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Actinidia cuttings advice .
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| BoroBoy 2007-06-23, 3:25 am |
| Hi, I'm moving house shortly and want to take cuttings from my
Actinidia Kolmikta plant, I have tried and failed a couple of weeks
ago although I have been succesfull in the past with the same plant
and method. Are gel pots worth a look at? I have used perlite/
multicompost mix, cuttings have been taken below a leaf node of
healthy stock although not bagged. any advice welcome. Mike.
Peterborough.
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-06-24, 5:25 pm |
| In article <1182582161.016091.7540@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
BoroBoy <mikedawson77@aol.com> writes
>Hi, I'm moving house shortly and want to take cuttings from my
>Actinidia Kolmikta plant, I have tried and failed a couple of weeks
>ago although I have been succesfull in the past with the same plant
>and method. Are gel pots worth a look at? I have used perlite/
>multicompost mix, cuttings have been taken below a leaf node of
>healthy stock although not bagged. any advice welcome. Mike.
>Peterborough.
>
Just an idea but why not dig it up and pot it then replant space with
different plant?
If not an option I'd take loads of cuttings from heeled ones, softwood,
hard wood and semi ripe. Wouldn't use multipurpose unless mixed quite a
bit with sharp sand and or vermiculite.
Try keeping some of the softwood cuttings indoors and perhaps bag
others. Wouldn't think gel would be any more successful.
However there might be some difficulty in taking cuttings from this
plant
see
http://www.ukorchidforum.com/viewto...f8be3943b315b6c
93b8640f03535
(found with Google)
janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| judith.lea@googlemail.com 2007-06-24, 5:25 pm |
| On Jun 24, 9:48 pm, Janet Tweedy <j...@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> If not an option I'd take loads of cuttings from heeled ones, softwood,
> hard wood and semi ripe. Wouldn't use multipurpose unless mixed quite a
> bit with sharp sand and or vermiculite.
> Try keeping some of the softwood cuttings indoors and perhaps bag
> others. Wouldn't think gel would be any more successful.
You are queen of the cuttings Janet! Everything you sent me has
taken. Thanks for the newsletter I got yesterday.
Judith
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-06-24, 8:25 pm |
| In article <1182720443.203943.174420@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
"judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> writes
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>You are queen of the cuttings Janet! Everything you sent me has
>taken. Thanks for the newsletter I got yesterday.
>
>Judith
>
Oh I thought you'd like a copy as it tells you about the various gardens
the Club visited, you can add them to your list of where to go
Sorry, forgot to send second lot of plants the other week, things got in
the way. Must try and do a small parcel for you again next week when I
send Pam her Dahlia.
With all this wet weather, (which I love) it's a good job we didn't have
the garden party after all !
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net
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| Charlie Pridham 2007-06-25, 3:25 am |
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"BoroBoy" <mikedawson77@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1182582161.016091.7540@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I'm moving house shortly and want to take cuttings from my
> Actinidia Kolmikta plant, I have tried and failed a couple of weeks
> ago although I have been succesfull in the past with the same plant
> and method. Are gel pots worth a look at? I have used perlite/
> multicompost mix, cuttings have been taken below a leaf node of
> healthy stock although not bagged. any advice welcome. Mike.
> Peterborough.
>
Don't know that it helps you, but the best method for this plant is leaf bud
cuttings very early in the season from plants that are kept cut back and
housed under glass. But as with most plants that does not mean to say other
methods/timings won't work!
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-06-25, 5:25 pm |
| In article <5e99m9F386g99U1@mid.individual.net>, Charlie Pridham
<charlie.pridham@lineone.net> writes
>Don't know that it helps you, but the best method for this plant is leaf bud
>cuttings very early in the season from plants that are kept cut back and
>housed under glass. But as with most plants that does not mean to say other
>methods/timings won't work!
>
Charlie I've not tried to take many leaf bud cuttings, would you use
hormone rooting powder with them, keep them dry or damp/misted. What
medium would you think would be best for such cuttings?
Any other plants that might need this type of propagation?
janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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| judith.lea@googlemail.com 2007-06-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Jun 25, 12:34 am, Janet Tweedy <j...@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> Sorry, forgot to send second lot of plants the other week, things got in
> the way. Must try and do a small parcel for you again next week when I
> send Pam her Dahlia.
> With all this wet weather, (which I love) it's a good job we didn't have
> the garden party after all !
Don't worry about the plants Janet as we are hoping to move house,
when we do, I will be begging you for some.
I am going to the Royal Norfolk Show on Wednesday. usually the
decision is do I wear a flimsy dress because of the heat, this year it
will be do I wear rubber boots!!
Judith
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| On 25/6/07 22:17, in article
1182806230.048205.167290@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
"judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 12:34 am, Janet Tweedy <j...@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
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> Don't worry about the plants Janet as we are hoping to move house,
> when we do, I will be begging you for some.
How limited is your planting because of the winter temps?
