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garden_whisperer

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Posted 1412632143	Reply with quote #1

A very kind member who will remain nameless, they know who they are. gifted me several cuttings, 5 of which i recieved one cutting. this post is track rooting progress and sucess. the 5 cuttings are. CDDB Jolly Tiger Rasberry Late VdB Long yellow each cutting was washed with a mild soap with a drop of bleach and allowed to dry. the cuttings then treated with a gel rooting agent was placed in baggies of well squeezed long fiber sphagnam moss. the baggies were place on top of the fridge for warmth. this is day 1 I will post as to progress every week until all root or are declared dead. wish me luck. __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

Hershell

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Posted 1412641010	Reply with quote #2

Good luck Dave. __________________ Hershell Zone 8. Ray City, Ga.

RichinNJ

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Posted 1412645920	Reply with quote #3

It's not too late to use perlite....

jdsfrance

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Posted 1412684898	Reply with quote #4

Hi garden_whisperer, Do you have artificial lights to keep them growing during the winter ? __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

Rob

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Posted 1412685264 · Edited	Reply with quote #5

It's fun to root cuttings when you only have one of each variety. For me it makes it more dramatic/suspenseful and I really give each one the attention it deserves. When I have 3 it's almost a foregone conclusion that 1 will survive even if I ignore them and totally mess it up. More fun for me if there's a chance of failure. __________________ Rob Maryland Zone 7 http://rbfigs.webs.com/

garden_whisperer

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Posted 1412686396	Reply with quote #6

Yeah every year I have figs under lights at one point I had close to 500 going at one,time. Got pics on one of my topics. Learned a lot about fungus gnats that winter too. One cutting does make it more dramatic. But more depressing when one don't make it. But I guess maybe rest of ones method. Kinda like a game. __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

Charitup

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Posted 1412686888	Reply with quote #7

Best of luck to you Dave I hope they all root for you __________________ goss North Ga. zone 7

FiggyFrank

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garden_whisperer

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Posted 1413148342	Reply with quote #9

First weekly update. All of the cuttings a showing promise. The jolly tiger in the pic already has a single root starting from the bitten.. I am doing this the baggie way with long fiber sphagnum moss. Cuttings were treated with rootech rooting gel. Attached Images 1413147886400.jpg (241.55 KB, 26 views) 1413147984291.jpg (176.79 KB, 26 views) __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

rafaelissimmo

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Posted 1413174997	Reply with quote #10

I hope to have at least 2 cuttings of each variety this winter, and half of each kind will go into spaghnum long fiber moss. I had pretty good results with it last year and I prefer it to paper towels or straight perlite or water based methods. I hate my moss brick it is so friggin rock hard. I noticed they sell some fluffed out moss in bags at the garden store, so I will not be relegated to my moss brick this year. Good luck with it! __________________ Zone 7b, Queens, New York

garden_whisperer

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Posted 1413177621	Reply with quote #11

Ty, I like the long fiber sphagnum moss too. Never could get the baggy method to work until I started using it. Home depot is where I get mine, 4 bucks a bag. I bought the last few they had last time I was down that way. __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

garden_whisperer

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Posted 1414134310	Reply with quote #12

This guy just got potted up today. Attached Images IMG_20141023_194316.jpg (458.30 KB, 17 views) __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

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