Propagation: basic how to on propagation based on my experience, 1 by Jnette

Jnette wrote:
You guys are on a roll. I don't know if they would fill with water thru the holes. The plates and cups. I think they might be too thin to keep the water out. But, the ideas are great. I love the coffee cups. As long as there is no movement in the water they might work. Best thing is to try them. Now the styrofoam coolers are thicker. Also, this is really getting crazy, but if yu were to take a piece of the thicker foam and put it in the bread slicer things, you know for the bread machine slices, using an electric knife to cut it the thickness you want. LOL Actually, if you were to cut the foam at all I think the electric knife would be the best thing no matter what kind of foam, or how thick etc.

I am going to have to show you something I tried. Here are a couple of pictures. What they are, I took a glass bowl about 8 inches across and put expanded clay balls in it. I use them in hydroponics. Should say, first I soak the clay balls overnight in water. Then I put these cuttings in there, not deep, and add about a half to an inch of water. I just took 3 coleuses out that I had in there and planted them in soil. One had roots about the size of a ping pong ball. I left them in there too long 'cause I didn't know what I wanted to do with them.

But, you can see that they are looking good. I took these pictures about an hour after I put them in there. I just went in and looked and they looked just as good but when I touched the top flower it fell off. It had not wilted at all but I should not have left either flower on it. But all of the cuttings look just as good as when I put them in there. They get the moisture from the clay balls. Not in water. So they don't rot. Here they are.

Sorry I should not have sent this one. It was the last one I took and getting dark outside. They are next to a window. Jeanette