cuttings. However due to faffing around I didn't. Is it too late in the year now? I had in mind fuschia, hydrangea, pelargoniums and suchlike. Might be a problem if all you have is an unheated greenhouse. If you have one that is heated then it's OK but watch the watering especially for the Pels. I take them about now usually and water them in well then don't water until I see the plants beginning to wilt, probably a couple of months or more, by which time they have rooted. Too much water when it's cold and damp and with low light will bring on various rots. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "mark" wrote A month or two ago I bought the necessary bits and pieces with a view to taking cuttings. However due to faffing around I didn't. Is it too late in the year now? I had in mind fuschia, hydrangea, pelargoniums and suchlike. Might be a problem if all you have is an unheated greenhouse. If you have one that is heated then it's OK but watch the watering especially for the Pels. I take them about now usually and water them in well then don't water until I see the plants beginning to wilt, probably a couple of months or more, by which time they have rooted. Too much water when it's cold and damp and with low light will bring on various rots. Thanks for that Bob. I'll probably keep them in an unheated room indoors. |
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