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PhoenixSerenity

Once upon a time, many folks told me that #lupines can't be #propagated by cuttings because they're very sensitive.

I decided to challenge that with #PlantPropagation experiments. I tried to propagate lupine cuttings in water, with rooting powder, with raw aloe vera gel & with raw honey & cinnamon. This is a successful new plant from honey/cinnamon rooting! I did it!

I'm so happy about this🥰

Baby lupine foliage. Held up with two fingers.
#Saanich#Gardening#botanical
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donkey herder, fowl friend

Hey #gardening, I’ve got a #strawberry #PlantPropagation question. Last year I planted two new varieties, just two plants, in a bed. The bed had too much unfinished compost in the base and the plants lollygagged all spring and then spent the second half of the year spitting out runner babies. I would like to grow out the babies and replace at least some of my older plants with the new varieties. Should I just go yank them and transplant them into 4” pots to grow out? Would they do better in the grow tent, or will that make them soft and weak compared to just leaving them outside? They’re all jammed in there and it seems like they’ll never grow to a good size unless I thin them. I guess the alternative is to just move the tiny runner babies directly to their future homes? That seems so all-eggs-in-one-basket!

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Native Plants

If you want to grow plants easily and cheaply by winter sowing, my YouTube video on preparing plastic bottles might be helpful. You can end up with hundreds of plants, especially if you grow plants that are native to your area.

I usually start a few around Christmas, but sow most seeds in January and February.

#NativePlants #Gardening #PlantPropagation
youtu.be/ulsM4lmbLsk?si=0-cuHt

YouTube7 Steps to Winter Sowing Using Pop/Soda Bottles, Juice Bottles and Vinegar BottlesBy Native Plants Near Lake Ontario
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Klaus Alexander Seistrup
@plants Oh, so _this_ is how it does! It sends out roots from where tiny new plants emerge. I expected the new plants to grow directly from the big old leaf (as per the guide, linked to elswhere in this thread).

Note to self: Being placed in broad daylight in a south-facing spot may have encouraged the rooted leaf to become more active. At least I noticed a near-immediate improvement in leaf colouration.

/cc [ @houseplants | #plantPropagation | #houseplants ]
In a wide pot with a rooted Sansevieria leaf two tiny new plants have emerged through the gravel-covered potting soil. The sun is shining. A shadow is cast on the lower right corner of the pot. Blurry oregano flowers is seen in the background.
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Klaus Alexander Seistrup
I have a an #Sansevieria in a very crowded pot. While it blooms with lots of fragrant flowers every spring, I have yet to see a single seed (any tried and tru pollination tricks?).

Propagation by a leaf cutting is easy, I was told, so on 10th October 2022 — more than eight months ago — I placed a leaf cutting in a cup of water in a South-facing window sill and waited. And waited. And waited…

After almost three months the first roots emerged. After an additional three months there were more roots, but still no leaves, and the water had become unappetizingly infested with algae. The roots looked as if they would like some soil, if you know what I mean, so I planted the cutting in a soil with good drainage.

More than eight months since I made the cutting, and more than five months after I noticed the first roots, the damn cutting is still not showing any signs of new shoots (or any change in its foliage, for that matter) — what I have is essentially a leaf with roots.

Is there anything I can do at this point to promote growth of a new shoot? I don't need guesses (I am also aware that I can divide a root-bound Sansevieria and propagate it that way, but that's not what I'm looking for with this post), but if you have practical experience with leaf propagation of Sansevieria, I would love a follow-up here.

Cheers. 🙏

/cc [ @plants | #plantPropagation | #Dracaenaceae ]
A Sansevieria leaf is sitting in a pot, sitting on a doorstep. The soil in the pot is covered with “old“ aquarium gravel to diminish evaporation. A single chopstick is offering support for the leaf. In the background is seen various other potted plants. The wall in the background is covered with Ivy.
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Native Plants

I made a 12-minute YouTube video to document my winter sowing experiments using different containers. You'll see pictures of little native plant seedlings in all kinds of containers like ziplocs, bins, yogurt containers, juice and pop bottles (my favourites).

Growing plants from seed has been a bit of an obsession.

Please watch if this is your kinda thing.

youtu.be/BK-PAOjQTPI

YouTubeWinter Sowing Container Comparison | Winter Sowing Reveal May 2023 | Native Plants Toronto, OntarioBy Native Plants Near Lake Ontario
#WinterSowing#Gardening#SeedStarting
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Native Plants

Winter sowing update, this time about re-purposed spinach/salad containers. These little greenhouses were successful.

The bottom container was the pot, and I made drainage holes, and put soil and seeds.

The top container was like a roof, which I taped on and put holes to allow for rain and snow, and for ventilation.

Worked well! Left container is Spotted Joe Pye Weed (native), and the right container is Blanketflower (near-native).

Two mini greenhouses made of clear plastic spinach and salad containers. Left container shows several small sprouts of Joe Pye Weed, and right container shows about eight large sprouts of Blanketflower.
Two closed mini greenhouses, made up of a total of four plastic containers. We see how the additional height from the tops allow for seedling growth.
#WinterSowing#SeedStarting#PlantPropagation
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