How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

I've left half-a-dozen cuttings for about 3 weeks
in a Lidl set of 6 covered and warmed containers.
The leaves all look healthy.
Should I transfer them to pots?

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

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How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

I've left half-a-dozen cuttings for about 3 weeks
in a Lidl set of 6 covered and warmed containers.
The leaves all look healthy.
Should I transfer them to pots?

Not yet. If they have rooted, they won't yet have roots big enough to
need a bigger pot.

How to tell if cuttings have rooted; either, look at the bottom
drainage hole for signs of white root emerging. But you're unlikely to see
that after 3 weeks. Or, supporting the top of the compost with your
fingers, gently turn the pot upside down and very carefully slide the pot
off without breaking the compost shape, like making a sandpie. You may see
roots forming at the edge of the compost. Very carefully slide the pot
back on again.

Janet.

How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

It doesn't die:-) Well that's how I tell!

Mike

On 11/05/2012 12:10, Timothy Murphy wrote:
How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

I've left half-a-dozen cuttings for about 3 weeks
in a Lidl set of 6 covered and warmed containers.
The leaves all look healthy.
Should I transfer them to pots?

Leave well alone until roots poke out the bottom or the top growth is
starting to get too big - whichever happens first.

Most plants resent root disturbance to some extent.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

Janet wrote:

How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

I've left half-a-dozen cuttings for about 3 weeks
in a Lidl set of 6 covered and warmed containers.
The leaves all look healthy.
Should I transfer them to pots?

How to tell if cuttings have rooted; either, look at the
bottom
drainage hole for signs of white root emerging. But you're
unlikely to see
that after 3 weeks.

Thanks for your response.
I'll leave the cuttings a little longer.
But roughly how long would you expect them to take?

They are mainly ceanothus cuttings.
I was hoping to take them to Italy.

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

On May 11, 12:10*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

I've left half-a-dozen cuttings for about 3 weeks
in a Lidl set of 6 covered and warmed containers.
The leaves all look healthy.
Should I transfer them to pots?

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

Yours is a real piece of string qestion.
Some cuttings like Chrysanth and Fuchia could be rooted quite well in
3 weeks whilst othersubjects like some shrub cuttings could take 9
months or longer to root properly.
It is always a help to give as much info in your origional question
and not wait for someone to drag it out of you.

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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Janet wrote:

How can one tell if a cutting has rooted?

I've left half-a-dozen cuttings for about 3 weeks
in a Lidl set of 6 covered and warmed containers.
The leaves all look healthy.
Should I transfer them to pots?

How to tell if cuttings have rooted; either, look at the
bottom
drainage hole for signs of white root emerging. But you're
unlikely to see
that after 3 weeks.

Thanks for your response.
I'll leave the cuttings a little longer.
But roughly how long would you expect them to take?

They are mainly ceanothus cuttings.
I was hoping to take them to Italy.

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin


It depends on what they are, for some Passiflora 5 days for Lapageria
between 1 and 2 years! Ceanothus I would say 5-6 weeks in good conditions
would be a reasonable guess.


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

Months rather than weeks.

When I take cuttings in the second half of summer, I don't repot them until at least may the following year.

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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They are mainly ceanothus cuttings.
I was hoping to take them to Italy.

Why? Plants have no appreciation of art, history or architecture and their
taste in food is markedly different to ours. Trust me, a month in Tuscany
will be wasted on them. Take me instead.
PH