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Rosemary cuttings
Ten days ago I took some cuttings from a rosemary bush and put them in
a pint glass of water on my kitchen windowsill. I didn't add rooting powder to the water as the pot I have says not to be used for edible plants. According to the instructions (which I found on the web and can no longer locate), in six weeks, the rosemary should have rooted and be ready to put into soil. It has since occurred to me that I don't really know what to look for (spot the clueless newbie). I was vaguely expecting something that looks like roots in a biology textbook. However, the ends of the cuttings are becoming covered in a fine cotton wool-like substance. Is this mould? Should I rinse it off? Should I give up on this batch and take more cuttings? Any advice that you can offer on making my cuttings successfully grow would be great. Thanks in advance, Kerry |
Rosemary cuttings
"Kerry" wrote in message om... Ten days ago I took some cuttings from a rosemary bush and put them in a pint glass of water on my kitchen windowsill. I didn't add rooting powder to the water as the pot I have says not to be used for edible plants. According to the instructions (which I found on the web and can no longer locate), in six weeks, the rosemary should have rooted and be ready to put into soil. It has since occurred to me that I don't really know what to look for (spot the clueless newbie). I was vaguely expecting something that looks like roots in a biology textbook. However, the ends of the cuttings are becoming covered in a fine cotton wool-like substance. Is this mould? Should I rinse it off? Should I give up on this batch and take more cuttings? Any advice that you can offer on making my cuttings successfully grow would be great. Thanks in advance, Kerry Hi Kerry It's probably the wrong time of year and also the wrong method you are trying ! Have a look at : http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_...ct_july_3_rose mary.asp Jenny |
Rosemary cuttings
"JennyC" wrote in message ... Have a look at : http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_...ct_july_3_rose mary.asp That is lovely site Jenny.. thank you for sharing it Ophelia |
Rosemary cuttings
Kerry1/1/04 1:22
Ten days ago I took some cuttings from a rosemary bush and put them in a pint glass of water on my kitchen windowsill. I didn't add rooting powder to the water as the pot I have says not to be used for edible plants. According to the instructions (which I found on the web and can no longer locate), in six weeks, the rosemary should have rooted and be ready to put into soil. It has since occurred to me that I don't really know what to look for (spot the clueless newbie). I was vaguely expecting something that looks like roots in a biology textbook. However, the ends of the cuttings are becoming covered in a fine cotton wool-like substance. Is this mould? Should I rinse it off? Should I give up on this batch and take more cuttings? You have nothing to lose by waiting a little longer. That white fuzz just might - might - turn into roots. Don't do anything to them, don't change the water etc. Just sit on your hands. Until I married my nurseryman husband, the most successful cuttings I ever took were taken in total ignorance and a surprising number worked! Now - do you have any African Violets in the house? If so, cut off a leaf or three. Cover a glass of water with cling film and pierce a slit (or three) in the film. Insert the leaf so that it's in the water, place glass on a window sill. Wait. And wait. ;-) I've lost count of the times I've done this and the times I've been convinced (all of them) that this wasn't going to work THIS time......... -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the 'x' to email me) |
Rosemary cuttings
It's probably the wrong time of year and also the wrong method you are trying !
Have a look at : http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_...ct_july_3_rose mary.asp Thanks for that. The instructions are entirely different to the ones I read. Kerry |
Rosemary cuttings
In article , Kerry
writes Ten days ago I took some cuttings from a rosemary bush and put them in a pint glass of water on my kitchen windowsill. I didn't add rooting powder to the water as the pot I have says not to be used for edible plants. According to the instructions (which I found on the web and can no longer locate), in six weeks, the rosemary should have rooted and be ready to put into soil. It has since occurred to me that I don't really know what to look for (spot the clueless newbie). I was vaguely expecting something that looks like roots in a biology textbook. However, the ends of the cuttings are becoming covered in a fine cotton wool-like substance. Is this mould? Should I rinse it off? Should I give up on this batch and take more cuttings? It takes a lot longer than 10 days, and they work better in almost any other season than winter. I find more success with rooting in soil than in water, and others say that the roots that form in water don't take kindly to the transfer to soil. Others on the ng are better than me at cuttings, but what I do as a simple way is to cut a number of twigs just below a leaf, strip all leaves off the bottom two thirds, push them two- thirds into a a flower pot of moist soil, put the whole lot into a large plastic bag, tie the top, and forget about it. Every 6 weeks or so, I'll remove any mouldy bits, and check the bottom of the pot. When I see roots coming out of the bottom of the pot, it's time to replant. I don't get 100 per cent success or anything like, but I usually get at least two or three. I suppose it's the frog approach to propagation - start off with lots, apply minimal care, and be happy that a few will make it - as opposed to the human approach of start with one or two and lavish lots of care an attention to guarantee that they both make it. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
Rosemary cuttings
If it will wash off (I don't mean scrub off) they aren't roots.
