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Posted by Lenh teesside,uk (My Page) on Fri, Feb 20, 04 at 4:54
Hi all
I use the usual method of rooting shrub cuttings but I had bought a new shrub late in the season and could only get 3 cuttings from it and I need many more.
So I tried using the leaves that I had stripped from the cuttings.
Now in [February] I was surprised to see that there is no sign (may yet come] of my cuttings but all the leaf cuttings had a fantastic root and begining to show a shoot
Well worth the effort,I have used leaf cuttings on begonias but not on most shrubs
Regards
Len |
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RE: Leaf cuttings
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| What species were you leaf rooting? That sounds intriguing. Sheila |
RE: Leaf cuttings
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- Posted by Lenh teesside,uk (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 29, 04 at 3:44
Hi sheila
I am rooting a new type of Sambucus, I only try this method instead of the conventional one because I am short of cuttings.
I tried it with an expensive cultivar of Dahlia years ago, but only one leaf cutting survived and made a good root, unfortunatly a slug got it for breakfast
What inspired me to try this method,when I was a horticulture student in my youth I worked for a Market gardener, free gratis, for the practical experience.
He was not only short of cash to pay me but could not afford the money for plants to propergate.
He stripped all the leaves off a Pyrethrum and put them in sharp sand to my astonishment all of the rooted very quickly.
Best wishes
Len |
RE: Leaf cuttings
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| You will find that large leaf begonias will produce many plants from one leaf just by cutting through the veins in the leaf and planting on damp peat moss. Just press the cut area into the medium and wait. Bazza |
RE: Leaf cuttings
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- Posted by Lenh teesside,uk (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 20, 04 at 3:21
Hi
I tried a further experiment with leaf cuttings with fushias
My wife bought one named plant of each cultivar and I used the largest leaves as well as the cuttings
They rooted in 20deg heat in 3 weeks the same time as the cuttings
excluding st paulias and begonias where the normal method is leaf cuttings has any one tried any other species
Regards
Len |
RE: Leaf cuttings
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- Posted by chaman U S east coast (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 26, 04 at 21:46
| I have been successful in rooting hosta leaves, ice plant leaves and sweet potato leaves.This time I am going to root sweet potato leaves for planting as seedlings. Worth trying, atleast for curiocity. chiman |
RE: Leaf cuttings
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- Posted by Lenh teesside,uk (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 27, 04 at 4:19
Hi Chimu
With the hosta leaves did you set the leaves up right or lay them flat and cut the viens as one would do with a begonia? regards
Len |
RE: Leaf cuttings
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- Posted by chaman U S east coast (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 27, 04 at 5:19
| Hi Len: Set the leaves upright-Prtiole in the soil. chiman |
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