I have a Passiflora x belotii and have been able to start cuttings very easily. Over the weekend I traded some cuttings of my neighbor's Passiflora Coccinea for some cuttings from mine. I treated my cuttings with a rooting hormone and planted them in pots. I have tried to root cuttings from this type of passie before and did not have any luck getting it to grow. I used the same method for rooting those as I have a variety of other plants that have grown successfully.
Does anyone here have any tricks/tips to get them to root?
Thanks,
Shauna
Passiflora Coccinea Cuttings
Shauna,
Are you using bottom heat in the form of a heating pad? Some of they hybrids grow much quicker than the species, but will grow none the less. I don't have any experience with Coccinea but haven't heard of anyone propagating it from cuttings either.
Darren
Do your neighbor's plants produce any volunteer seedlings? My passi produces a few and they are easy to dig up. If so, you might be able to get a start quicker that way. I think these come from roots of the mother plant so look around near the plant.
I have not seen any seedlings off their plant, but I can go crawl around underneath and see what I can find. I know I have pulled up seedlings from my passi plant, so I know what you are talking about.
Being in Florida, I usually use the normal Florida heat and humidity as a heating source, but with the cold snap that just came through...I moved the cuttings inside.
Darren, it looks like you and I have a lot of the same interests; hibiscuses and passifloras. :-)
Yes Shauna, I believe I wrote to you sometime back as we don't live far away. Even though our temps have been nice, the bottom heat will definitely speed up the rooting process.
Thanks for the advise Daren, I might have to look into a heating pad for those cuttings.
Also think I am going to check out underneath the plant this weekend and see if there are any seedlings already established and rooting.
Did not find any volunteer seedlings, but of the 6 cuttings I attempted to start, it looks like at least 1 may make it. It is still green and has life on it. :-D
Good deal Shauna. Take mental notes of what type of cutting worked and what did not. Perhaps tip cuttings are good on some plants but others like a little older growth. I know that most of my p.vitifolia cuttings that came from the tip of the plant did not do well.