But if they are roots, will they damage easily? You should have seen small white filaments growing out at right-angles to start with. These may branch out and form lots more filaments to resemble cotton wool, I don't know, I've never tried that with rosemary. I just poke the cuttings into the ground and keep them shaded and well watered. Hmm, sounds like they might be the beginnings of roots then. Guess I wait and see. Thank you for the advice. Kerry |
Rosemary cuttings
You have nothing to lose by waiting a little longer. That white fuzz just
might - might - turn into roots. Don't do anything to them, don't change the water etc. Just sit on your hands. Until I married my nurseryman husband, the most successful cuttings I ever took were taken in total ignorance and a surprising number worked! (In my best Terry Pratchett voice) It's a million to one chance but it just might happen? Ok, now for patiently waiting ... sounds difficult :) Now - do you have any African Violets in the house? If so, cut off a leaf or three. Cover a glass of water with cling film and pierce a slit (or three) in the film. Insert the leaf so that it's in the water, place glass on a window sill. Wait. And wait. ;-) I've lost count of the times I've done this and the times I've been convinced (all of them) that this wasn't going to work THIS time......... Sounds like a new project. Just need to find an African violet. Thanks for the advice. Kerry |
Rosemary cuttings
"JennyC" wrote:
it's probably the wrong time of year and also the wrong method I've often gotten rosemary cuttings to strike just by sticking them in damp sterile potting mix* and watering from the bottom, even at the "wrong" times. I've got one going right now in a pot, hopefully to become a topiary.... too soon to see any new growth signaling success, but it hasn't turned black and fallen over, which is usually a bad thing {:-). *Don't know the John Innes equivalent, but here in the American colonies, I start most everything in "Pro-Mix," which is a sterile mix of perlite, peat moss, and magik incantations. Available cheaply enough compressed in a bit plastic bag.... one lasts me a couple of years. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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from Sacha contains these words: Now - do you have any African Violets in the house? If so, cut off a leaf or three. Cover a glass of water with cling film and pierce a slit (or three) in the film. Insert the leaf so that it's in the water, place glass on a window sill. Wait. And wait. ;-) I've lost count of the times I've done this and the times I've been convinced (all of them) that this wasn't going to work THIS time......... You can do that laying small pieces of leaf on damp potting compost, or just burying a small part of the leaf section in damp compost. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Rosemary cuttings
"Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Kerry writes Ten days ago I took some cuttings from a rosemary bush and put them in a pint glass of water on my kitchen windowsill. I didn't add rooting powder to the water as the pot I have says not to be used for edible plants. According to the instructions (which I found on the web and can no longer locate), in six weeks, the rosemary should have rooted and be ready to put into soil. It has since occurred to me that I don't really know what to look for (spot the clueless newbie). I was vaguely expecting something that looks like roots in a biology textbook. However, the ends of the cuttings are becoming covered in a fine cotton wool-like substance. Is this mould? Should I rinse it off? Should I give up on this batch and take more cuttings? It takes a lot longer than 10 days, and they work better in almost any other season than winter. I find more success with rooting in soil than in water, and others say that the roots that form in water don't take kindly to the transfer to soil. Others on the ng are better than me at cuttings, but what I do as a simple way is to cut a number of twigs just below a leaf, strip all leaves off the bottom two thirds, push them two- thirds into a a flower pot of moist soil, put the whole lot into a large plastic bag, tie the top, and forget about it. Every 6 weeks or so, I'll remove any mouldy bits, and check the bottom of the pot. When I see roots coming out of the bottom of the pot, it's time to replant. I don't get 100 per cent success or anything like, but I usually get at least two or three. I suppose it's the frog approach to propagation - start off with lots, apply minimal care, and be happy that a few will make it - as opposed to the human approach of start with one or two and lavish lots of care an attention to guarantee that they both make it. 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? Franz |
Rosemary cuttings
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message ... The message from (Kerry) contains these words: Ten days ago I took some cuttings from a rosemary bush and put them in a pint glass of water on my kitchen windowsill. I didn't add rooting powder to the water as the pot I have says not to be used for edible plants. According to the instructions (which I found on the web and can no longer locate), in six weeks, the rosemary should have rooted and be ready to put into soil. It has since occurred to me that I don't really know what to look for (spot the clueless newbie). I was vaguely expecting something that looks like roots in a biology textbook. However, the ends of the cuttings are becoming covered in a fine cotton wool-like substance. Is this mould? Should I rinse it off? Should I give up on this batch and take more cuttings? If it will wash off (I don't mean scrub off) they aren't roots. You should have seen small white filaments growing out at right-angles to start with. These may branch out and form lots more filaments to resemble cotton wool, I don't know, I've never tried that with rosemary. I just poke the cuttings into the ground and keep them shaded and well watered. Putting small cuttings directly into the soil and inverting jam jars over them is quite successful Franz |
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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. -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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