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Plant Aftercare
"Fenny" k wrote in message ... I have plenty of books that tell me how to sow seeds, take cuttings, graft, layer or otherwise propagate my plants, but none of them seem to cover the aftercare of plants once they have rooted. Does anyone know of a book / URL that covers potting on, hardening off, lifting of hardwood cuttings etc? Getting them to germinate is only the first bit of the process. Thanks -- Fenny It isn't that easy to write about. I can reply to you in a few sentences. No amount more is going to make things clearer or simpler, you just need to do it and learn from your experience. The main thing is getting your tender young seedling/graft/cutting gradually accustomed to the harsh world outside the propagating house. They need to get used to lower more variable temp/humidity and brighter light, more air movement etc. This 'weaning' process is normally done before you pot on or prick out so you have a more robust plant to handle at that stage and also to save space in your propagating facility (window sill, propagator, prop house or whatever). Seedlings are generally best pricked out as soon as large enough to handle. Keep pots etc in proportion to your young plants - don't put tiny plants in huge pots. Outdoor grafts are just left in position until the end of the first growing season after grafting. For more advanced techniques like bench grafts etc you really need something like Hartmann & Kester 'Plant Propagation' from your library or RHS Lindley library. Hardwood cuttings are easy just leave them outside where you struck them for at least a year then handle like any young bare rooted plant. That really is most of the basic stuff, all you need to do after this is watch your young plants and pot on/plant out as needed and remember what you did right and what you did wrong. Rod |
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Plant Aftercare
"Fenny" k wrote in message ... I have plenty of books that tell me how to sow seeds, take cuttings, graft, layer or otherwise propagate my plants, but none of them seem to cover the aftercare of plants once they have rooted. Does anyone know of a book / URL that covers potting on, hardening off, lifting of hardwood cuttings etc? Getting them to germinate is only the first bit of the process. Thanks Fenny Hi Fenny Generally speaking cuttings can be potted on when they have a reasonably well established root ball. Hardening off is probably about the same as with seedlings that come out of the GH. Hardwood cuttings should hold onto the ground when you try to pull them up - this means that the root ball is developed. But your best bet is probably to go to google's advanced search : http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en an look for info on each type of cutting you have. Jenny |
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