Does anyone have this plant for trade?
Lysimachia nummularia or Golden Creeping Jenny
How much do you need? I have some but it is not very much.
Just a little. I got some from a friend a while back but all she gave me was roots.. I potted it up and it has only produced 1 vine.. I thought it would give me at least a few vines. Made me a little sad.. I just want maybe a handful or two...
I don' t know much about it or maybe I would have known that is all I would get from what she gave me. - since that is all she offered, I dare not go back and ask her for more.. ; )
If you need more, in the Spring just holler at me and I will be happy to send you some for postage. Mine has gone dormant and just looks like strings, right now.
Dee
daisylovn,
This plant will root from clippings quite easily. If you have one vine, pinch it back to leave only four or five leaf nodes on your potted vine. It will put out new growth - little vines from the leaf nodes along the stem.
Now take the pinched off end and put it in some sterile fluffy potting soil and keep the soil damp and out of the sun. You want to be certain one or two leaf nodes are inserted under the soil as this is where the roots will form. It should root and make another vine.
Or, place the vine on the top of a pot of potting soil, then sprinkle a bit of potting soil over the vine so the leaf nodes are slightly covered and making contact with the soil, then dampen and keep p-soil damp and misted. It most likely will root all along the vine at each leaf node. Where ever there is a leaf node you will soon see a new little vine growing. This is how this plant becomes so invasive in some people's gardens. It roots from each leaf node where it rests on the soil and quickly spreads in all directions.
I use the very popular mini greenhouse made from a 2 liter plastic cola bottle to do most of my cuttings this year. Using the top half inserted into the bottom half where the cuttings are stuck into the potting soil keeps everything nice and moist and helps it all to root more quickly. Just don't ever sit this homemade contraption directly in the sunshine as it will steam your cuttings. Always keep it shaded and don't leave the cola bottle cap on. Leave it off so the cuttings can get fresh air. You also need to punch holes in the bottom of the bottom half of the bottle so it drains well. It really works quite well. I just clean, disinfect and rinse well and re-use it from one time to the next, so your time cutting them up is well worth the effort.
Anyway, didn't mean to go on. It is just so rewarding to take one plant and grow more new plants. Everyone has just been so nice to me, to share their little tips and techniques and it has made gardening this summer so much fun. I thought I'd try and pass along some of what I've learned from other DG members.
Give it a try, I'll bet you'll be pleasently surprised.
Mary
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Thank you Mary. I appreciate your sharing your learned knowledge. I really like the cola bottle plan.