Comments on: Cuttings http://brambleberriesintherain.com/2008/09/cuttings/ Herbs, Gardening, Knitting, & life in the Pacific Northwest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cinj http://brambleberriesintherain.com/2008/09/cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 Cinj Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:56:13 +0000 http://brambleberriesintherain.com/?p=513#comment-1269 Did you have a wet spring like we did? I've been finding them all over too. The most unusual spot was in the birdhouse the bluebirds ended up living in. I have also have a few on the glass of my front door. Lots of baby toads too, the ground seemed to be crawling with them a little earlier this year. I think they're heading for good hibernation spots now, I haven't seen too many lately. Hi Cinj- You know I never thought about the wet spring before now that you mention it. We DID have a very wet (insanely wet if you ask me!) spring. Even the beginning of summer was rather wet. Maybe that does have something to do with all the tree frogs. It still makes me scratch my head. They are cute though and they keep turning up in the strangest places surprising the heck out of me! -Cynthia Did you have a wet spring like we did? I’ve been finding them all over too. The most unusual spot was in the birdhouse the bluebirds ended up living in. I have also have a few on the glass of my front door. Lots of baby toads too, the ground seemed to be crawling with them a little earlier this year. I think they’re heading for good hibernation spots now, I haven’t seen too many lately.

Hi Cinj-
You know I never thought about the wet spring before now that you mention it. We DID have a very wet (insanely wet if you ask me!) spring. Even the beginning of summer was rather wet. Maybe that does have something to do with all the tree frogs. It still makes me scratch my head. They are cute though and they keep turning up in the strangest places surprising the heck out of me! -Cynthia

]]> By: Lzyjo http://brambleberriesintherain.com/2008/09/cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-1268 Lzyjo Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:39:06 +0000 http://brambleberriesintherain.com/?p=513#comment-1268 MMM, I LOVE lemon verbena, I've been trying to get by grubby hands on a plant. I'm trying air layering right now, on a lilac, crepe myrtle, and an oak. My cutting always wilt and shrivel up. I guess it 's because i wasn't using perlite. Next time I will try a lighter soil mixture with a cloche. Thanks for the tips, nice post! <em>Hi lzyjo, wow, I'm impressed that you are propagating by air layering! That is not the easiest way to propagate in my book. It is real easy to overwater cuttings so maybe that is why yours wilted in the past. Lavender is especially suspectible to rotting if you are not careful. I wish I could trade you a lemon verbena for a lilac! :) -Cynthia</em> MMM, I LOVE lemon verbena, I’ve been trying to get by grubby hands on a plant. I’m trying air layering right now, on a lilac, crepe myrtle, and an oak. My cutting always wilt and shrivel up. I guess it ‘s because i wasn’t using perlite. Next time I will try a lighter soil mixture with a cloche. Thanks for the tips, nice post!

Hi lzyjo, wow, I’m impressed that you are propagating by air layering! That is not the easiest way to propagate in my book. It is real easy to overwater cuttings so maybe that is why yours wilted in the past. Lavender is especially suspectible to rotting if you are not careful.

I wish I could trade you a lemon verbena for a lilac! :) -Cynthia

]]> By: jgh http://brambleberriesintherain.com/2008/09/cuttings/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 jgh Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:32:42 +0000 http://brambleberriesintherain.com/?p=513#comment-1267 I was so grateful that your cuttings post didn't mention "rooting hormone" which I've never worked with and the fact that it's there has always intimidated me and kept me from trying to propogate. Your post makes its seem much more managable. Now I just need the gift of patience to wait 3 weeks;-) Worm tea is also on my list of things to try someday. <em>Hi jgh, when I worked for a certain nursery we never used rooting hormone. You don't really need to use it. It just helps insure you have more cuttings actually take root. Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don't. I have found that tender cuttings, take my lemon verbena and lavender for example, root just fine without rooting hormone as long as I take cuttings from the green tips and not the more woody-like lower stems. Worm tea is amazing stuff in my opinion! :) -Cynthia </em> I was so grateful that your cuttings post didn’t mention “rooting hormone” which I’ve never worked with and the fact that it’s there has always intimidated me and kept me from trying to propogate. Your post makes its seem much more managable. Now I just need the gift of patience to wait 3 weeks;-)

Worm tea is also on my list of things to try someday.

Hi jgh, when I worked for a certain nursery we never used rooting hormone. You don’t really need to use it. It just helps insure you have more cuttings actually take root. Sometimes I use it, sometimes I don’t. I have found that tender cuttings, take my lemon verbena and lavender for example, root just fine without rooting hormone as long as I take cuttings from the green tips and not the more woody-like lower stems.

Worm tea is amazing stuff in my opinion! :) -Cynthia

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