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jsvand5

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I have a bunch of cuttings in cups right now that are being acclimated to the sun. Most have 2-4 full sized leaves and a decent amount of roots. The roots do not look crowded in the cup but I was wondering when I should get them into 1 gal pots? I don't want to move too fast, but I am not sure how much more they can actually grow in the cups. I was thinking getting them into a bigger pot with a mix that has some nutrients in it may speed up the growth.

satellitehead

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I've had mine in the cups for 2-3 months now with no problems.

pitangadiego

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Patience is a virtue. Better to wait a little longer than to be in a hurry.

jsvand5

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I am not really in a hurry. I'll leave them be if that is what's best but I am just wondering what the optimum time is for transplanting? How far do you let them go before moving them up?

satellitehead

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I let the roots in the cup and the leaves up top tell me when to transplant.  I like to see a decent bit of root binding, myself.

jsvand5

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I'll let them go for a little while longer I guess.


I was just dumping a few bags of SM that I thought were empty and found a panachee cutting that I guess I forgot about. It had a huge amount of roots already. I have a few panachee's already cupped up so I just planted this one in the ground to see what happens. It has a few buds just starting to break. I think it should make it ok if I remember to keep it watered. 

satellitehead

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If there were massive amounts of roots, and you're going to need to put into a cup/mix anyway, I would just up-pot it now, there is always risk when repotting anything, so the less transfers, the better.

jsvand5

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well that one just went straight into the ground. Just kind of an experiment since I have extras so it's no big deal if it does not work out.  


I think next season I will let my cuttings get a bunch more roots before I remove them from the SM bags. This year I pretty much cupped them up at the first sign of roots, but I am starting to think I would have been better off to just leave them be for another couple weeks.

satellitehead

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Being in FL, as long as that thing stays well-watered, I seriously don't think you're going to have a problem.  But if it hasn't been in sunlight, I would allot it some temporary shade or filtering (umbrella, landscape screen, etc.)