Wilfred's Hibiscus cuttings tutorial

Wilfred, I am going to try that with some other plants I want to root. Some for you too as I promissed.

Jori

Hey Judy, I would calculate how long does it take to get from you to the person your mailing it to than cut it that many days before to send it to them but I would cut it just a little longer, perhaps 1/2" so when the person recieves it he or she can cut off that little extra and planted on the Friday in question. Usually it takes 3 to 5 day for mailed packages to get from one place to another place inside the US continent and Island states and territories like HI.PR, VI. Guam etc. From USA two other countries all depends how good their mailing is, usually from one week to who may knows, also take consideration with each countries border control and protection agencies ( customs ) and how long it takes them to clear the package and get it back into the mailing stream.

Jori, haven't forgotten you, miet take longer than I anticipated but I'll let you know when ready.

BTW, glad that the info has helped so many, didn't think so many would appreciate it or I would have had ask Tina to pass it on sooner myself, tanks Tina for having the initiative of doing so, makes me happy that anything I do could help others, their is another person I sent information on how to plant Hibiscus seeds that is formatted just like this one has been but I can't remember who it was and another person on how to pollinate Hibiscus and how to cross pollinate. I don't pretend to know everything on it but it seems that when I do this tread there is always someone else that is will to help fill in with the info I don't know which I appreciate a lot thus helping us all get the most info available here.
I did something similar posting on the Caudiciforms forum on a Thread I named "How to make your desert rose produce seed" It has help lots of people who have had question but no answers, it has had 344 Replies up to now and 3,093 Views, if anyone care to see it and give me an opinion of it I just miet do something similar on this thread if enough people ask me to as it is very time consuming to do.

Wilfred

Some of my seedling that need to be transplanted as soon as possible.

Looks like you have a lot of work to do Wilfred! And I am waiting patiently. Take your time and don't rush yourself. I'll try to root the plants before sending them to you. That way the miet survive better!

Wilfred

You also sent me the How to pollinate Hibiscus and I am going to do another thread for it. I will either do it tonight or tomorrow. Not feeling to good today so it might have to be tomorrow.

Tina

Thanks, Wilfred. Sending you a Dmail.

Judy

Nice looking cuttings you have going on there Wilfred! I can only imagine what your place must look like...beautiful!

Jennifer, getting ready to send you a dmail too, thanks.

When you need to re-hydrate the soil in your cuttings pot: add a teaspoon of rooting powder to a gallon jug of water, shake well, use to water your cuttings.
Works for me! :-)

Silly question -- is rooting powder the same as rooting hormone?

Yes..

These are also incredibly easy to root using an aeroponics chamber.

Gordo Thanks for the tip, I will try it.

Tina

Here is the thread on how to pollinate hibiscus, it is the instructions that Wilfred sent me.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1053087/


Tina

Thanks to all for the extra tips on how to propagate hib. cutting, aways good to see others trying to help those who don't know how.

Wilfred

Wilfred -- how long (to what size) do you keep your baby hibs in that size pot (your last posting/picture) until they're upgraded to a larger pot? I'm curious, as I'm about to move my babies from the seed tray to larger pots, probably this weekend. I have a bunch of 1 qt sized pots from things I bought from a nursery last year. I've washed/sterilized them all, and thought I'd move them to that. They're square though vs round; not sure if that makes any difference in terms of rooting. I was hoping I could keep them in those containers until planting in the spring.

jlj072174, the last posting is a cutting and its been in this pot for three month now, it all depends on how fast they grow, some grow faster than others meaning some produce more roots than others faster. I have some that are so slow growing I can leave them in that pot for almost a year, others I have to up-size the pot in two month, this is a 5" pot. I think your 1 qt size pot is the equevalant of a 6" pot so you shoudn't have any problem maintaning them in those containers until spring time comes to your area.

Wilfred

Thx so much for the help/info! Much appreciated. Not having grown hibs of any kind from seed before, this is all new (but exciting) to me!

Would this be the same for both the rosa sinensis variety and the hardy hibiscus varieties?
Thanks, Ibartoo

From what I've notice if happens not only with all types of hibs but also with all types of plants too. when you take cuttings of one plant in specific they all tend to grow much evenly some more and some less since they have all the same genes in them because they would be clones to the plant you cut them from, but you can really notice it when planting from seeds since seeds carry different genes in them even though all the seeds are from the same seed pod. Photo below are four seedling that came from the same seed pod and are more than six months old.

Wilfred

wow Wilfred they really are different.. Just wondering will all the flowers be the same or will they also differ??

I am almost certain they will also differ. But I have never sown them before. I suppose Wilfred has many times so he will give you a right answer.

Gordo, thanks for your tip on adding rooting hormone to the water for your cuttings. Good
information to know.

Judy

Blooms will be different also even though some will looks almost identical but if you look very closely you'll notice a difference even if it is a minor one.

Wilfred

wow really.. i would of guessed every seed for a pod would be the same.. learn something new every day..

Admin: This is the 2nd thread that would be great as a stickie! Thanks for looking at it.

deb

Hi all, can anyone tell me where I can get a zodiac calendar? I want to try gardeninhg that way. Thanks, alday

Try here. I've been gardening a long time, and the sign that the Moon is in really does make a difference, as well if the Moon is waxing or waning.

http://www.gardeningbythemoon.com/