Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Day Dreamin' in the greenhouse, 0 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
I was going to drown in my own tears for having lost my D.D. cuttings when I saw your beautiful posting. I purchased the cuttings last summer, a few didn't take root, other did, only to die in the makeshift-gh recently. Then another generous DGer sent me a few more cuttings (before the Holidays) including Vixen, MEM, MM, all survived but MM and DD. What's with the double-letter brugs? Oh, Whiskers too, this morning I found it's devoid of leaves, and became smooshy from the tip down to the cane (as appose to rot from the base). I trimmed the water-log tip off and keeping my finger crossed.

I now have the skeletal of MM (as seen here) to "day dream" about a better chance in the near future.
Kim
p.s.
I also questioned why, for fellow gardeners in similiar zones, and warmer zones can raise these successfully, and I failed? I did switch the type of potting soil recently, could that soil be too "water-retaintive"? I'm thinking-out-loud here, perhaps some of you'd have a diagnose for the problem?



This message was edited Jan 30, 2008 5:34 PM