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Subject: Free cuttings! Replies: 48
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Thanks Allen

My cuttings arrived 2 days ago and cuttings in baggie#2 already have small roots. Very excited about these.

Subject: Free cuttings! Replies: 48
Posted By: Disneynut1977 Views: 3,906
 
Thanks Allen for the generous offer, a pm and paypal pymt has been sent your way.

Subject: Gnat problem solved ??? Replies: 14
Posted By: Disneynut1977 Views: 523
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario_1
I'm not sure if it is a coincidence but the garlic came and the gnats went, good thing they were not Italian gnats! they would have invited their friends for dinner.



Too funny

Subject: New here and first post w/ a ? Replies: 19
Posted By: Disneynut1977 Views: 375
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenguy
Disney nut. Welcome. I live in auburn a half hour from you. You should go to hydro tech on Erie blvd and get coco coir to mix in with the perlite. It holds moisture better than peat. Peat tends to be to dry or too wet. Peat can hold four times its weight in moisture ( to much). And when it dries out it is hard to re moisten. I have tons of plants and cuttings. Pm me back if you need something Thanks cian


Hi

I go to Sunset hydro a little farther down the street to get my supplies if shipping is too high from online sources. They also have beer making supplies (DH makes his own beer). I actually have high quality fine coir bricks that have been flushed for salt content. I use the coir for my seed starting. I didn't even think about using a blend of the coir and perlite, slap to the forhead.

I started using coir this year for seeds and have noticed a big increase in germination. I used to use peat because I had it around for making my earthbox mix, reason why I also have large amounts of perlite and vermiculite, but was never happy with the peat for seed starting.

I think round 2 of rooting fig cuttings is going to be A LOT better than round 1.


Thank you so much everybody that has responded. This forum is very welcoming.

Subject: New here and first post w/ a ? Replies: 19
Posted By: Disneynut1977 Views: 375
 
Thanks all for the tips, I have an open bag of course perlite in the garage, 2cuft, so I think I have enough for rooting, LOl. The first time I did a mix of peat and perlite, but will try a higher %.

Will give it another go. I could buy rooted cuttings, but I keep thinking for the cost I could get more varieties if I just bought cuttings and rooted them myself.

For all my houseplants indoors I have switched out my soil to a mix of Happy Frog and Ocean forest. I washed out all the old soil and replaced, also sprinkled those mosquito bits on the surface and also on my pepper/basil seedlings. Fingers crossed, I haven't seen an adult gnats in over a week from now.

Rafaelissimmo, I am so sorry to hear you lost a tree, cuttings is one thing, but to lose a tree, now that would really upset me.

Subject: New here and first post w/ a ? Replies: 19
Posted By: Disneynut1977 Views: 375
 
Hi

I have lurking since last summer and have a question on when it's ok to ship fig cuttings? I am in Central NY and it is still pretty cold here. I tried rooting cuttings over the winter inside I had bought off Ebay. I thought with my lights and germination mat and since I am a gardener, how hard could it be?

Well all my cuttings died, due to my fault, I had an infestation of fungus gnats, I think from some cheaper soil I bought for winter sowing in. I did not try to root the cuttings in this stuff, it was just for the winter sowing. 

When I finally dumped the cuttings, the bottoms were covered in fungus gnats larvea. I have since taken care of this issue that spread to ALL my houseplants, grrrrrr.

I want to try again and have been watching some auctions on Ebay, but I wasn't sure if it's OK to have cuttings shipped at this time of year?