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Post by lisaann on Jan 25, 2016 17:15:34 GMT -5
It had quickly developed a big set of roots, altho the top part was withering Now I think you would agree with me that if the top was already withering..........It was worthless no matter how you approached the potting into soil. Root some fresh cuttings and pot them up straight into soil.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 26, 2016 0:17:38 GMT -5
ellenr Here is the best photo I have of my cloner, along with a rooted cutting, after 14 days in it. I usually don't let it grow this large, and transplant it in 7 or 8 days. These two were extra, and I left them in the cloner while the transplants were taking hold. It is an aeroponics device, with a pump and a sprayer inside, so the cuttings get sprayed with a solution, and they root incredibly fast. Every spring and fall I start most of my basil this way, using cuttings from my indoor plants in spring, and outdoor ones in fall, to bring indoors. Here is a really incredible rooting - a serrata basil after just two days! This is about how large they are when I stick them in soil.
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Post by OregonRed on Jan 26, 2016 11:34:51 GMT -5
DANG!
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Post by lisaann on Jan 26, 2016 19:18:31 GMT -5
Thanks for that pic pepperhead212 ,
Water to soil...........All that other stuff is overrated.
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Post by ellenr on Jan 27, 2016 9:49:40 GMT -5
Interesting.. thanks Pepperhead.
what I'm doing with my Lavendar is this method - every other day I add soil to the container, wet soil so it sinks to the bottom. When the water is gone, and all is soil, I scoop the whole thing out and plant in soil in a container. will let you know how it works. So far so good... (fingers crossed)..
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Post by ellenr on Jan 27, 2016 9:51:00 GMT -5
Pepperhead, so the 2 that you show in the photo - they were rooted in water, and you would put them directly into soil?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 27, 2016 10:46:26 GMT -5
ellenr , The second photo is of the size I usually transplant. I'm sure the other would do OK, and I have planted some into soil like this when one of the earlier ones died (usually something like a squirrel digging it up!). This is why I root some extras - some may not root, and something might happen to the ones that do root.
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Post by ellenr on Jan 27, 2016 10:48:01 GMT -5
thanks Pepperhead- beautiful roots!
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 27, 2016 10:52:50 GMT -5
I have never heard of water roots but then I don't usually root cuttings either. Mom used to always root her forsythia cuttings and then plant them directly into soil.
I know that roots have a lot of little root hairs that we can not even see so maybe if they are put into a dry soil after being in all water then it might dry out and kill a lot of those root hairs. That's just my theory though. If I were going to put a rooted cutting into soil, I would keep that soil really wet at first. Maybe it's like "hardening off" seedlings to get them used to their new environment gradually.
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Post by ellenr on Jan 29, 2016 7:49:59 GMT -5
Yes, I think that would be an alternative to having the roots slowly adapt to soil, as I am, - if newly planted in soil, to keep the soil moist. I know that roots have a lot of little root hairs that we can not even see so maybe if they are put into a dry soil after being in all water then it might dry out and kill a lot of those root hairs. That's just my theory though. If I were going to put a rooted cutting into soil, I would keep that soil really wet at first. Maybe it's like "hardening off" seedlings to get them used to their new environment gradually
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Post by ahntjudy on Apr 1, 2016 19:58:19 GMT -5
ellenr...I was thinking of you today...wondering how your lavender rootings were doing... There was now enough new growth on some of my lavender plants to take some small cuttings which I'm rooting in soil... Fingers crossed...
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Post by ahntjudy on Apr 15, 2016 9:41:44 GMT -5
Here's an update on my cuttings after 2 weeks... Happily, looking pretty well... Keeping them in a 'mock greenhouse'...for now... {{Sorry ellenr...not intending to hijack your thread...just keeping lavender stuff here...}}
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Apr 15, 2016 11:28:52 GMT -5
Great looking cuttings! You've inspired me to give it a try - my lavender died out years ago but I want to get some more, including a variety of lavenders.
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