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Post by gianna on Apr 10, 2024 20:08:59 GMT -5
This year I've decided to start a lot of cuttings from Zinnias. The price of seed for some things have gotten rather high, so why not? And then collect their seeds. This year I've made cuttings of other things too. In years past I've started hundreds of cuttings from roses, blueberries, figs, tomatoes, and many other landscape plants just from cuttings taken while on walks. At one time I even had a primitive misting table set up.
(My mother, a prolific taker of cuttings, once asked the priest in the confessional if it was ok to take pieces of plants from other people's yards. He said that as long as they were used for reproduction, it was OK. There was no keeping her in check after that, lol. Their whole back patio was covered in rooting slips of a wide assortment of things.)
The hoity-toity Zinnia (Golden Hour) from Florets at $18 a seed packet was the first Zinnia. And now in the germination/cuttings chamber are snap dragons, cat nip, with other zinnias grown from seed on the future cutting list. On these, I've just been using the main stem from pinching back.
The Golden Hours have mostly rooted in a couple weeks, and been moved up into 4 inch pots, and the last couple days, exposed to sun. Snaps and catnip are also rooting well. I don't grow Petunias, but according to videos, they are another that roots very easily.
I love making cuttings. It's easier to start from seeds, but you get a larger, identical plant faster from a cutting.
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Post by gardendmpls on Apr 11, 2024 10:13:42 GMT -5
Personally, I would ask before I took something from someone else's yard. There was a crepe myrtle at an abandoned house that I really wanted a cutting from, but wasn't sure what to do. A year later my daughter and SIL bought the house, so maybe I will try that now.
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Post by gianna on Apr 11, 2024 12:51:10 GMT -5
I would ask before I took something from someone else's yard Well, you don't go INTO anyone's yard for a cutting without asking. That's basic common sense. But if it's in the parkway, or broken, and you don't hurt or disfigure the plant, if no one could tell, I don't hesitate, not for a second. Something in the yard of an abandoned house? I also wouldn't hesitate - as long as you follow the 'do no harm' rule. As Mom used to say, God helps those who help themselves. I just finished up-potting the 6 new catnip cuttings. Those rooted quickly! I dried some from last year's plants, but the cats have asked I do even more this year.
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