You'll have a job finding a non flowering shoot @Lyn I have a self seeded one popped up nowhere near the parent. It must have been in the compost so I suppose collecting seeds is worth a try The one I'm going to try in water is a new one I bought last year.
Bought a tray of coleus just over a week ago and some looked a bit leggy. I put the prunings in water and they've rooted already. Will pot up tomorrow. Don't chuck your prunings away. You never know your luck this time of year.
You know, I just can't root coleus in water to save my life! It always rots in the water, even when I change the water daily. On the other hand, I have absolutely no problem rooting it by two-leaf pair cuttings in direct in dirt. Started these off a month ago and they are putting on new leaves. Plan to winter over inside to get a head start next year.
.... As I always throw little bits of veg (from just under 1cm- 2cm) in to small trays of tiny amounts of water, just to see what happens, and watch them grow roots and leaves as if by magic (!), I know for a fact that this method works.
After reading that post, I did the same again with total "success".
Really easy, just don't drown them.
Well, I did the same with some success too!
I grew everything here from "cuttings" rooted in water. The jar on the left, contains basil rooted in water, which I took from the now rather large cutting that had also been rooted in water.
.... I have absolutely no problem rooting it by two-leaf pair cuttings in direct in dirt.
Is that hygienic?
Language is fascinating. I also wondered about this American usage. Soil and dirt are the same thing as you can "soil" or "dirt" your clothes for example. "Soil" is French in origin while "dirt" is proto-Germanic and Norse. At one point - and this is only my hypothesis, I am no etymologist - the usage split between those who needed the land to eat and those who used it mainly for visual pleasure. Thus Americans retained the word dirt from the time they emigrated and the British instead adopted a more "genteel" word "soil" when they started landscaping around country houses. I am more than ready to be corrected.
You'll have a job finding a non flowering shoot @Lyn I have a self seeded one popped up nowhere near the parent. It must have been in the compost so I suppose collecting seeds is worth a try The one I'm going to try in water is a new one I bought last year.
Doesn’t need to be a non flowering shoot, just pick the buds off. This one doesn’t grow from seeds, sterile cuttings only. I’m surprised that my fuchsias have rooted so quickly, they don’t do well in the hot weather, September/October is the best time for those.
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I have a self seeded one popped up nowhere near the parent. It must have been in the compost so I suppose collecting seeds is worth a try
The one I'm going to try in water is a new one I bought last year.
Well, I did the same with some success too!
Magical stuff, water!
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I’m surprised that my fuchsias have rooted so quickly, they don’t do well in the hot weather, September/October is the best time for those.