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Comments (16)Christy, Spring cuttings grow on well - no special problems. I usually take them a little later and they get outside faster (a good thing). But I got some bare-root plants in November that I kept in a minimally heated sunroom and some of them started leaf bud swelling, so I took all my cuttings on Feb. 20. I bought eight varieties: Black Mission, English Brown Turkey, Hardy Chicago, LSU Everbearing, LSU Gold, LSU Improved Celeste, LSU Purple and Sal's. The Black Mission were the first to show roots. I had started them horizontally in a box with sand (a variation of elder's technique) and there were very long roots showing on the bottom of the box on March 3 (11 days). I also tried some Black Mission wrapped in newspaper hanging upside down in my boiler room. One of those was rooted on March 2. I potted the rest of the Black Mission today (22 days). This is the first time that I've had this variety, and I thought that it must be an easy rooter! It was the variety showing the most green in the leaf buds and the fastest to root. The other varieties showing a good deal of green were LSU Improved Celeste and LSU Gold. The Celeste had roots on March 6 (14 days) and the Gold had initials on March 10 (18 days). Both are potted at this point. Of the other varieties above, none were showing green and none have rooted yet. A fig that I've had for a number of years, Alma, has also rooted. It was in the garage and I took cuttings at the same time. You could tell it was coming out of dormancy, but it wasn't as far along as the BM, LSU IC, or LSU G. I potted 5 of them today (22 days). This is intriguing. It seems worth trying spring harvested cuttings on hard to root varieties - if you can protect your plants so that there is no winter die back. I've tried several rooting methods: elder's, my upside down in newspaper, and Jon's. Elder's worked fine, but not knowing what was going on - not being able to see the cuttings - drove me crazy. Mine was OK, I could unwrap and see any problems (had to mist once with 50-50 hydrogen peroxide and water when some mold started) and root formation. But Jon's was the best. Much easier to keep an eye on what was happening - no need to unwrap - everything very visible. As for "other" cuttings - just about everything. The trick is figuring out the "window" - the period of time each particular plant is most likely to co-operate, and what part of the plant gives the best results. Propagation books usually have tables giving cutting times for various plants and which types of cuttings are best (tip, basal, etc.). Great fun....See MoreRecent Broom Discoveries
Comments (9)LOL, Ron! A garden of deformities, malformations, and mutations...that is one way of looking at the miniature bed, one which ignores the aspect of aesthetics. Looking at Sam's pictures of brooms as they exist in nature highlights the fact that they are manifest mutations, deformed organs in large trees, of no value to the parent tree. A thought experiment in this direction raises the question, might other species or kingdoms of life perceive human malformations as attractive and worthy of collecting? Some biologists harvest tumor tissue from cancer patients in order to create immortal cell lines, and grow these cell lines side-by-side in labs. Such a lab might be considered a veritable garden of delights! However, this would ignore all the information provided by aesthetic sensibility which is the gardeners' muse, defining value in terms of beauty. Undeniably, miniature conifers are things of beauty in the garden, either as accents in the mixed bed or co-existing in a conifer bed. Another key distinction is that of pathology. Most WB mutations are not pathological in the sense that human malformations are, they simply result in a slower rate of growth. Those few that do result from pathological infection cannot usually undergo successful propagation. Thus, I can feel safe taking enjoyment from my aesthetic appreciation of WB-derived dwarf plants without feeling that I'm engaging in some sick relish of twisted bits of diseased nature. :o) Oh yes, those are some very nice finds Sam! -Alex This post was edited by maple_grove on Tue, Nov 19, 13 at 13:08...See MoreMy New Discovery!
Comments (18)Hi Josh, I have been meaning to email you. I got fed up with the B.S. on the C and S forum, so I don't post there any longer! I will get a pic of my avocado 'Day' here soon. I am getting 2 boxes of brugmansia cuttings this week so when they get here, I have to get pics of them and I will take pics of the avocado. How are your jades and citrus? I have seen a few pics on th C and S forum. I don't even post comments as I am not wanting any retaliation from that dumba** PG! I would like to see pics of your avocado! I have never seen it before. How old is it? I have heard the same thing. I even heard that it can take longer if there potted. I appreciate that you cleared that up though. I have not even had mine for a year yet and it is going to bloom! Mike, Glad to hear you had a great trip and good to hear that they made up for there B.S.! Did they give you a credit or something? So how did Byron explain himself? I still don't have any respect for Logees. They thrive on the fact that there customers are not familiar with tropicals, so they feel they have the right to charge un real amounts for there TEENY TINY plants, especially there tropical fruit trees. Mike, do you know that a long time ago I bought over a hundred dollars in plants and they arrived DEAD, and I NEVER got my money back and they wouldn't honor there credit that they sent to me! I only order from them when I feel like I don't have a choice. That was the ONLY reason I ordered my 'Day' from them and I went thru such a hassle with them! Byron was also supposed to give me a call and I NEVER heard back from him. I didn't ask to speak to him, they offered to have him call me and I said that I would LOVE to offer him mt 2 cents! Again, I felt the need to order that tangelo from them. Mike that was a nice gesture but you didn't have to! I also have to say that I am ANGRY with Four Winds! How many weeks have gone by since I emailed them about there so called contest and no email back?? That makes me feel like I just wasted my time with them and maybe I shouldn't bother buying from them again either! I boasted about there awesome quality trees and you and I both know that together, we convinced others to buy from them, and why did I do that for them? It just really makes my blood boil! Pine Island nursry is so much better than them, and I may just see if Potratz greenhouse in Erie can buy my Minneola when they are at the Tropical fruit expo. I think that it will be my best bet and I will get it at the prices in Florida and not have to pay a dime for shipping! Yeah, I am going to call them again tomorrow or maybe just go and visit them. They are going to bring me back a 'Carrie' mango and again, I will get it for $25 or $30 and not pay a dime for shipping! Andrew...See MoreAnnie, just a thought...
Comments (4)I had already explored ta similar possibility here, Tricia, but first I'd have to live on the farm, which isn't going to happen for a couple more years. Michigan State University has a couple of somewhat similar programs, not surprising since they were the first Agricultural College in the United States. According to them it appears that it would not work here in my area at this time, due to many factors, including that our new Governor in his infinite wisdom has decided that teachers are an unfortunately necessary evil who are overcompensated in every way. School funding has been slashed and some are in such financial difficulties that they are being taken over by the Governor's "financial managers". Even University funds have been constricted and no new programs are being approved at this time. The second factor is that a large percentage of school age children in my county and the surrounding counties are farm kids, so going to "camp" doing something that they have to do everyday in the form of chores isn't a big draw. Finally, somewhere over 50% of the county's children are living at poverty level, so there's no extra money for camp, even if they wanted to go, and there are no funds to help due to factor #1. And, although I love Bud and Makayla and Madison, I'm really too impatient to deal with children on a large scale, LOL. It's also been mentioned that I might open a farmer's market, especially now that Michigan has passed the Cottage Food law, which would allow me to sell baked goods, jams, etc. in addition to garden products. MSU does have an incubator kitchen in the next county which is commercially approved, so a person could produce a product and sell it and MSU will help with marketing. That might work too. But first I've gotta live there... Annie...See MorePieter zone 7/8 B.C.
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