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| Here is a pic of my 3 or 4 week old p. sage cutting.
http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=psageld9.jpg I took 5 or 6 cuttings from the base of my pineapple sage plant a few weeks back. This is the only cutting that has had noticeable success, although the others have not died or wilted. I would like to confirm that the new stem (the one in my fingers, in the pic) is indeed sage and not a wayward weed seed from the garden soil. I am optimistic about this plant, as it has well drained rich soil, has a very vibrant green color, and spends the majority of the day under a clear plastic bag. The bag has helped a lot, and i'll have to remember this trick for the future. I have noticed 2 leaves growing recently, in addition to the two rounder leaves (cotyledons?). The newer, more jagged leaves are hard to see in the picture. I would gladly appreciate any tips on how to keep this plant growing. Also, roughly how long does the process from cutting to planting outside take? Thanks in advance :) |
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| It certainly could be a Pineapple Sage seedling, but it's a bit too early to know for sure.... it might be a side sprout form the rootstock. I found that I need to loosely "bag" all Salvia cuttings AND keep them a bit warm. The increased humidity seems to help a lot. Good luck with your babies. |
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| thanks, would a rootstock eventually turn into a new plant? |
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| We'll need to ask Rich that one. Rich, how does one remove a baby from the rootstock? |
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- Posted by hybridsage (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 09 at 0:05
| I don't that I would seperate the two plants. You may end up loosing both let the plant on the left continue putting on older leaves so you can Identify it. Art |
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- Posted by rich_dufresne z7 NC (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 09 at 12:52
| I'd leave it in until both have good root systems. If I have problems separating close plants, I will plunge the root ball in a bucket of water, work out all of the soil, separate the root systems, then repot. This works best with fast-growing plants like subtropical sages. It does not work that well with arid zone plants, because they don't like getting that wet. I don't know what is going on with imageshack, but it does not work well with Firefox. |
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- Posted by greenkid_2008 8 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 17, 09 at 18:33
| Hey Connordub, Salvia Elegans (True Pineapple Sage) rarely produces viable seeds in Cultivation, and since the plant in your photo does have Cotyledons I would say it is a rogue seedling. The other plant in the photo is definitely Salvia Elegans, which I grow in my Garden (Zone 8/9) as a Herbaceous Perennial, It goes over with a hard frost, but comes back from the base in Spring. It is a fast grower and can grow to full size in 1 season, and flowers from late Summer until the first hard frost, which was early January here. I take cuttings from the tips in late summer, and put them in water in my heated Greenhouse, it takes the about 2 weeks to root and about 5 weeks until they are ready to be potted up or planted out. Change the water regularly. Salvia Elegans will root much easier in a high humidity environment. My Greenhouse ranges from about 70-85% humidity, and every single cutting I took last year has rooted, and gone mental! I am well happy because now I have another 7 plants plus the original. I hope this helps... Greenkid |
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| thank you all for your advice. that's disappointing to hear that it may be a foreign seedling. I've been pampering this thing for weeks :( . I'll hesitate, of course to remove it, until I'm sure. anyways, it seemed sort of fishy, as it didn't have the fuzzy, woody stem that this sage seems to possess. |
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- Posted by greenkid_2008 8 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 18, 09 at 18:59
| lol keep the seedling and see what it is, it might be something amazing! |
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