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Posted by oxankle 6/7 (oxankle@windstream.net) on Tue, Jun 30, 09 at 0:06
| After reading the recent posts concerning rooting green wood I cut about an eight inch tip end off my Joe Morle Paradiso and put it in a glass of water. I cut off the leaves, leaving the leaf stems and put the glass in a north window.
Three weeks later it has roots forming on the two nodes in the water and is pushing a small leaf from the tip.
A question for those of you who have done this before; Should I pot the twig now or should I wait for the roots to develop and lengthen? I can put the potted fig in a growing box to control humidity if that is an issue.
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RE: Rooting Green Twigs
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| I pot mines as soon as i seen signs of roots forming. water roots form when under water and lack roots hairs and other features, air roots form in high oxygen soil or air. air roots that form in soil contain those hairs that help absorb more water which is good. They also help the soil stick to the roots stabilizing the plant. you could pot up later but you might break off some roots in the potting process which using energy trying to regrow them. do you actually see roots coming out or do you see the white bumps? i just rooted 4 - 6 cutting this way. |
RE: Rooting Green Twigs
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| The "bumps" are about a quarter inch long now, and there are four of five of them coming from each of two nodes. I asked because I frequently read of people here potting as soon as the root initials, the "white bumps" appear. I'll go on and pot now, then put the plant in the growing box until it is established. Ox |
RE: Rooting Green Twigs
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| It takes the right conditions for the roots to actually grow in the water, the water needs to be clean and have the right amount of oxygen in it. I will try this with an airstone in the jar. keep us updated with your progress. |
RE: Rooting Green Twigs
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You say "The "bumps" are about a quarter inch long now, and there are four of five of them coming from each of two nodes".
That is enough to go ahead and plant in rooting medium and experiment with since it is a green twig from your own tree so not much to lose but learn a lot. |
RE: Rooting Green Twigs
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| I have some swb's in my yard and my son came over and brought some 18 " fig cuttings and just stuck 5 in the soil in one of the buckets. A month later he checked them and said they had roots about 6 inches long. |
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