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Thanks for the pictures, Mitjo. It looks like your little plastic container is still able to let in some air so maybe the trick is a small amount of air circulation and a large amount of humidity.
Mitjo,your pics are great,I see you too let your vines continue to grow,instead of keeping trimmed back during the winter.Just how many different ones to you grow?
And how many warm months are you able to grow these outside
during the summer?
Claire, no problem, it is always fun to post some pics:)
Yes, hehehe, I always use these small things, and food packets (this was packet for small cherry tomatos). Yes, it does let some air in there, but there is also pretty high humid, just testing:) I usually keep my cuttings in my cutting-box, I made it my self.
Thank Tropicaman, but these really are bad pictures:( Hehehehe. Yes, I dont cut my Passifloras:) I couldnt do that, hehehehe. Well, last summer, my all Passifloras were inside, but I will take them outside next summer, I think I could keep them there, hmm, maybe four months..
Right now, I have these 5 species.
Here is my cutting and seedling box.
Mitjo,thats a great looking propagating box you have,do you mist your cuttings on a daily bases?
Do you keep a themometer in there so you'll no the temps at all times?
Fantastic looking box! It looks nice and cozy in there. I'm impressed that you made that yourself. Great job!
I am trying to root some passiflora cuttings right now that I got from my boyfriend's mom. When I first got them, I wasnt really sure how to do it, so I just stuck them in dirt. But after reading more about it, I put them in water under plastic. Buuut, before I did that all the leaves fell off...does that mean they're goners? I've kept them in the plastic and water hoping something will happen- but I'm not seeing anything happening at the nodes. Should I give up?
Are the vines themselves still green,if so might have a chance but a better chance if stll had at least one leaf!
I never give up until it does.
Don, is right, art_n_garden, as long as the cutting is still green, there is still hope. These vines can take several weeks to root, and some root faster than others so don't give up on them until they look brown and dead! I've don't know why some root and some don't, but I just keep trying!
yay, they are in fact still green. i will be patient. it has to be a good sign that they're still green- since i planted them around dec 23rd. thank you both for the information. i also put a drop of tea tree in the water, which i read (on this thread?) helps prevent rotting. when i got the cuttings, the mother plant was blooming with wonderful red flowers- are these rare?
Art_n_garden, good for you! Maybe some varieties root better in soil than they do in water. Note to self! I also read that tea tree oil acts as a fungicide and is good for that reason. There are several red-flowered varieties, none of which are very rare. Here's a web site link if you want to search for the name of your Passiflora: http://www.hewo.nl/Thumbnails.html
Also, look at Logee's website under Passifloras: http://www.logees.com/store/
I would start with Passiflora jamesonii "Coral Glow," Passiflora Alata "Ruby Glow," Passiflora Vitifolia, Passiflora Coccinea and Passiflora Lady Margaret. Here's Passiflora Alata "Ruby Glow" below.
Clare the cuttings in the water with air pump the leaves are so dark green,its unreal, the tendrils are growing and reaching straight up in the air.
That's fantastic, Don. I guess the cuttings really benefit from the oxygenation. They must be developing some nice roots then. Congratulations!
My Alata cuttings are still alive. I have them in a jar of water with a plastic bag loosely over them. Air can get in through the bottom of the bag so there is some humidity, but there is also some air circulation.
I think your right lots of humidity with air circulation along with fresh ait exchange!
Don, do you think it would help if I blow bubbles in the water with a straw? LOL! I'll probably give myself a headache!
Clare!LOL!Take turns with your hubby!!!LOL!
I got a good idea!!!
Get your cake mixer the one with the twin beaters,turn on slow and let her run and chern up the bubbles in the water!!!
LOL! Like hubby would do that! LOL! He is supportive only to a point:-) That's a good idea about the cake mixer except that my glass jars are so small that I don't think the beaters would fit in there, but I could always get a bigger jar!
LOL!Or just the single egg beater type!!!
