Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Some new thoughts on Semi-Hydro, 1 by AlohaHoya

AlohaHoya wrote:
My original thread was two long and diverse...so I have started a new thread about this;

Today and yesterday I have been potting up cuttings growing in pots in semi-hydro, using water in a large saucer to supply the water to the bottom of the pot. I found that the small pots wicked up the water REALLY well, and that I did not need to keep so much water in the saucer. I think it would have been more successful if I had let the semi-hydro mix go a bit drier than I had...OR...use taller pots so that the cuttings had to reach down to the water rather than the water at the bottom of the cutting.

As I continue with this method...I am making sure that there is at least 2-4" between the bottom of the cutting at the water level.... The picture is a cutting REALLY rooted...the roots out the bottom of the pot into the water.... Edited to say that DG program cut the bottom of my photo...there is a 2" root coming out of the bottom of the pot.

This message was edited Feb 15, 2009 1:29 PM