Comments on: Taking Cuttings http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings Helping You Get the Most Out of Your Garden Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:14:07 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Buy Salvia http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-4632 Buy Salvia Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:20:31 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-4632 Fantastic ideas here on this site and I like your take on things. One thing I've thought is what we think about is exactly what we get. We create our own reality. Fantastic ideas here on this site and I like your take on things. One thing I’ve thought is what we think about is exactly what we get. We create our own reality.

]]> By: rockyplants http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-222 rockyplants Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:53:24 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-222 I realize that this an old post, but just ran across it. hope you had luck with euphorbia cuttings. I have found that for the euphorbias we have done rooting in h2o seems to be fastest and best success rate. I realize that this an old post, but just ran across it. hope you had luck with euphorbia cuttings. I have found that for the euphorbias we have done rooting in h2o seems to be fastest and best success rate.

]]> By: Donna Wheatley http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-4 Donna Wheatley Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:31:42 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-4 I have used rooting hormone in the past, as well as sterile mix too. To be honest, I haven't seen much difference with it as without it. My usual way is to try without, and then if I have a high failure rate, try with. I have had great results with salvias, so rarely use hormone. This is the first time for the other two, so we'll see. I have used rooting hormone in the past, as well as sterile mix too. To be honest, I haven’t seen much difference with it as without it. My usual way is to try without, and then if I have a high failure rate, try with. I have had great results with salvias, so rarely use hormone. This is the first time for the other two, so we’ll see.

]]> By: David http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-3 David Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:05:51 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/taking-cuttings#comment-3 Donna, Often it is recommended that you use a sterile mixture (sand, perlite, peat moss, etc) and rooting hormone for softwood cuttings like this. Although I have also seen where people have started roses and hydrangeas directly in the ground - well watered and typically covered with a mason jar. Do you think that those extra precautions are unnecessary, or are these particular plants just particularly good candidates for this technique? Donna,

Often it is recommended that you use a sterile mixture (sand, perlite, peat moss, etc) and rooting hormone for softwood cuttings like this. Although I have also seen where people have started roses and hydrangeas directly in the ground – well watered and typically covered with a mason jar.

Do you think that those extra precautions are unnecessary, or are these particular plants just particularly good candidates for this technique?

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