Hibiscus: Question on Propagating , 0 by Pizonne01

Pizonne01 wrote:
Hi Patty,

The hybridizer usually does not know whether it is grafted or not. (unless he is contracted with the grower). Most of these beauties grow on their own roots. Only a select few I know of fail at that. This is usually the only time it needs to be grafted. Some people swear by it. I do not. I'd do it old school and will root any day over grafting but that's just my preference. After IKE we grafted a bunch up because of the possible losses and that was the quickest way to keep some of the cv's, rooting takes more time and we did not have the time. You can tell if a graft has taken in as little as 2 weeks.

When I get out tomorrow I'll take some pics for you or the grafted bases. It may help you recognize it before you purchase the plant.

The only difficult thing about baskets is getting them to weep. Some varieties naturally weep. Others I may tie small fishing weights to the branches to get them to drop some and fill in the blank spots. Eventually they stay that way and grow that way. You have to be sure they get adequate sun as well. At least 4 hours of good or filtered sun is good to produce more blooms.

Hope this helps you some. I'll put you a couple of pics up tomorrow.

Robert