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Plants that root in water

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Haven't paid enough attention to this thread, but having just read it I am off to the pantry to get loads of jars!  My Echevaria are rooting very well in water.  I leave them to callous over for a few days, as is often suggested.  I just break of individual leaves, or pull out any small offsets and put them straight into water.  There is a 100% success rate, even with the tiniest of fragments.  Has anyone tried it with Aeoniums?



  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sometimes 100% success causes its own problems😉 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    Treeface said:
     ...Who knows whether or not such a cutting will show any further growth. 
    Perhaps you could try and see.  I imagine it would be a straight forward trial.
  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    On March 6th, I bought a small bunch of spring onions, as my daughter was coming to visit that weekend and wanted to cook something Chinese. (Not a pangolin)

    I put the onions in a yogurt pot with some water, to keep them fresh.  She only used one or two and left the rest in the pot.

    A few days later, I noticed some good roots developing on all of them; so, I put them in a flower pot and have had endless leaves since.

    Another happy accident!

     
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Helen P3 said:
    ... my daughter was coming to visit that weekend and wanted to cook something Chinese. (Not a pangolin)



     
    So relieved!  :D



    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Helen P3 said:
    ...
    I put the onions in a yogurt pot with some water, to keep them fresh.  She only used one or two and left the rest in the pot.

    A few days later, I noticed some good roots developing on all of them; so, I put them in a flower pot and have had endless leaves since.

    Another happy accident!

     
      Your spring onions look healthy and vigorous.  I love happy accidents.



    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    I've been inspired by this tread and went out to take cuttings from my two varieties of penstemon to pop in some water.  I was trimming some dead pieces out of my buddleia, and accidentally snipped off a shoot.  I put that in the jar of water as well, to see if it puts out some roots too.  
    Utah, USA.
  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    Good luck with your cuttings.  Do let us know your results.  Hopefully, all of them will root for you!
  • Nepeta, perennial geraniums and sedums will root in water.
  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    Treeface, the leaves look a little nibbled, and there's some webbing I think,the black bits might be insect pooh. If it was mine I'd give it a rinse under a gently running tap and then pot it up. 
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