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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2007 14:55:50 GMT
Have just bought my first pot of rooting hormone! ;D Now, how easy would it be to get new plants from my smoke bush 'royal purple' and my 'red robin'? Is it the right time of year to take these cuttings?
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Post by andy on Aug 4, 2007 15:28:25 GMT
Smoke bush...= absolutely no chance
Red robin...= pretty good chance.
Smoke trees (cotinus) are usually layered or grafted and do not root very well from cuttings whereas Photinia red robin will root readily from semi ripe cuttings taken now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2007 19:55:32 GMT
Thanks andy! I'll get me secateurs out tomorrow then  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2007 13:19:35 GMT
RM ... once you've got your rooting hormone, you'll get the cutting bug! All those lovely plants for free - only problem is where do you put them (gazing at 8 baby fuchsias on my window sill) ... seriously, it's a great sense of achievement when something takes! ... cheers ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2007 18:18:24 GMT
I'm really excited about cuttings! There won't be a spare windowsill in the house! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2007 14:56:38 GMT
RM, would you think of getting one of those plastic mini-greenhouses? V. cheap and v. handy ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2007 12:32:37 GMT
I'm one step ahead of you, CC! ;D My mini greenhouse is currently housing two tomato and one chilli plant (and 3 photinia cuttings!!!)
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Post by Weeterrier on Aug 8, 2007 16:54:18 GMT
Rosemother, you are heading straight for another addiction |
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Post by Biggles on Aug 20, 2007 18:25:42 GMT
Smoke bush...= absolutely no chance Red robin...= pretty good chance. Smoke trees (cotinus) are usually layered or grafted and do not root very well from cuttings whereas Photinia red robin will root readily from semi ripe cuttings taken now. Sorry Andy beg to disagree- I have managed to take cuttings from a Smoke Bush--I thought these had died--but on two consecutive years I have managed them.--Probably Lucky? |
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Post by Weeterrier on Aug 21, 2007 20:29:55 GMT
Everything is worth a try, you just never know, and it costs nothing |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2007 10:54:56 GMT
One lesson I have definitely learnt is not to give up a cutting ... I took a few Fuchsia Genii in the spring, and last week was about to throw them out in despair ... when I notice a few tiny lime-green leaves emerging ;D ... cheers ...
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