Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Cutting Cocktails - Part 2

TOMATO
My tomato cuttings were shoots removed when thinning their "donor" plants:



LEMON BALM AND MINT

The Lemon Balm and Peppermint cuttings were approximately 7cm long, with all but the top sets of leaves removed. Each lower set of leaves or branch is at a node from which roots can grow - make sure you have 2 or 3 nodes "buried" in the gel.

HEN AND CHICKEN FERN


JASMINE

Normally a jasmine cutting is a length of stem that has several nodes, but these have only one node, with little root buds showing.  To keep them looking cute, I've really only included enough stem to anchor it in the gel.  Time will tell whether that give them enough chance to survive.

Jasmine drawing is from Edwards Botanical Register, Ornamental flower-garden and shrubbery Published 1829 by James Ridgway in London.  In the Public Domain. The book is available at the Internet Archive.
All photos copyright Megan Michie.

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