Beginner Gardening: rooting Jatropha cuttings in water, 0 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
i have a 60" heated growing mat with a thermostat....I put the cuttings in the water for a week....then dipped in rooting hormone and they are in half soil mix and half perlite right now on the mat inside with zip locks that go on and off....we will see about this time of the year. I found the pink one somewhere in Rockport at a nursery....I haven't been to Bayside but want to go. I am going to try the adenium cuttings when the sun gets on them on a regular basis....I had to cut off the frozen parts after that first freeze we had (I forgot to move to the front porch and cover)....I really want to start finding different colors of this adeniums...going to post a really bad picture, but it does show the intensity of the color of it.....still learning to take pictures but can't get the macro lense on yet. The friend in Aransas Pass who got the adenium for me says she grows all hers from seed....and she is very successful (I let the wind blow off two giant pods this year) Next summer I am going to wrap them in a panty hose so i don't lose them.