Rooting simoultanousely five cuttings

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vitalucky

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Posted 1381070368	Reply with quote #1

Reading this article, I wondered if anyone has tried rooting up to five cuttings in perlite. I tried it in soil mix but without the hormones. Also, has anyone tried Rootone and how does it compare to other rooting hormones. http://www.fairchildgarden.org/livingcollections/gardeningandhorticulture/methodsofpropagation/cuttings/ __________________ Sal Florida 10b whish list: dark portuguese,Smith, O'Rourke, Battaglia, Col De Dame, Abeberreira,Bourjassotte Noire (Sollies), Ronde de Bordeaux, Hunt,

rcantor

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Posted 1381090891	Reply with quote #2

You mean like this? Most people have found Rootone makes things worse. Clonex is popular. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

greenfig

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Posted 1381094472	Reply with quote #3

How do know your cuttings have some roots and not the leaves only? __________________ wish list: Violeta, Calderona. USDA z 10a, SoCal

DallasFigs

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Posted 1381197795	Reply with quote #4

That was my question too, Bob.. How do you know when they have sufficient roots? Or do you just leave them a couple months and assume if they don't have roots, then it wasn't meant to be? Do you not have a problem pulling them out w/o damaging the roots? __________________ James - Irving, TX - Zone: 8a Follow me on EBay Wish List: 187-25 · Ice Crystal · Maltese Beauty · Maltese Falcon

rcantor

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Posted 1381199640	Reply with quote #5

I did this because I was out of time. I prefer individual bags. I left them in for a few weeks then submerged them in a bigger plastic box which floated the perlite out. Very few roots were broken this way. The ones that rooted were potted individually, the ones that rotted were discarded and the rest went back in the bin with perlite. It was 90 degrees while these were percolating so most of them rooted pretty fast. They were checked at 3 weeks then every other week until all had rooted or rotted. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

BronxFigs

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Posted 1381223642	Reply with quote #6

Bob C. Thanks for the "I prefer individual bags" link. I will try using the split plastic cups for rooting some recently acquired cuttings. It's cheap, and easy. Frank __________________ Bronx, NYC Zone-7

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