Cuttings

[dirty hands]

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I moved the palms back in front of the picture window a few days ago and they already look better.

So far the angel wing begonia cuttings are looking good.

 

[Meadowlark]

Those cuttings are looking real good...going to be nice plants @dirty hands

 

[gary350]

Is that bamboo?

 

[dirty hands]

Angel wing begonia.

 

[dirty hands]

Took the pictures yesterday. Its been about a month now. One plant is struggling but it is growing a new leaf.

 

[Meadowlark]

Looking very good @dirty hands . I always expect to experience some loss from started cuttings, but it is a fun way to propagate.

Here's my Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia) started from cuttings this fall before freezes hit. One of the three not doing too good. Typical for me.

 

[dirty hands]

It is fun. I like watching the roots grow. I usually use a shot glass.
I appreciate the suggestion of keeping them separate. Now I can see how that's a better idea than planting altogether.

 

[klazeg]

I wonder of there is a best time to put these or other cuttings in a potting mix and what mix would be the best?
I am going to put them all together in one small pot. What size should I use?

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those roots look perfect to move into soil now since they are a few inches long and ready for real nutrients you should use a 4 inch pot to keep them all together because anything bigger might hold too much water and rot the roots just make sure you use a light airy potting mix with some perlite for drainage and keep the soil slightly damp for the first week while they adjust to the change

 

[dirty hands]

Has anyone tried starting a new plant lije this?

I cut about half an inch of bark all the way around the trunk or branch and then I took wet potting mix plastic wrap and tape to hold the mix around trunk.

I noticed the plant has root rot. It looks like I used the wrong mix last transplant. Im going to let this sit for a month or two and hope I end up with 2 plants from this disaster.

 

[Martin Mikulcik]

Next time don't cut the bark so much because by doing so you negate the benefits of air layering which is that the scion roots while it's getting energy from the rootstock. And by cutting the bark completely you're girdling it and no energy can get up. Water can probably still get up though.

On certain waxy plants scratching the bark does help with rooting but i usually scratch a few lines vertically and not terribly deep

Hormone would help but probably not necessary.

Make sure the soil mix doesn't dry out, sometimes it's easier to layer in the ground for this reason but not all plants are that flexible.

Nice work. I think you will succeed

 

[dirty hands]

Thank you.

I triple wrapped the soil with tge plastic wrap and think I sealed it off pretty good focusing on the bottom and taping it tightly to the branch. The top i didnt tape to the branch.

I learned this method in a highschool ag class.

 

[Martin Mikulcik]

I was talking to my brother last night about this and i stand corrected.

We routinely kill mimosa trees and other trees that won't stop sprouting back and are too big to dig by simply cutting the bark and just the bark. The tree spends all it's energy and dies. It doesn't wilt.

This is because you're cutting the phloem and sugars can't get to the roots and the roots starve, hence no sprouting back.

But the mineral flow is in the xylem so nutrients should still get to the top . This is where i was mistaken

So fully girdling a tree concentrates the sugars on the top and they still get plenty of nutrients but there's some risk the plant figures out something's up and it cuts it off, maybe due to infections from an open wound. But often the top will have already rooted.

I need to try this technique and keep the wound sterile with wax

Monocots have their xylem and phloem just all mixed together and for this reason can't be grafted because when grafting you need to align at least some part of it

 

[dirty hands]

Well it never rooted. Thought I would open it today because the dirt ball seemed like it was drying out. It was still damp but not wet.

I just cut the stem back and stuck it in some dirt to see what happens.

 

[cpp gardener]

It should root pretty quickly if you keep it moist and brightly lit.

 

[dirty hands]

Thats what im doing.

It should root pretty quickly if you keep it moist and brightly lit.

We will see.
I thought for sure I would get roots the way I did it first.