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02-01-2004, 12:42 PM
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Rosemary cuttings
"Sacha" wrote in message .. . Franz Heymann1/1/04 10:10 snip Do you find it essential to have a piece of heel or not? I once read that although they will root from any part of the leaf, new top growth only comes from the axil. You've just proved my point. I've never heard that and have never observed it. And I've never had a failure. I am not aware of proving, or trying to prove any point, I merely asked a very genuine question. {:-(( Franz |
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03-01-2004, 11:17 PM
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Rosemary cuttings
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Franz Heymann notfranz. writes That's a nice no-fuss way for an amateur to propagate, when rooting efficiency is not at a premium. But do you really use soil (garden soil) as distinct from potting compost? No, you're right to pick me up on that - I mean potting compost. Though my mother used to root everything by sticking it straight into soil, in a strip along the vegetable patch. There's some big trees along there now ;-) I regularly do that with pinks, candytuft, alpine phloxes, violas and various other easy-to-propagate small plants. I prepare a proper cutting, use a rooting compound and insert them in their intended places in the open ground. Then I invert a jam jar over them, grinding it a little into the ground to give added stability. No further hassle at all, except watering in really dry periods. This avoids all the time spent repotting and transplanting the rooted cuttings, and the root damage which sometimes occurs. Oh, I forgot: And roses, in the off season without the jam jars. I insert two or three per station and discard all but the best one when new growth appears. Franz |
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03-01-2004, 11:29 PM
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Rosemary cuttings
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Franz Heymann notfranz. writes That's a nice no-fuss way for an amateur to propagate, when rooting efficiency is not at a premium. But do you really use soil (garden soil) as distinct from potting compost? No, you're right to pick me up on that - I mean potting compost. Though my mother used to root everything by sticking it straight into soil, in a strip along the vegetable patch. There's some big trees along there now ;-) I regularly do that with pinks, candytuft, alpine phloxes, violas and various other easy-to-propagate small plants. I prepare a proper cutting, use a rooting compound and insert them in their intended places in the open ground. Then I invert a jam jar over them, grinding it a little into the ground to give added stability. No further hassle at all, except watering in really dry periods. This avoids all the time spent repotting and transplanting the rooted cuttings, and the root damage which sometimes occurs. Oh, I forgot: And roses, in the off season without the jam jars. I insert two or three per station and discard all but the best one when new growth appears. Franz |
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04-01-2004, 12:42 AM
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Rosemary cuttings
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Franz Heymann notfranz. writes That's a nice no-fuss way for an amateur to propagate, when rooting efficiency is not at a premium. But do you really use soil (garden soil) as distinct from potting compost? No, you're right to pick me up on that - I mean potting compost. Though my mother used to root everything by sticking it straight into soil, in a strip along the vegetable patch. There's some big trees along there now ;-) I regularly do that with pinks, candytuft, alpine phloxes, violas and various other easy-to-propagate small plants. I prepare a proper cutting, use a rooting compound and insert them in their intended places in the open ground. Then I invert a jam jar over them, grinding it a little into the ground to give added stability. No further hassle at all, except watering in really dry periods. This avoids all the time spent repotting and transplanting the rooted cuttings, and the root damage which sometimes occurs. Oh, I forgot: And roses, in the off season without the jam jars. I insert two or three per station and discard all but the best one when new growth appears. Franz |
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