cuttings

I say just try different things untill one works for you!!! There are so many great Ideas here!!! Good luck with what ever you try... I just know from my experiance in a professional greenhouse of (CCI) and a novice just give it a try and ask questions... the new growth of plants seem to work best for me...

Don't over analize just try!!!!

Amen Bonnie! Just know that sometimes you'll have better luck than at other times (for many different reasons). Don't be discouraged and realize that it's impossible to hit 100% all of the time. I've said it before....if you're not having some failures and killing a few plants...you're not pushing yourself hard enough! CJ

I use clear plastic cups with a seed starter mix. Than I place a clear sandwich baggy over the top, using a rubber ban.

I also use a rooting compound for the cuttings. In using the clear plastic cups I can see the rooting take place.

Also with the cuttings I trim them, so there is only one or two leaves.

In the past I have placed them on top of the frig. for heat.

Off the topic... At this time I have an Ortanique that must have a least 100 blooms, only a few have opened an they smell so sweet. It's just such a joy to grow citrus in the north.

I'm very thankful to have members that can post for help, an those that are willing to teach. All the photos that has been loaded on the site and uploaded to the Gallery has been the best. I feel the photos really give us, all a better understanding.

Oh I am so envious of your plant blooming it must smell great!!! There is nothing like a citrus flower smell...........MMMMMMMMMMMMM

Speaking of cuttings...I checked the cloner this am and realized that I have some cuttings that are ready to pot up. This is "Heart-leafed" Hoya, very easy and quick to root. Matter of fact this should have been potted up a while back. Look closely and you'll see light tan colored roots and some that are dark. The dark ones are (mostly) dead. In potting this one...I'll use some moderate water pressure to wash the dead root tissue off before potting. As I mentioned in an earlier post....the cloner (warm, oxygen rich water) works best for herbaceous cuttings. You can do the same thing in a glass of water on your kitchen windowsill.

Joe,
What is that black thing on the hoya? it almost looks like a slug..ewwwww.
Andi

It's the 'cap' that fits into the hole (1 of 42) in the cloner lid. The caps are soft rubber with a hole in the center and slit leading to the hole. Keeps the cutting straight and at the proper depth in the water.

I have this short orange tree in front of my house, I rarely water it, or trim it, but every year it put out big huge oranges, and they are super sweet. My mom love my orange tree, I want to know how to root a cutting for my mom. Is this month a good time to take the cutting? Would some one educate me on this matter? thanks

We don't know where you're located...must be a mild area. Rooting citrus cuttings can be done but it's usually more difficult than grafting or budding them. My suggestion is to get help from someone (local) that can bud or graft wood from your tree onto a suitable rootstock. Depending on where you live getting citrus wood in or out of your area could be illegal. Once the budded tree is established your Mom could have her own tree to grow. Not knowing where she lives it may mean that it would be a container tree or if she lives where it's mild she could grow it outside at her place.

thank you for your quick reply. I live in bakersfield, california and its zone 9. winter here could get down to 35 degree, and some time we get frost, but citrus trees here seem doing quite well. my mom live in sanjose, california, it's about one hour from sanfrancisco, so it cold up there, but i don't think she get frost. I dont know alot about gardenning. the most i know is plant flower and hope they live; although, i got quite lucky, most of the stuff i planted survide "if i don't forget to turn my sprinler system on " . I really don't know anything about budding or grapting; however, i do understand a little bit of root cutting through reading on the web.