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Taking cuttings before garden clearing

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Glad l made you smile  :)
    These are the ones that l use, l can get two side by side on the kitchen windowsill.  Other suppliers are available, mine came from a local "hardware" type shop. 
    https://www.greenhousepeople.co.uk/products/896/garland-window-sill-tray-175mm-x-760mm/
    You can stack them using maybe upturned plant pots for support. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited September 2021
    Are you still lying down in a darkened room after that @AnniD?   :D

    It's always difficult if you take loads of cuttings - and then they work @cazsophieq2019 ;)
    Have you even got a table, or similar, that you can keep close to the window? 
    Space for growing on, and getting good light levels, are always big factors. It's great to experiment and practise though. It's the best way to learn.  :)

    While I'm here - @AnniD - I saw you've PMd me, but I can't get them to work just now, so I can only see the first line! 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Actually l quite enjoyed the brain workout @Fairygirl 😁. No worries about the PM.
    That's an impressive amount of cuttings @cazsophieq2019, fingers crossed for a good "take".
    Cushty !
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited September 2021
    I know what the PM was about though @AnniD ;)
    I'm not convinced on your theory though  :D

    Good luck with the cuttings @cazsophieq2019. You just have to keep an eye on them - check them every day, turn them for light, keep them away from temperature extremes and draughts etc.   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Even if they don't all work,  you will learn a lot about the plants you have.  🙂
    AB Still learning

  • @Eustace
    @AnniD
    @Fairygirl
    @Allotment Boy

    Thanks y'all for your messages again .....

    @Eustace
    That's a good idea about the filing trays, not I can do that with mine but if you post a pic that might help.

    @AnniD
    Hope you've now recovered following your brain workout lol.  Think I'll check out out those trays in the link you posted. ........ 'lavvly jabbly!'    Obsessively checking my cuttings every day lol

    @Fairygirl
    Emmmm ..... yeah I did think that, gosh ..... what if they all strike ....... my house will look like 'Day of the Triffids' or 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'   - surely I'm not that green fingered ......  


    Time will tell ...... :-D



  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    edited September 2021
    @cazsophieq2019 I don't know why, but the system says my photo cannot be uploaded. So, here is a link to a similar one: https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/p/1522778?sgt=GB-R21
    Mine is old and I don't use it much. The trays are removable. So I repurposed it as a plant holder by not using the middle tray.

    I have bought (long) windowsill trays like what @AnniD shared, from Homebase during clearance sales. May be worth a look.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    My two pence worth:  Holly is really slow and you will probably run out of patience. Ceanothus is difficult. Rosemary may root in water in the kitchen. The last one is probably an aster which will root easily. Roses are easy this time of year: take long (8-12")  hard woodcuttings, use rooting compound.  Put them in a gritty stony mix, keep them moist to begin with, leave them outside in a sheltered place and forget about them until next spring.  Most will probably have rooted.   
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
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