Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: mark smyth on May 03, 2008, 12:31:35 PM
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ZZ has now told me how the Czechs root Daphne cuttings
1/ First he used yellow field clay, later blue clay, now he tried to add sand and another elements (all are working well).
2/ No food added (he added only stimulating/?rooting powders into clay).
3/ Charcoal is only to dip cuttings for disinfection of the cut.
4/ First working size was one inch in diameter, now he reduced it to 1cm.
5/ Mostly in classic time after blooming (semi ripe state) but also in autumn for rooting in winter glass garden); he says: all year around when the plants have the urge to propagate itself.
6/ The balls are sunken half way in wet sand in translucent plastic boxes (with lids) in warm old shed behind large side window. I wish good luck to all daphnefyls. Zdeněk
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all year around when the plants have the urge to propagate itself.
Zdenek obviously has a much closer and more personal relationship with his Daphne than I.
If only I could better recognize when that urge strikes them....as it is obviously out of sink with when the urge strikes me (which is all the time)!!!! ::)
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Kristl I hope the Urge was to do with Daphne?? :P ;D
Derek
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Derek, if only i knew how to answer such a loaded question publicly.... ;)