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What cuttings are you taking this month?

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  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    @Katsa, yes For salvia cuttings. Last time i didn't cover with bag. I just kept those in sheltered place outside away from direct sunlight.
    South West London
  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    This time i wanted to give better chance so i have kept them in plastic greenhouse but in full shade.
    South West London
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited June 2020
    I'm taking salvia Bumble, rose pelargonium, diascia, rosemary. Trying some sedum that broke off. Tried some various bog salvia that didn't seem to work and sweet williams that did. I'm running a community (lock down) gardening group so am taking loads to give to encourage newbies and show how easy it is (with certain plants).

    I use hormone rooting powder but not plastic bags or coverings. I seem to have a high  strike rate - except with the bog salvia.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've just stuck sedum breakages straight into the ground and they've taken.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    @Janie B

    I will plant rooted salvias in spring. I have learnt the hard way that unless the plant has very full root in 9 cm pot or reasonably good roots in 1L pot, they dont survive in my garden. Either slugs and snails finish those, or weeds take over or i forget to water them.
    South West London
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    @Dovefromabove will salvia heel cuttings strike from flowering stems? I have real trouble taking cuttings, every reasonable location has a flowering spike. I don't have much luck, even clipping the flowers off before/during/after cutting hasn't helped previously...
  • ldrldr Posts: 9
    newbie77 said:
    Any idea if sarcococca can grow from cutting? 
    Yes, definitely - in my case accidental ones when a fence post fell on mine.  Literally just pushed some of the broken stems (and cut longer ones into sections) back in the earth.  'planted' about a dozen, probably 10 took.  Subsequently used a more scientific approach when a hosepipe snapped off a twig: trimmed off some leaves, added rooting powder, pushed into compost at side of its terracotta pot.  Took quickly. 
  • KmehKmeh Posts: 173
    For sarcococca. Any special type of compost mix? All compost/perlite  and compost/perlite, compost and grit. Monty used all perlite the other night for his hydrangeas. 

    Also my confusa are starting to have tiny berries. Do you need to strip these off and most leaves?
  • KmehKmeh Posts: 173
    Can someone please walk through the salvia cuttings process for a novice? What and where to cut, compost, how long, watering regularity. 
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Kmeh said:
    Can someone please walk through the salvia cuttings process for a novice? What and where to cut, compost, how long, watering regularity. 
    Carol Klein is my propagation guru.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08d9pb6

    https://www.pressreader.com/uk/garden-news-uk/20180814/282664688223166
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
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