Basil. Definitely roots in water. Normal plants need a knot or a bud where the roots can start growing - but basil just grows them directly from the stem. Easy! 😀
Re hebe, I when I trimmed the hebe I inherited, any trimmings that fell onto moist compost formed tiny plants. I wasn't even trying. Same thing happened with lemon thyme. Hebe is also dead easy from hardwood cuttings direct in the soil over winter.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I've been experimenting with a few succulents in water and also using the gel balls. Sedum seems to've rooted quite quickly, but no faster than a couple of lumps I just stuck in a pot. I bought an echeveria lilacina from a local gc and they let me have some of the broken leaves underneath their succulents display, so there's a couple of different echeveria a coupla sempervivum and two jelly bean type leaves. I rested one selection above the water using clingfilm and another pot with clingfilm and gel balls. So far, I've got roots on a couple of echeveria, and I think there's new leaves appearing, but leaves off the lilacina and a similar, greener one are proving reticent. The sempervivum leaves have just dried out but the chicks are rooting, and the jelly beans have new leaves growing (one of them, when I looked with a magnifier, already had tiny leaves from being sat under the pots). One of the echeveria cuttings, a red variety, I originally had on some dry soil for a week or two, and that's romped away. I'm wondering whether I'd have more success letting them scab over for longer than the 2 days I did on the lilacinas
Inspired by this thread, early in March I placed a couple of garlic bulbs over jars of water. They sprouted and I then planted some of them in a container and some in a bed.
About 3 weeks ago, I lifted all of them. The ones in the container were larger than the others and also a bit milder. I don't know why but there it is!
I may have to rethink my vegetable preparation😀 I managed to revive floppy Chinese leaves. It works for celery and asparagus too but I've never thought to leave anything to take root. Are you going to plant it out?
I saw Frances Tophill growing some cabbage-like thing in water, so I tried it. It's just 2cm off the very bottom of the head, which I always cut off and compost.
I was rather excited (!!!) to see it grow roots.
Yes, I will plant it in a pot as my garden soil is sandy. Let's hope it gives a few fresh leaves, before it decides to run to seed!
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
Since giving up meat, I have become a real lover of pulses; so, every day, I use one sort or another.
Several weeks ago, I put 3 green lentils -which had fallen out of the bag- in a jar, on a damp kitchen towel, just to see what would happen. All 3 grew little white tails, so I put them in a pot with some compost.
Two of them failed to thrive but the third continued to grow. I potted it on again and, in time, it produced some fruit. I never knew that they grow in such small pods and the leaves of the plant are so pretty! (My photo doesn't do them justice)
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I bought an echeveria lilacina from a local gc and they let me have some of the broken leaves underneath their succulents display, so there's a couple of different echeveria a coupla sempervivum and two jelly bean type leaves. I rested one selection above the water using clingfilm and another pot with clingfilm and gel balls. So far, I've got roots on a couple of echeveria, and I think there's new leaves appearing, but leaves off the lilacina and a similar, greener one are proving reticent. The sempervivum leaves have just dried out but the chicks are rooting, and the jelly beans have new leaves growing (one of them, when I looked with a magnifier, already had tiny leaves from being sat under the pots). One of the echeveria cuttings, a red variety, I originally had on some dry soil for a week or two, and that's romped away. I'm wondering whether I'd have more success letting them scab over for longer than the 2 days I did on the lilacinas
About 3 weeks ago, I lifted all of them. The ones in the container were larger than the others and also a bit milder. I don't know why but there it is!
Did you split them into cloves after they'd rooted @Phaidra ?
Yes, I separated the rooted cloves before planting them in to soil.
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 KingI managed to revive floppy Chinese leaves. It works for celery and asparagus too but I've never thought to leave anything to take root. Are you going to plant it out?
I was rather excited (!!!) to see it grow roots.
Yes, I will plant it in a pot as my garden soil is sandy. Let's hope it gives a few fresh leaves, before it decides to run to seed!
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 KingSeveral weeks ago, I put 3 green lentils -which had fallen out of the bag- in a jar, on a damp kitchen towel, just to see what would happen. All 3 grew little white tails, so I put them in a pot with some compost.
Two of them failed to thrive but the third continued to grow. I potted it on again and, in time, it produced some fruit. I never knew that they grow in such small pods and the leaves of the plant are so pretty! (My photo doesn't do them justice)