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Post by Jasmine on Jun 11, 2010 18:23:29 GMT
There's a plan!
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 11, 2010 18:46:36 GMT
;D
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 12, 2010 18:22:44 GMT
How do I take cuttings from Rosemary?
Mine has grown leggy and straggly but has nice new growth on the tips....do I just chop a bit off? and do what with it?
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 13, 2010 10:27:25 GMT
MRH cut below the leaf joint, I've only really taken hard wood cuttings. I take a few of the bottom leaves off and pop into a well draining compost mix. I'm sure someone else will explain it much better than I have but that's what I do and it works some of the time. ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 13, 2010 10:49:03 GMT
I'll give it a try LG, thanks
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 13, 2010 13:12:22 GMT
Have taken 6 cuttings and put them in a pot just outside the back door....I mixed the compost with a bit of sand..is that ok?
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 13, 2010 21:19:01 GMT
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Post by Tig on Jun 15, 2010 14:51:38 GMT
I took all the soft green growth from the tops of my rosemary when I pruned it the other week (about 4-5 inch lengths, used my finger to strip the lower leaves off and pushed them about 1.5" into a pot of compost. Don't let the compost dry out while they are rooting, if they wilt they are not getting enough moisture, I stand the pot in a bowl of water in semi-shade. Here they are, still standing upright  they may seem congested ( :  but I shall split them up once they are anchored by a few roots  x Tig |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 15, 2010 17:24:28 GMT
will go stick the pot in water now.........semi shade I can do too  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 15, 2010 17:40:55 GMT
Took a fatsia cutting today for MRH - if it works.
Got the instructions from Carol Klein's new book.
Fingers crossed.
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Post by Auricula on Jun 15, 2010 18:13:30 GMT
I did the same as Tig, Missy...and I did the same with lavenders too. They seem ok  |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 15, 2010 19:18:38 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 15, 2010 19:36:16 GMT
It does look a little odd at the moment - should take a piccie ;D. It looks like a thick pen with 2 tiny little leaves sprouting out the top. Mummy fatsia is looking far glossier and tropical.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 15, 2010 19:58:21 GMT
I just worry if my freebies die, I feel really guilty then  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 15, 2010 20:30:40 GMT
No need to feel guilty MRH - c'est la vie Anyway, I might do for it first ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 15, 2010 22:15:19 GMT
Did you take an ordinary softwood cutting Jasmine? I might try that |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 16, 2010 6:13:26 GMT
I just took about 8" off one stalk. It said to make sure it had at least 2 leaves and it has but they are tiny.
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 16, 2010 6:14:12 GMT
The fatsia at school is a bit of a mess after this winter - what would happen if I cut it back a bit - should it make new sprouts or will that finish it off?
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Post by Auricula on Jun 16, 2010 8:17:14 GMT
Don't know..but I cut mine back and tidied it up and now it is bigger than ever ( about 6' high and 3' wide). It is in good loamy soil in 80% shade - give it a try.....but do it when you're alone so you can deny responsibility if it dies!!! ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 16, 2010 13:18:23 GMT
I've taken some Penstemon and Lithodora cuttings today, they will be sent far and wide if they take, fingers crossed. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 16, 2010 14:36:03 GMT
Don't know..but I cut mine back and tidied it up and now it is bigger than ever ( about 6' high and 3' wide). It is in good loamy soil in 80% shade - give it a try.....but do it when you're alone so you can deny responsibility if it dies!!! ;D Thanks for the info Auricula. Will do that, especially the knowing nothing bit if it all goes wrong i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif |
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Post by Tig on Jun 16, 2010 15:18:41 GMT
I've cut back the hebe 'red edge' today as it was getting a bit leggy. Popped lots of nice green shoots in pots, two chances  x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 5, 2010 12:36:53 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Jul 21, 2010 12:07:51 GMT
On Sunday I took a pot full of Penstamon cuttings & yet more Daphnes. I've taken some of the Daphnes with a heel & some without some are in the propagator & some just in a pot being misted every day. I've even got one just in a pot of water on the window sill, surely I must get one or two out of that lot i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif . Jillyx |
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Post by Barbara on Jul 21, 2010 12:33:33 GMT
My fingers are crossed for you Jilly |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 21, 2010 13:24:00 GMT
Fingers crossed for you Jilly. My Verbena cuttings are now already full sized plants, I'm truely amazed.  I took some of my Gaura cuttings at the beginning of July as I want to be sure I don't loose what's left of the plant over the winter. Unfortunately not even 1 of the Lithodora cuttings has taken.  and I'm not sure about the Penistemen but my fingers are still crossed. |
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Post by snowowl on Jul 21, 2010 17:53:54 GMT
Iv taken a couple of Phlox cuttings and some Hydranger from my sisters plant.
At the moment they are in a glass of water.
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Post by Auricula on Jul 21, 2010 18:18:32 GMT
Doesn't putting them in water encourage brittle roots? That's what I read
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 21, 2010 18:52:37 GMT
I nearly always do my cuttings like that Auricula and the new little plants seem healthy enough.
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Post by Jilly on Jul 22, 2010 7:14:40 GMT
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but I shall split them up once they are anchored by a few roots 
and I'm not sure about the Penistemen but my fingers are still crossed.