Clarification/Follow-up by charlotte on 09/09/04 10:55 pm:
I looked some up for you. I read your answer to greenconn, and saw you are wanting geraniums, so i put in how to root geramiums, and got the first part, then the other part I got when I put in, geranium rooting medium.
Now we will see if I can copy and paste it all on here.What is the best way to root cuttings from annual geraniums?
__________________________________________

Generally speaking the best way to do root cuttings for geraniums (Pelargoniums) is to take a softwood cutting in early spring, late summer or early fall. This would be considered a softwood cutting. Your local nursery or garden center can provide you with the appropriate strength of rooting hormone. The label will indicate the appropriate strength for the plant or for the type of cutting.

I recommend taking a cutting above a node, preferably a new growing point where there is actively growing tissue. Remove all flowers and buds. This will force the energy into root production. Be sure to select from a plant or at least a portion of the plant that is healthy, disease and pest free. I recommend having your medium and rooting hormone prepared in advance and processing the cuttings right away to prevent moisture loss. Do not dip the cutting directly into the container of rooting hormone, rather remove a small portion and apply to cutting. This will keep your rooting hormone clean. Dibble a hole in the soil with a pencil will do. This prepares a hole for the cutting so that the hormone is not removed from the cutting by the abrasion of inserting into the soil. Use a soil that is a good mix of peat and perlite for proper drainage. You can purchase mix that is for roots or seed starting, either would be fine. Your chief concern would be that the soil is clean and has proper drainage.

You may even want to consider dipping your cuttings into a fungicidal to ensure that they are clean. These cuttings can then be planted in a flat or small clean planter. For at least the first week I would recommend putting a clear cover (humidome) over the flat so that it seals in the humidity since the plant will initially lose quite a bit of moisture through leaf respiration. Be sure that the soil doesn't dry out but is not soggy. Watch them closely during this time. They will also need adequate temperature (approx. 70 degrees F. soil temp.) Placing them on a heating mat is best to maintain soil temperature. Ample light is also important you can use a grow light or a florescent light and put it on a timer so that they are getting an adequate amount of light during the day. You can also put them in a sunny windowsill if available. It should take approx. 4 weeks to root and be ready for transplant, perhaps even sooner. (This time frame is a bit of a variable.)

After about the 2-week mark you can gentle remove the cuttings from the medium to see if there are roots initializing. This will provide you with a pretty good gauge on how they are progressing. Then return them to their medium. I recommend doing more than one cutting just in case you lose some. Your cuttings should be approx. 2-3 inches length with a additional 1 inch base in the soil medium of optimum success. After rooting has taken place they can be potted up into larger containers.


Search the Web:

You searched for:rooting medium for geraniums

Sponsored Results

1. How to Overwinter Geraniums
... How to Overwinter Geraniums. Geraniums are popular bedding plants blooming from May through frost ... Stick the cuttings in a rooting medium of coarse sand or a mixture of coarse sand ...
www.ipm.iastate.edu
2. Growing Geraniums, HYG-1217-92
... Geraniums are one of the most reliable plants grown in the home garden ... sand alone or mixed equally with sphagnum peat moss is an ideal medium for rooting the cuttings ...
ohioline.osu.edu
3. G74-190-A, Geraniums (Pelargonium)
Indoor and outdoor care of geraniums as well as propagation are covered here. ... geraniums from cuttings first select containers 3 to 4 inches deep and fill them with moist (not overly wet) planting medium. Satisfactory rooting ... cutting in the rooting medium ...
www.ianr.unl.edu
4. Ivy Geraniums
... Production Methods:(5) Ivy geraniums are propagated by cutting ... Cuttings are placed in a rooting medium of peat or peat-lite mix and fertilized with nitrogen and potassium after ...
cipm.ncsu.edu
5. Seed Starting & Rooting Media at Home Harvest Garden Supply
Seed Starting and Rooting Media including Oasis Rootcubes and Horticubes; Peat Pots; Peat Pellets; Seed Starter Mixes; Air Layer Kits and more available at Home Harvest Garden Supply. ... for Poinsettias Foliage Hibiscus Baby's Breath Azaleas Geraniums Chrysanthemums Impatiens Roses and others ...
homeharvest.com
6. Overwintering Geraniums
Overwintering Geraniums. Geraniums are popular bedding plants blooming freely from May to frost. However the first hard frost doesn't have to be the end for your geraniums. ... Stick the cuttings in a rooting medium of vermiculite coarse sand or a mixture of ...
www.ipm.iastate.edu
7. Geranium (seed and cutting)
... Production Methods: Geraniums are propagated by seed and cutting ... in length leaves removed and placed in a rooting medium. A rooting hormone can be applied to stimulate the rooting ...
cipm.ncsu.edu
8. Root Cuttings from Annual Geraniums
... speaking the best way to do root cuttings for geraniums (Pelargoniums) is to take a softwood cutting in ... I recommend having your medium and rooting hormone prepared in advance and ...
www.gardengatenursery.com
9. Winter is a good time to multiply the joys of summer geraniums
... Summer geraniums (Pelargonium) are often brought indoors for the winter where they languish on a ... of sterilized rooting mix or make your own rooting medium with half sand and ...
seattlepi.nwsource.com
10. Geraniums
Purring Tiger's. Classroom Critters. GERANIUMS. SCIENTIFIC NAME. Pelargonium hortorum. ORIGIN. South Africa. RANGE. X. CARE. POTTING. Use a potting medium consisting of one part peat moss and one part sand or perlite. ... Water lightly to keep the medium moist. Rooting should occur in 2-3 weeks in filtered sunlight ... GENERAL. Geraniums like to ha...
www.science501.com

MORE RESULTS >>

Related Searches
geranium







Related Searches geranium house plant indoor plant geranium oil
the root ginger root herbal remedy herbal medicine
biology science plant herbal supplement

Search the Web:

Powered by ShopNav
Well, I had hoped the links would have been underlined, so you could click on them, but if you put
rooting medium for geraniums
in the search engine. You should get the samw sites, and be able to go to them and get the information.
Charlotte

Clarification/Follow-up by drgade on 09/09/04 11:19 pm:
Thank you charlotte.

What intrigued me about the show was the use of crushed willow pieces as the "rooting hormone".

I'll use the system that you sent to me, but will try it with the brown solution that came from the willow boil.

Either the guest on HGTV is right, or just doesn't know anyting. But WHAT IF IT WORKS?