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Salvia cuttings

LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
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1st time doing the Nachtvlinder & hot lips cuttings & they've wilted in a 9cm pot, I'm assuming it's transplant shock, but will they come back? Can't find any info about it anywhere.
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    If a cutting wilts before it's rooted, it's usually a lost cause. If they have already rooted then they might recover. There's time to have another go though. I find it's best to either put something like a propagator top over the cuttings, or put the pot in a plastic bag and fasten the top with a loose-ish elastic band, to keep some humidity in until they've rooted.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
    Is it too late to put a bag over the pot now? It's only over night they've wilted
  • TheVanguardTheVanguard Posts: 136
    edited August 2021
    I’m with JennyJ I’d try again. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited August 2021
    How are you managing them?  Where have you got them?  :)
    If you can do a photo or two that'll help.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
    They're in a 9cm pot, just put a polythene bag over them loosely, I've got more salvia I can get cuttings off later I think. I've got grow lights on for something else next to it. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think they've been a bit small and soft to start with. Try and get something a bit heftier if you can.
    Remove the lower leaves, nip out the tips, and then cut some of the foliage in half as well, to avoid too much moisture loss. 
    The bag needs to be tight round the pot - an elastic band is ideal  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    If they don't have roots yet, then they don't have any way to recover the water loss that's caused them to wilt :(. If they do, then putting them in a bag now might help but I would take some new ones anyway.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    And I agree with @Fairygirl , they look too small and soft. Try to take them where the wood is starting to harden up, not where it's still soft and green. I sometimes also nip out the soft tips because when they start growing I want them to branch out not just grow straight up.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Also with the Nachtvlinder, if it's growing in the ground it will probably start suckering and spreading at some point, and then you'll be able to dig up clumps and move them. I don't know whether hotlips does the same because I don't grow it.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LewisiumLewisium Posts: 122
    Took some more cuttings. Put them straight into rooting gel then into this with a bag tightly round it. They're all at least 5cm long. 
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