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Locust cuttings
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Posted by trg-s338 CA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 28, 09 at 0:34
| I took some Locust tree cuttings this year from the lone one I planted some six years ago at the bottom of my 1/4 acre slope. Perhaps due to the mostly dry nature of the clay soil most of the year, I have not experienced too much invasiveness as others have experienced with this species. I only have one sucker in that time but it is different from the mother plant in that it has what appears to be larger abundant rose-like thorns than the mother which has tiny and occassional needle-like thorns. I stuck the cuttings in the fridge for 2 weeks then just stuck them in the sand. About half are now sprouting leaves. Is it that the sucker is the rootstock of the original plant? Both types of cuttings are sprouting, the species and the rootstock. I guess I'll find out if the species will grow as well own rooted. Any comments on this? |
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RE: Locust cuttings
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| I would think that because you put them in the fridge for two weeks you would lose half of them. I wish I knew more about root cuttings, but in that area I am not so great :\ sorry. |
RE: Locust cuttings
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Since I am in an area where it rarely gets to 40F maybe 3 or 4 times a year, these trees of the east don't get enough chilling hours as they would in their normal environment so I thought simulating the cold would bring the cambial cells alive when restored to ambient temps common in Southern Cali.
I think it works but I don't really know. They may have sprouted anyway regardless because this tree is a survivor, adaptable to many environments as evidenced by my tree down the hill. |
Mistaken entry
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Just realized I'm in the Rose Propagation forum. My apologies. I thought I was in the general propagation area.
If the mod is willing to move this to a more appropriate forum, I would appreciate it. Thanks. |
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