That's true! Just whip up the water, then put the cutting in? I have new roots on a different Passiflora cutting. A cutting rooted in water in a clear jar with the green plastic cup over it. See it in my pictures on the right to the left of the Sara Lee plastic bag. So far, I've gotten several from this method. The problem is that I didn't label them! I know I took a bunch of P. Lady Margaret cuttings and a bunch of P. Amethystina hybrid cuttings, and I may have taken a P. Belotti cutting too. The only one that I can tell what it is is the P. Incense cutting. Well, maybe I'll be able to tell when they put on some growth. P. Lady Margaret has a definite red tint to her leaves. If not, I'll just send them all to you and let you figure out which is which! LOL! I do have P. Alata "Ruby Glow" separated from the rest, and that one has a distinctive square stem.
Miss Labeler and you didn't label these!!!LOL
Well,I'd be glad to figure them out when they bloom!
You have any passies outside blooming now?
LOL! Well, I'm only a good labeler if I'm sending the plant off to a new home and if I recognize it! I took cuttings so many different times, and so many of them died, it just didn't occur to me that any of them would take! I'll figure it out though and make sure you get at least one P. Lady Margaret. Do you have P. Belotti? If not, I need to send you a P. Belotti cutting. I think it has one of the sweetest fragrances of all. Actually, suprizingly, I do have a Passiflora blooming right now! It's P. Alata "Ruby Glow"! I'm amazed because it has been in the 40's at night, even dipping down into the 30's for an hour or so in the morning. There are not a lot of blooms -- just a bloom here and there. Which Passifloras did I send you? I can't remember now!
LOL!Well the only one that made it was lavender lady,Yes I have belotti.And yes it does have a very nice fragrance!!
The ruby glow,I must have too, if its a cool weather bloomer,and ever green,must mean thats it somewhat hardy too.Its really pretty with the chartuse evergreen in the picture!
Thanks, Don. I don't have P. Lavender Lady though! But I think you sent that one to me. Do you have a Passiflora from me? I can't remember. Perhaps they all didn't make it. Well, I'll make sure they have really good roots before I send this time. Gotta go to sleep now. These 5:30 A.M. wakeups are killing me. I'm delirious by 9:30 P.M. now. I don't know how you do it! Nighty nite!
Thanks Clare-- thats a great link. I think its Annette- but since i cant see the leaves in either of those pictures i cant be sure. The flower was bright red like that, with skinny petals and a 3 lobed, wide leaf. I guess we'll know for sure when these ROOT and then bloom. :)
Art_n_Garden, P. Annette is really pretty. You'll have to post pictures when yours blooms!
Clare it is Amytherist Passiflora looks like lavender lady.
Hi Don! I'm confused, but that's okay. I know that I have at least one Passiflora that you sent me, possibly two, but I won't be able to tell which ones they are until they bloom! Hey, I forgot to mention last night that P. Lady Margaret is blooming too, and both P. Lady Margaret and P. Alata "Ruby Glow" are withstanding 40-degree nights. It does warm up to the high 60's during the day so maybe that helps the vines endure the cold nights. You definitely need both of these vines. I'm going to take some new cuttings of Lady Margaret to root so that I'm sure you get her.
Thanks Clare,would love them both.
But I meant the P. Amethystina is one I got from you which is rooted now.That was the only one that I rooted from the cuttings you sent me.
Hi Don! I'm up late tonight because I'm off tomorrow:-) Oh, that's wonderful that you rooted P Amethystina. I love the blue/green leaves that vine has, and the flowers are stunning too. I'll root you P. Incense too if you don't have that one!
Don, I forgot to mention to you that I'm also rooting P. Mollissima for you. I grew that one from seed, and it has not flowered for me yet. When I took your cutting of that vine, I noticed a tiny flower bud at the end (which I had to cut off -- darn it!) so it should flower soon. That Passiflora dislikes warm weather and appreciates cool weather so I'm sure it will be happy in your tropical paradise. It is an excellent grower. You are going to have to keep your eye on both P. Mollissima and P. Amethystina hybrid because they both have a tendency to take over the place! I am certain that one of my cuttings which has roots is indeed Lady Margaret. I transferred that one to a pot today for you. P. Alata "Ruby Glow" still is looking good so I have high hopes for that one.
