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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 2, 2020 23:30:07 GMT -5
I finally cut that air layered section of the curry tree out, to see if it had rooted - it was getting very large, and I was going to trim a bunch of it off again, and take it up to that Indian grocer I give it to, since I'm going up there to a dentist appt tomorrow near there. It rooted some in about 4½ months - it took the kaffir lime 7 months, but the branch didn't get nearly as large. About the same amount of rooting though; I hope the roots support this many leaves. Here is the Rooter Pot, first put on the branch in April: Rooting Pot set up on curry tree, 4-13-20 by pepperhead212, on Flickr And here it is in June, with new growth on the plant, before and after the pot was covered up: The curry tree, showing the areas of new growth, 6-8 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Curry tree 6-27 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Roots forming on the air larered branch of the curry tree, started on 4-13, and uncovered on 9-2. by pepperhead212, on Flickr New air layered curry tree, potted in a 3 gallon fabric container, 9-2 by pepperhead212, on Flickr Here's the tree that I cut that large section out of, in the center. You can see there is still a lot left there, and I have cut generous amounts of it recently. Curry tree, with the new tree cut out of the center. 9-2 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Post by davidjp on Oct 4, 2020 16:29:43 GMT -5
Where did you get your curry leaf tree in the first place. All looks very healthy
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 4, 2020 20:09:03 GMT -5
davidjp I got the tree originally about a dozen years ago from a lady in CA, who sent me a rooted "side runner" from her plant. That thing, like those kaffir lime plants, are trimmed back severely every fall, to come inside, and they come back like nothing happened! I will be trimming this one even more, now that those berries are ripening - something else I'm experimenting with now, though I haven't gotten a sprout, yet.
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Post by breezygardener on Oct 5, 2020 11:53:03 GMT -5
I haven't had much luck with either curry or kafir lime in the past, but may have to give them another try, especially since our main living area is wall-to-wall floor-to-ceiling glass with a mostly southern exposure. My tropical hibiscus winters over well there, so I would imagine these would too.
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