Propagation: PLANT PROPAGATION.....THE BASICS II, 2 by growin

growin wrote:
Hi Jeanette, Nancy, WormsLovSharon & all,

I've included a pic of the sticks that I was using today on cuttings of Nothofagus antarctica. They line up the cuttings so nicely and I found I was breaking some trying to force them into the soil without the sticks. I'm sure it'd work well with seed too. You can see one stick pressed into the soil, one row of cuttings, a row of holes and what the stick looks like.

Nancy, I wasn't sure what mix of cinnamon & #1 to use so I use, I guess, 1 part cinnamon to 2 parts #1 Stimroot. It's only a guess. The mix gets kinda muddy with the wet cuttings though. The heating cables run along the tables in wet sand which heats the bottom of the trays somewhat and helps with rooting the cuttings. I remember coming across to reference in the past of using the heated tables for hardwood cuttings and it gets them rooting nicely. The automatic mister is a mesh metal piece on a lever which lifts when the moisture evaporates and sets on the misting. The soil for the cuttings is 1 part #4 growing media with microrhizome right in it, which surprised me (I think it's the first one on this page: http://www.sunshineadvanced.com/products). 1 part large perlite and 1 part small perlite. I also throw in a small amount of slow release fertilizer to give nutrients to newly developing cuttings. Mixing it well is so important and wetting it down first is important or the dust from the perlite goes all over the place, including up your nose, hair, etc and I think it's supposed to be carcinogenic.

The Uber pop-up, which I didn't even know about, isn't so accurate. Got much more "stuff" in plantfiles. Jen, I'm learning tons doing these cuttings. I wouldn't have been doing this propagation voluntarily if it wasn't cool plants so here's a partial list:

Abelia mosanensis http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/77963/ (Such a lovely fragrance!)
Abelia x grandiflora 'Hopleys' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78698/
Abelia x grandiflora 'Little Richard' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/368/
Argyrocytisus battandieri http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1702/ (This one's a hard one - tried several times over many years)
Azara dentata 'Variegata' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/110349/
Azara microphylla 'Variegata' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/58448/
Azara serrata http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78615/
Berberidopsis corallina http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/143258/
Brunfelsia pauciflora 'Floribunda' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/126815/
Buddleja colvilei 'Kewensis' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78707/
Buddleja globosa http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2199/
Buddleja nappii http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/138162/
Buddleja salviifolia http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57953/
Bupleurum fruticosum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78783/
Ceanothus 'Concha' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/98737/
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Victoria' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/67321/
Cestrum fasciculatum 'Newellii' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/58281/
Cestrum parqui http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/88790/
Choisya ternata 'Sundance' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/76407/
Cistus 'Grayswood Pink' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/104393/
Crinodendron hookerianum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/58038/
Daphne bholua http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/69259/
Daphne collina http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55795/
Daphne 'Lawrence Crocker' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/79486/ (which I think is the one in my previous pic)
Daphne odora http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54758/
Daphne odora 'Marginata' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/164171/
Daphne tangutica http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/84409/
Daphne 'Wilhelm Schacht' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/137146/
Daphne x thauma 'Reginald Farrer' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/169973/
Desfontainia spinosa http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/98990/
Distylium racemosum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/79551/
Embothrium coccineum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54219/
Exochorda x macrantha 'The Bride' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1713/
Forsythia x intermedia 'Golden Times' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/79755/ (HOT!)
Fuchsia boliviana 'Alba' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/111426/
Fuchsia boliviana http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/93236/
Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/66043/
Garrya fremontii http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/138989/
Garrya wrightii http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/136782/
Garrya x issaquahensis http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/138985/
Hydrangea arborescens 'Incrediball' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/186622/
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Akabe yama' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49158/
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49310/
Hydrangea 'Preziosa' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49477/
Illicium anisatum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/51483/
Iochroma australe 'Alba' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/198516/
Iochroma australe http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1015/
Leptospermum lanigerum http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56548/
Leucothoe axillaris 'Curly Red' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/166141/
Ligustrum japonicum 'Rotundifolium' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/126139/
Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/80332/
Mahonia pinnata http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/142917/
Metrosideros excelsa http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2243/
Myrtus communis http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54005/
Myrtus communis 'Variegata' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/80759/
Nothofagus antarctica http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/97813/
Orixa japonica http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2620/
Osmanthus armatus 'Jim Porter' - no pf
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2596/
Prostanthera cuneata http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53569/
Prostanthera rotundifolia http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54050/
Prunus laurocerasus 'Marbled Dragon' - no pf
Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Theta' - no pf
Ugni molinae http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/97641/
Zenobia pulverulenta http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2214/

.... and there's still a line-up of plants to do outside the greenhouse. Check out the Echinopsis bloom I noticed as I was leaving. So nice!

and the dog got to chase rabbits in the back field every morning and night. Like paradise.