Propagation: PLANT PROPAGATION - THE BASICS - MARCH 2013, 1 by JBerger

JBerger wrote:
I am so worried about all of you. Dave, I hope you are not any where near where in Okla. they are having all the problems. How far is Tulsa to the area that the tornado hit? I wish you would check in and let us know you are o.k.

I have a question about the golden vicary pivot that someone, I think it was Evelyn or Sharon, gave to me as cuttings, and I do not remember what I did with them. Do you put them in soil or do you start them in water? I sent Evelyn a Dmail but I am not sure she is the one who gave them to me. I swear I think I am beginning to forget things. I hate getting old.

I need to take cuttings of my Star Jasmine but it keeps blooming and I do not want to destroy any buds since I thoroughly enjoy the aroma they send off when they bloom. Here is a pic of it I took this morning.

I have all the Holiday/Christmas Cactus stock plants I need now. 40 different species and that is all I have space for. I am now gathering some African Violets and some Streptopcarpus baby plants to grow and see if I can propagate them. I have finally accomplished the AV propagation but now I want to learn how to do the streps since they are so popular and fun to have. I understand they are more difficult to propagate than AV so i am not getting too overjoyed before I see how many I kill. If anyone has any thoughts about the propagation of Streps I would be happy to hear them. There is a good thread about them on DG so I am watching that also.

Stay safe everyone. It has been 7 months since our big storm, Sandy and many people still are not in their homes, in fact, the one town lost most of their houses and so far have torn down over a hundred houses, some will never be replaced. Others must still come down and there are 53 still in the Bay that need to be removed so they can begin to use the bay to boat in again at that one area. So sad. So, if you are in an area that is having damages, my prayers and hugs are sent with this message. Bless you all. JB