Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Ric's Road to Recovery, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Ric--

#1 is thre "new" Twister Lipstick Plant" Coleup got for everyone.
#2 looks like a regular Lipstick Plant

I trimmed back the longer branches from the one I got from Coleup,
and rooted them and gave them away at the May Plant swap.
And--just for the H--l of it--I stuck several of the fallen off leaves
in a tray of soil too. HA! Many of them are rooted, but I have NO idea
when they will actually put out some growth. It was just for fun.....


My Coleus cuttings are way too tall. They are touching the lights. I need to decide
whether I want to cut them back and root the tops all over again---
or cut them back and let the bottoms re-grow...or both, which would double my
count of plants. This did not work too well last year. I had too many!

I will cut them back--like I did from my garden, and then pot up the new top cuttings.
I think that will be the best....and, of course, I will allow the bottoms to re-grow too....

1--My overgrown Coleus cuttings..
2--the Inky Fingers cuttings..I need to re-pot these--it is a tough grower.
They are still in one cell pack.
3--The one Champ! Olga's Fig Tree cutting. All the rest are rooted--but no leaves.
4--The twisted Lipstick Plant leaves--rooted...now what????
5--The three Acalypla cuttings that are doing well. None of the red-leafed ones grew.
These are all the brownish/rust. beige ones. i SO wanted a red one to root...