Way to go Clare,you rooted lady margret!!!
I shouldn't have to worry about Mollissima,or Amethystina.
They won't be hardy here!But I'm keeping all of them in pots to overwinter each year anyways.
Your off tomorrow.and I have to work!!!Bummer!!
Well, Don, I had a disappointment today. I had potted the rooted P. Lady Margaret cutting in a small container of potting soil some time ago. After a few days, the cutting started to turn brown. I tried to increase the humidity, but it didn't do any good. Today, I pulled it out of the soil, and it still has some roots, but the cutting is almost completely brown above the roots. I stuck it back in water, but it doesn't look good. Perhaps it needs to stay in water longer until the roots are more fully formed. I'll be trying again...to be continued.
Bless you Clare!!I hope you save some of the plant left for you!!
I too have some bad news,the cutting in the clear dixie cup with a clear dixie cup for a top ,has molded and turned brown,I pulled on it no roots at all,but I never saw a build up of moisture on the inside,but good news the ones in the jar of water have some little roots,I read somewhere
the roots need to be over a inch long before you put them in potting soil.So I think I'll wait until they reach that or more.
Hi Don!
The strangest thing is happening to that L.M. cutting that I told you about. It has turned completely black, but when I reached in to pull it out of the water, I noticed that the very bottom quarter of an inch of the cutting is green. There are small roots still at the bottom and a green leaf emerging from that bottom node. The rest of the cutting is completely black and dried up. I guess I'll leave it in the water and see what happens. I took a new L.M. cutting and put it in a jar water with a clear soda bottle over the jar. I also took a cutting of a Passiflora that I have no idea what it is because it hasn't flowered yet, but there are buds on the vine outside so we'll soon find out.
That's good to know about the inch long rule, Don. These roots were probably less than a half an inch. I'm sorry you lost one of your babies. Will you be trying that method again? Your P. Alata Ruby Glow is doing wonderfully in a jar of water with a ziplock plastic bag over the top. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that one because you definitely need that one too. It is flowering outside right now, and the fragrance is wonderful.
Hi Clare,
The ruby is just so darn pretty,yep I got to have that one too!The cuttings in the jar in the water tub,is rooting faster than anything or method I'm trying,so I think that will be the method of choice for me.
Just got back from Lowes and got my seed starting trays to start all the seeds I've received this past month.
Been rainy cats and dogs the last 2 days and we really needed it too.
How is the cutting you have in a bucket coming along?
Oh, Don, the ones that were in a jar of water in a bucket of water with a plastic cover keeled over quickly, but they were my P. Quadrangularis "Warmlands," which didn't seem to like the humidity because they went from bright green to dark brown very quickly. It could have been that the cuttings were in a state of decline anyhow because I had cut them off when my vine started to turn brown at the bottom. The whole vine is gone now; I lost the whole thing; so I ordered another one from Logee's. It made me so sad to lose this one so I was relieved that I could get it again. While I was there, I ordered Passiflora Playtoba too! LOL! Since your best method is the jar of water in the tub of water, I'm going to try that again, this time without the plastic cover, and I'll see how that works out. More to follow...
I'm glad you have some rain. I guess that it's better than snow; right?
yep and we needed the rain badly here.
Sorry to hear you lost warmlands,was it the cool nights you think that did it in?
Does logees send out there plants in the winter,or will it be spring before they mail out?
Hi Don! Thanks;-) I feel better now that I ordered it again. Yes, the Quad is only supposed to be hardy to 45 degrees, and it did dip below that to 39 degrees a couple of times. I'm so stupid. I should have brought it indoors with the rest of the gang I've been hauling in and out every day. Oh, well, live and learn:o) Yes, my Logee's order arrived this week so I believe they ship out no matter what the weather.
Latest up date,on cuttings,the ones in the bags sealed up,and plastic cups have all molded,sad to say,but the one cutting with bag filled with air is still green,happy to say,also the cuttings in jar filled with water and placed in laundry tub with water has set roots!Look!
And the ones in the bucket of water with air being pumped into the water is still looking good also.
That's great, Don. I'm going to try the jar in tub method again. Those roots look wonderful.