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Post by binnylou on Nov 12, 2019 14:22:39 GMT -5
Is your kitchen windowsill your spot for cuttings, or that favorite African violet?
First, I'd have to say dust, but I can fix that. Right now, I have rose cuttings in the sunniest spot in the kitchen, right above the kitchen sink. I've tried to start rose cuttings before, but never had success. I even used "the potato method". No success.
I had read a suggestion to use the disposable plastic water bottles. I don't know what makes them special, except that you can see through them, if there should be some root growth.
I mixed seed starting mix and vermiculite, about half and half. Took my two cuttings, dipped them in hormone powder, made a hole in the growing medium so I wouldn't scrape off the hormone powder when I inserted the cutting. One cutting went in to the clear bottle, the other cutting went in to a quart opaque plastic milk bottle. Just a bit of water in the bottom of another container that holds the starting pots, and they are getting watered from the bottom only.
I see roots, but only in the clear container. Still hoping for success in the other pot.
The cuttings get good care because it's hard to ignore them right there at the kitchen window.
What are you growing on your windowsill?
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Post by martywny on Nov 12, 2019 16:40:54 GMT -5
A pineapple.
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Post by Vokar on Nov 12, 2019 16:43:51 GMT -5
I've got Easter and Christmas cactus plants on my bedroom windowsill.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Nov 12, 2019 18:27:24 GMT -5
Nothing on my windowsill, but I have a lot of things growing in the basement, and 4 plants in front of the window in the dining room. Do you want the plans to my cloner, binnylou?
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Post by binnylou on Nov 12, 2019 18:29:11 GMT -5
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Post by Latitude33 on Nov 12, 2019 18:32:19 GMT -5
Pineapple as well.
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Post by desertwoman on Nov 12, 2019 18:51:57 GMT -5
I'm care taking rosemary and parsley plants for a neighbor who is in Japan for a few weeks. Otherwise, I don't usually grow anything in the winter. I guess I really like the break more than I thought!
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Post by pondgardener on Nov 12, 2019 20:53:17 GMT -5
For some reason, my wife likes me to cut her a twig of basil to stick into an elongated vase filled with pond water. It is interesting to watch the root development though...
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Nov 12, 2019 21:31:58 GMT -5
My windowsills are too small for any size pot... But I have a set of shelves in front of my living room window that has a good deal of sun. For now I have my potted plants like a cactus rose that has yet to flower and a Thanksgiving cactus that is beginning to bud and a begonia as well as a few others.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Nov 12, 2019 22:31:39 GMT -5
I'm care taking rosemary and parsley plants for a neighbor who is in Japan for a few weeks. Otherwise, I don't usually grow anything in the winter. I guess I really like the break more than I thought! Come on! How can you not like having fresh herbs available 365 days a year? I never take a break from cooking, except on leftover days.
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Post by gardendmpls on Nov 12, 2019 22:35:54 GMT -5
My windowsill is ever-changing. Now have a Schlumbergera kautskyi (Christmas cactus), another cactus type and two gerbera daisies. Orchid and violet passed on, but should be getting other plants to fill in the space as the winter progresses.
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Post by desertwoman on Nov 12, 2019 23:12:41 GMT -5
Come on! How can you not like having fresh herbs available 365 days a year? It's easy! Switching to the dried herbs hanging in bundles from a beam is every bit as gratifying to me. They stay pungent and flavorful for months. . I love the smell as the oils are release as I grind them with the mortar and pestle. Often times I actually like cooking with the dried herbs better.
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Post by binnylou on Nov 12, 2019 23:34:36 GMT -5
my wife likes me to cut her a twig of basil Is this complete with leaves, pondgardener? Even if the leaves might not be used, just touching them is wonderful for the nose.
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Post by pondgardener on Nov 13, 2019 0:05:57 GMT -5
Yes, the leaves are still on and slightly pinching one releases the basil aroma...
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Post by datgirl on Nov 13, 2019 6:54:44 GMT -5
Kitchen window has a purple African Violet,dining room window has a basil and a Hydrangea that I bought at Easter 3 years ago. That little plant just keeps blooming over and over. It's really root bound, but I haven't repotted it yet. There is a pot with an Amaryllis bulb in it waiting to sprout on the extra bedroom window sill.
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