I can't imagine doing that many cuttings in water at one time. Maybe I'll try more that way this year. Sure could save myself some room.
Rooting of cuttings in water glasses
I think I'll give the water rooting another try this fall.
ME TOO!
I took some cuttings last fall,put them in water,and they are still in water,alive and doing fine...
I like it, even though I have to check them once a week, which is much work with the quantity, I have.
Monika, I'm finding Mobisu roots really quickly this time of year. How is it rooting in winter?
When I moved last Fall, I put cuttings from my brugs in a bucket of water and left them in the garage until Spring. Almost all of them rooted and I only lost a couple when moving them to soil. I think water rooting over winter is a great way to save space.
Mobisu roots slow in the winter. It is right now the best time for rooting cuttings.
I have a terrible time rooting mine in water. I wonder if we have some additive to our water here that rots them. They do OK for a few days then they rot. Sometimes the water turns red. It is very odd.
I know a couple of years ago they added something to our water so you can no longer use it for fish tanks. kills fish dead. Creepy huh?
lol Kell, don't drink it! That is scary if it kills fish.
I think I will try this method also. Last winter I potted all mine up right after they rooted, and had 2 rooms full of cuttings. That was a little awkward. :o)
Thanks for all the great advice Monika!
Monika, can you get a shot of the glass with the roots showing? I'd like to see how they look after a long period of time rooting in water like that. That is so neat, what a smart lady you are. Thanks for the info.
kell, it's probably chlorine. If that's true, you can pour something with a wide open top, like a bowl or pot, and let the chlorine evaporate out for a few days.
Last year I had great luck rooting the brug cuttings in water. At least during the spring and summer I did. I noticed though that when the temps started to cool down a bit I would not get good results from the water method. I then tried to root them in perlite which worked well but then it seemed that when the temps got even cooler I had to try something else.
I took a 2ft long cutting from my rothkirch day before yesterday to try and root it. I have it just sitting in a small bucket with about 4inches of water and when I looked at it today the nubbies are already sticking out,so I have my fingers crossed that if it has those then it most likely is going to root.
The stalk that the cutting came from was almost five feet tall so I took the lower half today and have it in a small container of water also.
These cuttings,if they root will be shared with the friend who gave me this plant back when I first started growing brugs.
Oh my......such great news. It sounds like it is a good time of year to do that because the white nubbies showed up so quickly. David, have you done any pollinating this year?
No I haven't pollinated any brugs since so much has been going on with disease in them and such. Also they don't seem to be growing at the rate they did last year and are quite small compared to last year this time.
I've also had a lot of stuff going on at work and with family this year. My grandmother recently had a stroke and that has put a strain on the family latley.So maybe next year I will get to do some pollinating. Who knows?
Sure hope your grandmother is progressing and doing well after her stroke, David.
Me too David, I've thought about you and your Grandmother many times! I hope everything is going well for both of you!
Monika, just before we left the Botanical center for the last time I got some big cuttings of Ver orange.they are y'd and rooted already after only two weeks.The cuttings were about an inch and a half in diameter.The main tree was destroyed and removed right after that.The new owners are stupid. :-(
Oooooooooooooooooooh NO!!! That makes me sick! It makes me want to cry!
That is terrible! At least you saved a piece of it.
David good to see you posting again, hope your grandmother is improving...
Oh no, Kyle. This is very sad! versi.O is a rarity because versis are mainly white or peach. She is doing here well but has not y yet.
Monika......not to worry I have about 7 of them here.most real big...so its safe for now!! :-)
Wow, Monika. You had so many cuttings.
David, hope your grandma is improving. Have you had as much rain this year as we in NC have had? It's too hot, humid and wet here for me to do any pollinating. There's no pollen.
Ada,
We have had quite a bit of rain ourselves this year. Not the early part of spring and summer but over the past month and a half we've been getting some really bad storms.