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> I am going to the Royal Norfolk Show on Wednesday. usually the
> decision is do I wear a flimsy dress because of the heat, this year it
> will be do I wear rubber boots!!
>
Oh lor'! Did you see the pics of Glastonbury? I'd pay the entry price NOT
to attend!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
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| Charlie Pridham 2007-06-26, 3:25 am |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C2A5FAA4.50895%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> On 25/6/07 22:17, in article
> 1182806230.048205.167290@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com,
> "judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
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> How limited is your planting because of the winter temps?
> Oh lor'! Did you see the pics of Glastonbury? I'd pay the entry price
NOT
> to attend!
> --
> Sacha
> http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> (remove weeds from address)
>
>
We were just south of there at "Axe vale festival of mud", staying in a
small tent! spent 3 days stood in 6" of water in wellies (did leave the dog
at home this year) Public were very cheerful. On the way home I uttered the
fatal words "there can't be much worse than that" Monday proved me wrong, I
could see the water on my lawn, which considering the garden is at 30
degrees says a lot about the speed of arrival!!!
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| Charlie Pridham 2007-06-26, 3:25 am |
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"Janet Tweedy" <jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:260dexCM+BgGFw23@ukonline.co.uk...
> In article <5e99m9F386g99U1@mid.individual.net>, Charlie Pridham
> <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> writes
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> Charlie I've not tried to take many leaf bud cuttings, would you use
> hormone rooting powder with them, keep them dry or damp/misted. What
> medium would you think would be best for such cuttings?
>
> Any other plants that might need this type of propagation?
>
> janet
> --
> Janet Tweedy
> Dalmatian Telegraph
> http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
This particular plant is best under mist but many others do well under white
polythene with bottom heat.
I use hormone powder but mainly as a fungicide, I am not convinced you
actually get much benefit from the hormone (especially as most of use are
not using it fresh!)
What you use at the roots seems not so important but I use a 2 parts peat 1
part perlite mix, but used to use 2 parts peat 1 part grit, and have tried
perlite and vermiculite but could not tell how wet it was!
I always wet the cuttings in with a spray containing a fungicide for
botrytis
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea
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| On 26/6/07 08:46, in article 5ebue9F37vigtU2@mid.individual.net, "Charlie
Pridham" <charlie.pridham@lineone.net> wrote:
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> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2A5FAA4.50895%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> in
> have
> NOT
> We were just south of there at "Axe vale festival of mud", staying in a
> small tent! spent 3 days stood in 6" of water in wellies (did leave the dog
> at home this year) Public were very cheerful. On the way home I uttered the
> fatal words "there can't be much worse than that" Monday proved me wrong, I
> could see the water on my lawn, which considering the garden is at 30
> degrees says a lot about the speed of arrival!!!
>
>
We've been so lucky here. Yes, the steps from the car park down to the tea
room did turn into a waterfall - very pretty actually! - and yes, water was
running down the paths of the nursery. But being surrounded by farmland did
mean that most of the rain got absorbed, one way or another. I hope the
high wind doesn't return because that's always dangerous after so much rain.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
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| judith.lea@googlemail.com 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| On Jun 26, 10:04 am, Sacha <s...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> We've been so lucky here. Yes, the steps from the car park down to the tea
> room did turn into a waterfall - very pretty actually! - and yes, water was
> running down the paths of the nursery. But being surrounded by farmland did
> mean that most of the rain got absorbed, one way or another. I hope the
> high wind doesn't return because that's always dangerous after so much rain.
We had the high wind here last night, I was glad that our tall trees
had been "surgeried" the year before. When I came home last night, I
could see, in the car headlights, the run off on the roads,
partiularly around Easton Horticultural college where the soil is
sandy, that half the field that the students had prepared a few days
ago, had flooded onto the road as it is on a steep hill.
Just now, the sky is lowering, the wind is still blowing but not gale
force.
Everyone take care on the roads.
Judith
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| judith.lea@googlemail.com 2007-06-26, 9:25 am |
| On Jun 25, 11:05 pm, Sacha <s...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> How limited is your planting because of the winter temps?
Back garden, pretty limited, I have even lost a bay there!!
>
>
> Oh lor'! Did you see the pics of Glastonbury? I'd pay the entry price NOT
> to attend!
I remember one year the mud was so bad at the Show that the late Queen
Mother was in gumboots, moi? I thought I would be so very chic, I was
until I left a shoe in the mud and had to bend down and tug it out.
Judith
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| On 26/6/07 12:15, in article
1182856504.726344.48530@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com,
"judith.lea@googlemail.com" <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 11:05 pm, Sacha <s...@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Back garden, pretty limited, I have even lost a bay there!!
Lord! I have no idea what to suggest! Pine trees, perhaps? ;-)
>
> I remember one year the mud was so bad at the Show that the late Queen
> Mother was in gumboots, moi? I thought I would be so very chic, I was
> until I left a shoe in the mud and had to bend down and tug it out.
>
Wot! Not a golden slipper!?
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
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