Another newbie question,
I received a bareroot brug with very large thick roots that had been already been growing. The plant was at that time was roughly 10 inches tall. It had been started planted as a vertical cutting in the soil. The thickness of the hardwood was about an inch in diameter. The plant had two semi woody stems each about the thickness of a pencil and they had mature leaves on them.
I put the plant in potting soil to recover from its transit. The large mature leaves all fell off from both semi woody stems. Eventually when the plant recovered smaller, new leaves came as the length of the stems grew.
I then read Brugman's concept about cutting up trunks into smaller pieces to increase the number of plants. I cut the original plant into 4 smaller pieces.
cutting #1 from tip of vertical log
cutting #2 and #3 pieces had the original semi woody stems
cutting #4 had the original root system
I planted all 4 of my new cuttings vertically like the original plant was growing in the ground.
Cutting #1. The tip of the woody trunk rooted first and eventually sent up a new shoot that is green.
Cuttings #2 Original semi woody stem and trunk from the uppermost part of the plant. This cutting rooted second.
Cutting #3. Original semi woody stem and trunk from the lower part of the main trunk rooted third.
Cutting #4. The woody base of the original plant with the huge root system just sent up a new main stem. This new green stem is only about 2 inches tall with immature leaf development.
Now here is my delimma:
I then read Brugman's post about horizontal logs and turned cutting #2 horizontal and replanted it in its pot. I thought at the time that if I did that I might get new plant from the semi woody stem PLUS a main stem from the woody plant log, but the plants would arise from different locations:
a) The woody log would produce a new main stem
b) I might get a new main shoot from the semi woody stem.
Cutting #2 has the semi woody stem growing out of its trunk. This semi woody stem is about 3 inches tall. Today I watered my brugs and noticed it now has 2 forked stems growing out of it at the upperside of the semi woody stem where it took a 90 degree angled turn to grow vertical towards the light. The original stem where it exits the trunk at the leaf axil now has a new forked stem. The new stems and are exactly the same height.
The original stem (semi woody) is still growing and is taller than the new forked stem. However, the entire plant is now only about 3 inches tall because I cut the original plant into 4 pieces. This plant has a semi woody stem and a forked stem.
Question:
Are these 2 new shoots TRUE forked stems or are they two branched stems that are joined at the base and sprouting from upper part of the base of the semi woody stem? The new forked stems do not have any roots.
(Gotta figure out how to work the darn webcam)
Cutting #3 somehow managed to end up on a 45 degree angle in the soil. The cutting has its rooted trunk and the lower original semi woody stem. The original semi woody stem is now about 6 inches tall.
It now has a bright green single stem arising from the UNDERSIDE of the semi woody stem below the point of origin where the semi woody stem exited from the main trunk leaf axil. This new stem appears to be coming from a different location closely touching the semi woody stem above. This single green stem now about 4 inches tall. It is growing parallel to the semi woody stem.
Question:
Is this new shoot another main stem and an example of single branching?
Joydie
Need help with this one please.