Grandma is making some improvement but it's just going to take some time before we know if she'll ever be able to live alone again. The doctors and nurses say at this point she will need round the clock care. I asked if that would be lifelong or temporary and they said it would just depend on how eell she does in therapy and what she will be able to do oon her own once she is released which will not be before August 10th.
Both of her knees are bad and that was a problem before the stroke so this makes it even harder to walk now but she is trying hard. She is surrounded by family but the problem is that we all work and none of us can afford to quit our jobs to stay with her 24 seven. As much as I would hate for it to come to this, she may very well have to be placed in an assisted living facility when she gets out of the hospital.
Hopefully it won't be like that but only time will tell.
Well it's time to go to that place I call work again so gotta go.
There is an array of home-care help, sometimes through the hospitals and sometimes through other agencies. Maybe that can be patched together after she improves some and will be able to go home.
David, I pray she will do well with her therapy and will be able to go home and take care of herself with a little help from family. These older people can fool you sometimes. They have a strong will and determination. I'll keep her in my prayers.
Bump, as this is a great idea. Thanks Monica
bump ???
Scooterbug, yes Brugnanny will explain it more so you'll understand the 'Bump' It will benefit those taking cuttings and to conserving space
Brugnanny said in her posting...
Bumping this back up because it is so interesting and before we know it, we all will be taking cuttings. Monika really knows how to conserve space and it is great that cuttings keep for such a long time in water.
Hope this helps you :)
for a 2 hour time span ? , lol
You bump a thread up that has fallen out of sight ...so to speak.
;P
That is a sad story Kyle. I can't believe they just offed it!
Monica - I find this post helpful but have some questions. I am VERY new to brugs but not new to rooting cuttings. I thought all plants rooted at temps over 60 degrees? Your saying it is best to do this over winter when cool?
Also, what effects if any would a small amount of peroxide have in the water to knock out the algae/fungus?
Have you ever tried rooting brugs with a sand or sand mix and intermit. mist?
Now I have to go find a mature brug of some sort to take cuttings from and try all this info. lol.
I keep drifting over to this brugs forum from time to time waiting on new tropicals posts - I just know IM going to fill my greenhouse with these wonderful plants soon if Im not careful.
Kell
most of the west coast has had their water systems changed from simple clorinated water we could use in a fish tank to chloramine, it kills frogs,fish & people on dialysis http://sfwater.org/main.cfm/MC_ID/7/MSC_ID/67
but they (?) still expect us to drink it ???
now i wonder if it also may be part of the problem some of us have with rotting of new cuttings ???
Monika have you ever had this strange chemical in your water ?
Dick Strever
Gosh Dick, it kills people on dialysis? That is terrible. I wonder if the bottled water from California has it.
I emailed you over the weekend, Dick. I was having all sorts of trouble with my email on AOL. I also tried to email you from here but it acted funny also and didn't save to my box on Dave's. Did you get them?
no i did not get your email
my mail box got filled up
with me being missing in action for so long
Dick Strever
i just sent you an email
Strever,
...........Thanks for the heads up . Yuck ! Chlorine AND Ammonia *chloramine* in tap water ?
How awful ;'(
Kell and Dick, Don't drink the water. It would probably scare us all to death if we knew what all was in the water that runs to our homes. I have well water and I don't want to think about what may be in it either. LOL
We dont have Chlorine in our water here but the water of the larger cities is treated with it.
Fivelabs, I root them in water to save space. I dont root them in Sand or Vermiculite because it is easier to clean the jar and and add clean water, when a cuttings begins to rot. Once, Sand or Vermiculite is contaminated with rot fungus and bacterias, it has to be cleaned and desinfected.
Cool temperatures reduce the activities of bacterias during the winter. Many of the hybrids root easy this way, the exception is B. versicolor. She has to be potted after rooting and placed upon a heat mat.
Monika,right now,meaning this time of year,would I be better to have them inside in my sunroom at 73 degrees or in shade outside in the heat?
For the cuttings I had in water for awhile early last winter, I either used filtered water like Pur (attachment to your faucet) or bought distilled water. I think that helped cut back on the bacteria growth significantly.