I do so want to propagate gardenias, I just love their scent and they have always been my flower of love. If anyone here has propagated them, please share your experience with me. I have only tried one so far and I have four little ones growing but two of them are not developing the way I would like them to.
I just got a Gardenia nitida and a gardenia jasminoides 'Frost proof' and a Hardy Gardenia. I am hoping to be able to have cuttings by Fall. I need to see when it is the best time to cut.
I will appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks in advance. If there is another forum you think I should go to instead of this one, I will certainly understand. JB
Gardenia stock plants for propagation
You seem to have been successful once...why not just repeat the process?
For me, cuttings start easily and I just stick the cutting in the media, leave it outdoors in the shde and it gets lots of water. I would use a lose media...and keep the cutting moist but not soggy.
Carol
I drop mine in a ten gallon aquarium full of water, with a few fish to do algae duty. The aeration and the nitrogen from the fish droppings even roots loose leaves. I've rooted Augusta and Kleim's Hardy that way.
-Joe
Wow...sounds great! I love gardenias...grow as many of them as I can..... Here, I can't feed them enough...they are such guzzlers!!!
Carol
If you have a koi pond, that might work, BUT I have also heard that gardenias can be toxic to fish, so instead of koi I'd stick with the aquarium idea.
-Joe
Has anyone used the coconut coir as a starter soil for gardenias? I have used it for other tropical cuttings and they seem to love it. It is so easy and great to use I love just putting a block in a bucket add water and there is your starter soil. No fuss no mess. LOL
Joe,
That’s the wildest thing ever.. I have a bunch of old aquarium from when the kids were little...fish, turtle, snakes and even a mouse or two.....I'm going to dig them out today....go to wally world and get me some 30 cent fish and start snip'n...
what else can I use for cuttings with the fish?....my grand baby is going to love this....
You see you never stop learning....I own a nursery and look what I learned....I have a table with sides full of vermiculite and perlite..50-50 each and that's how I start things...BUT that means nonthing to a 2 year old.....lol lol she will love seeing the fish...
thanks soooo much
Jody
Joe, that is amazing to think you just drop them in an aquarium. Since I am not into fish, I guess I will just drop them into plain water or soil. Oh well, I am no where near a place to buy fish, or I swear, I would set up a tank just for the gardenia. I am so wanting to grow them. I am 80 years old and learning.
Carol, I am just green with envy. To be able to have so many you can cut them and stick them in the shade and wait. Oh my God. That would be heaven. How neat is that. I pay a fortune for small plants and if I live long enough I get cuttings. Maybe I should have stuck with breeding parrots. At least it didn't take as long as plants do.
Jody, I too have a nursery and live on a Christmas Tree Farm here in NJ, and I love this list because I am able to learn something new everyday. I feel so sorry for older people who refuse to get on the internet. I would think they are limited in what they learn playing bingo. Sorry, I am being nasty. I just keep very busy and enjoy every minute of my life.JB