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Pelargonium hortorum
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Posted by bob_b Sunset 14, Ca. (My Page) on Mon, Jun 22, 09 at 9:59
| I would think this would be the easiest plant to propagate. Yet it has taken a lot of time to strike roots, and then the rooted cuttings just sit there not doing much. Should the cuttings have been taken from younger stems as opposed to older, grayer, thicker stems?
I am reminded by something I read years ago in one of Hugh Johnsons's books, namely, that a plant has a limited life span, and the cuttings know it. Any truth to this?
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RE: Pelargonium hortorum
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| Pelargonium is one of the most forgiving plants I know of. They will take off with top growth when they are ready. I have four which I plant this time of year in a commercial garden in down town Calistoga. A large expanse of asphalt parking lot is directly to the south and it is so hot I only work there first thing in the morning. Every year about the first of December I dig them up root prune enough to fit in a gallon pot with room for some potting soil. I cut the top down to practically nothing and put them in a cold frame over the winter. Now they are over two feet tall and the pots are bulging with roots. I dig new holes in the same locations water them in and we are good till digging time. They don't know their life is limited. Al |
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