Propagation: Propagation: part XIV based on my own experience, 1 by Pughbear7

Pughbear7 wrote:
Sharon, you did what you were suposed to do as long as the plants did not sit in the bucket for a long time. by waiting for all the bubbles to go away you are vacating the exsisting air and replacing it with water . once you pull the plant out of the bucket the excess water will vacate the sair spaces and fill with new air. if the air space is never allowed to drain then the roots cant get the air they need as well as beging to set up for rot.
Most likely what happened was the plants had a disease that was waiting for the right conditions to start and by soaking the rootball you lit the match.
one question that comes to mind is did you plant them in the ground or planters?
How long did you hold the plants before transplanting?
did they do any wilting while in the pots from the nursery?
The plants from nurseries are watered most of the time on a daily basis automatically. usually early in the am allowing time to dry off and go through the day without needing any more water. I do the same thing to my nursery as it is. I find it strange calling a small area I have a nursery. in the summer I will have to add another cycle to my timer in the afternoon because we hit 100 degrees in july an august.
All soil based mixed (soils in the ground also) have disease's waiting for optimum conditions to activate. usually excess moisture and stress aids in the progress of death of the plant. I have been fortunate in that I have not had to deal with a lot of plant loss. having said that I have no way of telling wether the plants that failed last winter did so because of the winter or disease got them and I just missed seeing the signs.
i hope this helps and did not totaly confuse you. I like to get to the bottom of these questions as I too pick up something from the chat about it.
Dave