The streps are from a very kind and generous DGer- thank you!!!!!
Tray 1- I love these containers!
I put some leaves down!
Tray 2
Violet leaves- 'Blue Eyed Russia'
Episcia cuttings from some plants that were languishing....
you might wanna get a BUNCH more of those trays,LOL
JIM
it looks good,ill be intrested to see how the streps do in pure perlite,ive rooted succulents in pure perlite but never gessies,
I always root mine in the same mix ,i grow them in
jim
I always root my leaves in stright pearlite,
mrsbonnie
really i didnt know that,seems i may have an experiment coming soon
LOL, Yeah Jim, I think I'd better scrounge around this weekend! We're having a family dinner tom. and I know there will be plenty cake and platter containers left over. I'll be watching very closely for hands that want to toss them in the trash!
I did put a small amount of vermiculite in the perlite for the streps. Slightly heavier amounts for the violets. I used peat, verm. and perlite for the episcias.
I did try rooting strep leaves before in straight perlite and they rooted nicely. The babies were strong and a nice green. Too bad the mealies thought so too. LOL
right now if you go to some of the garden stores,you should be able to find some mini green house trays and lids,I start most of mine in solo cups then put them in trays ,then when it rooted ill let them grow out in the open,by removing the lid,when i see babies I put them on the same matting that i use for the big ones, now and then ill try containers like you have pictured and they do good there too,
and ill remove babies from there,just remember what works up here in nd might not work everywhere,
JIM
One other container that would work great for a few leaf starts would be one of those rotisserie chicken containers from the store. It has a bottom and a dome . . . just may need to wash it a time or two to get the grease off, and poke a few holes in the dome.
I still love those shoe boxes for 1.15 from Walmart.........I drill holes in the plastic bottoms.......and then use press and seal on the top until they are rooted!
I have used the rotisserie chicken containers and they work great. They are deep enough and the domes tall enough to accomodate small plants. I put two neck surgery plants in one last week.
Gail, I'm going hunting for this shoebox. It sounds like a great tool!
They come with a white lid so I leave the lid at the store (LOL).............I do drill a lot of good big holes in the bottoms but the plastic is so sturdy it is easy to drill...........