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?
I am no expert and I cannot tell you what you OUGHT to do - only what I DID do
The first set were simply stuffed back into the surrounding soil with a few laves trimmed off. The soil - although sandy/clay based - was very light having had a lot of organic matter (my own 10-years' worth of compost and some farmyard manure) well dug into it.
The other hose-pipe-caused 'cutting' ('breaking', really) had about 3" of bare stem with leaves removed (buried) and 3" of 'leafy stem (only about 6 leaves though) with the tip pinched off. The compost was a light mixture of J. Arthur Bowers and the aforementioned garden soil.
I suspect time of year and soil temperature was on my side when I did these: Autumn last year for the fence-post breakings and just before the hot weather fro the hose-pipe breaking. .
I don't know if I'd remove the berries or not - try some with and some without, maybe?
There probably isn't one single perfect way to do this sort of things: some ways wouldn't work; some would rarely work; some will work sometimes; others will work more often than not.
I guess we're all aiming for the "more often than not" ways, and the experts can certainly help us improve our odds - but sometimes sticking a stick in the dirt also works ... so I just give things a go.
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The first set were simply stuffed back into the surrounding soil with a few laves trimmed off. The soil - although sandy/clay based - was very light having had a lot of organic matter (my own 10-years' worth of compost and some farmyard manure) well dug into it.
The other hose-pipe-caused 'cutting' ('breaking', really) had about 3" of bare stem with leaves removed (buried) and 3" of 'leafy stem (only about 6 leaves though) with the tip pinched off. The compost was a light mixture of J. Arthur Bowers and the aforementioned garden soil.
I suspect time of year and soil temperature was on my side when I did these: Autumn last year for the fence-post breakings and just before the hot weather fro the hose-pipe breaking. .
I don't know if I'd remove the berries or not - try some with and some without, maybe?
There probably isn't one single perfect way to do this sort of things: some ways wouldn't work; some would rarely work; some will work sometimes; others will work more often than not.
I guess we're all aiming for the "more often than not" ways, and the experts can certainly help us improve our odds - but sometimes sticking a stick in the dirt also works ... so I just give things a go.