I took cuttings of a blue sky vine about a month ago (maybe longer). i stuck them in sandy soil and watered well. I went out today and they are all still green, not mushy and overall look great. Problem is tho that none of them have started putting out roots.
How long does it take for their roots to establish?
Thanks
Jen
Blue Sky Vine
Jen,
You are doing better than me! I couldn't get a passie or sky vine to root out if my life depended on it.
Good luck!!!
Molly
:^)))
Someone told me that it's better to take them beginning of Spring. The person that was wanting to do a trade with passiflora cuttings should be able to answer this question.
:) Donna
Thanks! I guess that because they havent died, thats a good sign? One even looks like its started to put out new growth...but no roots. Strange, eh?
I always thought that when they start putting on new growth, they are rooting or getting ready to root, so the scene under ground might be different in a week or two. I hope that is what is getting ready to happen. I'm waiting on some rose canes to root. They have been potted for about two months, probably and I don't see a root yet.
Jen, I've found that when doing the thunbergia cuttings they can take months to root. When I take my cuttings I try to cut one of the new vines(the ones that seem to have the thicker stems and kind of grow straight up for a while), I cut right below a leaf node and then remove that leaf. Those seem to root a little faster and they also root faster during spring/summer.
You can also root a leaf but it will be almost a year before it makes a vine.
Thanks Cala, youve given me hope!! Its amazing that it takes so long for these boogers to root. I did straight, woody and new growth stems and they all see to be at the same stage...still green, in fact they look like they did the day i cut them. I know its been 6 weeks or more. ..we'll bill was home nov and finished the greenhouse so it was probably mid nov, long before thanksgiving...
hopefully they will be rooted in time for the floriday swap?
Mine always take at LEAST 8 weeks. they are slow, but really reliable.
Jen, as long as they are green, they are fine. The ones that aren't going to root usually rot pretty fast.
I read this somewhere (on GW, I think), and it has never worked for me, but other people I've told about it say it works great for them.
Take the cuttings from one of those larger stems. Using a very sharp instrument like a razor blade, cut upward a half inch or so into pie slice sections. This apparently provides more exposed places that can root. Place cuttings in water in a clear jar or glass and put in the shade. Everybody else says they get roots very shortly.
I have some in the window now that are growing like weeds, but they have no visible roots. They've been there at least two months. I think that in the spring they'll grow in the ground with no problem. Who knows?
Oh yes. This is supposed to work on all thunbergias.
Kay
Great info, Kay. I have a blue thunbergia that I would like to root to. It bloomed beautifully during the summer....sigh.
:) Donna
I have enough cuttings that i can experiment with some. Tomorrow i think i'll cut some with razors, put some in water and leave the rest alone.
Thanks for the info y'all
jen
I have rooted quite a few blue sky vines. They are extremely slow to root. I think the quickest I had some root was in peat, with bottom heat and bottom moisture.