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| Paul Taylor 2005-07-28, 3:21 pm |
| Hi,
Can I take cuttings from a Hibiscus house plant? If so how? It's about 18
inches tall, four years old and has recently grown woody and getting a bit
leggy.
Thanks,
Paul.
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| Dwayne 2005-07-29, 9:21 am |
| Cut a limb off that is as big around as a pencil and 12 to 16 inches long.
Put one end in a pot of dirt and keep it moist until it sprouts roots. My
wife put tow of them in a jar of water first, and one died. Then she put
the other in a pot of dirt and it lived. What color do you have? We have
one red and another yellow. It is a real chore bringing them in for the
winter and out for the summer.
Dwayne
"Paul Taylor" <pault_rem_.ngea@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Can I take cuttings from a Hibiscus house plant? If so how? It's about 18
> inches tall, four years old and has recently grown woody and getting a bit
> leggy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
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| Jollygreenp 2005-07-29, 10:21 am |
| Alternatively, just do green stem cuttings as you would for fuchsias.
Trim the cuttings just below a leaf node and then take of the leaves
except those at the tip and stick in potting compost. I usually do
mine in small thumbpots water well, pop into a plastic bag and then
inflate the bag by breathing into it which enriches the atmosphere with
carbon dioxide and then seal the bag with abag tie. Saves having to
water and you soon have rooted cuttings. No need to bother wasting
money on rooting hormone either. In Singapore we used to do cuttings
just by sticking twigs in the ground, it really is that easy.
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| Paul Taylor 2005-07-29, 1:21 pm |
| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:11:08 -0500, Dwayne wrote:
> Cut a limb off that is as big around as a pencil and 12 to 16 inches long.
> Put one end in a pot of dirt and keep it moist until it sprouts roots. My
> wife put tow of them in a jar of water first, and one died. Then she put
> the other in a pot of dirt and it lived. What color do you have? We have
> one red and another yellow. It is a real chore bringing them in for the
> winter and out for the summer.
>
> Dwayne
>
Dwayne,
Thanks for response. Ours has been a fine specimen with beautiful white
flowers. If I can get the cuttings going then hopefully we'll have one for
a bit longer too. :-)
Regards,
Paul.
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| Paul Taylor 2005-07-29, 1:21 pm |
| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:39:13 -0700, Jollygreenp wrote:
> Alternatively, just do green stem cuttings as you would for fuchsias.
> Trim the cuttings just below a leaf node and then take of the leaves
> except those at the tip and stick in potting compost. I usually do
> mine in small thumbpots water well, pop into a plastic bag and then
> inflate the bag by breathing into it which enriches the atmosphere with
> carbon dioxide and then seal the bag with abag tie. Saves having to
> water and you soon have rooted cuttings. No need to bother wasting
> money on rooting hormone either. In Singapore we used to do cuttings
> just by sticking twigs in the ground, it really is that easy.
Great, thanks for the tips.
Regards,
Paul.
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