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Clematis rooting update

david52 Zone 6
11 years ago

I thought I'd update the progress on the clematis cuttings. So using the tips you guys gave me, I used pure perlite, Clonex rooting compound, kept them in covered domes for a month, then open in a tray with bottom water, then after 7 weeks, today I checked them out.

So here they are in their little trays......

Close up of one container.......

Dumped it out and separated the cuttings.......

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Potted them up in potential hanging baskets.....

And boy, do I have a lot of them......

So I put them in larger containers, angled at 45 degrees so the roots are barely an inch under the surface. The larger containers mean that I don't have to water as often, and hopefully the roots fill the things up. I an also hang them around the greenhouse all winter to grow, let the vines trail everywhere.

So, while I probably shouldn't count my vines before they grow, at least I'm on the way to creating that wall of clematis along the deer fence.

So, well, um, er....... Wooo Hoooo!!!!!!

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