I'm no expert (at all!) but thought maybe some of 'US' would find this helpful.
I am taking a basic Horticulture class at our local community college ...(yeah, I love this stuff that much! I can GROW anything but I don't KNOW anything & decided it was time to learn!).... and it just so happens we are studying "Propogating Techniques" right now! Being like you, Barb, I'm a visual learner and like pictures. So I took this out of our book. Hope you find it helpful.
Betsy
That is great, except I always leave a little bit of stem below the node at the bottom because some hoyas have 2 little root nubs on the stem a little under the node.
Marcy
Marcy ~
Yeah, I do too....but I just used this as an example to show what/where nodes are, and to point out what Carol was saying about where the roots will grow from (bottom of node and stem).
As I said, I am not an expert or anything so those of you who have lots more experience, please jump in and give us your 2 cents worth.
B
Betsy! You GO, girl! Thanks a lot for posting that. You'll share all the interesting tidbits you find, right? A picture is worth more than a thousand words when those words are trying to sink into a 60 year old brain! ;)
Barb
GREAT illustration Betsy!!! I would leave a bit more stem on the bottom node as well so roots can grow from there as well.
Wow...great bunch of knowledge here!!! I am learning so much, too!
Hooray for Betsy. I was just coming on here to recheck over some posts about rooting. Trying to figure out if you use the baggie method, do you need to cut a long cutting in to two pieces before you place it into the bag, or before you put it into the pot. Any suggestions?
Heather
Heather...Christina gave information on just that topic in one of the other threads....can't remember which one...but one about rooting. :>)
Thanks Carol, I posted before I read the other posts! Thanks!
Heather
Oh my, I am supposed to cut it at the top as well? I have never done that.
Tammy...I cut the new growth at the top back to the first set of leaves the vine is putting out....so that the energy of the plant will go mainly to rooting and not to continuing to grow.
HTH
Thanks Carol, I haven't been doing that. I need to start snipping I guess. O.K. now I need to know about seed pods. The H. heuschkeliana Carol just sent has one long seed pod on it. Do they turn brown befor they open up, how can I make sure I catch the seed, what soil do you start seeds in. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is going to be a new challenge..
OH WOW! I wish I had looked more carefully!!! I would have sent you another one. Will have to inspect them all!
OK...this is my experience: the pod will grow fatter and fatter (kinda like me at Thanksgiving/Christmas). When it STARTS to get brown, wrap it in scotch tape around the middle. It will mature and mature until it splits open...but the opening will be hampered by the tape.
Now...fold a double layer of paper towels and wet them...fairly wet but not dripping. Come on, Girl, you can do it!!! Then 'smear' the seeds on the paper towel seed, fluff and all, and slip the who shebang into a ziplock bag. Inflate the bag, seal it and keep it warm. in 2 days you should see the seeds sprout - especially if you do this within 12 hours after they have been sprung. You will see the roots and the new growth get bigger and bigger. When the new growth starts to get 'floppy' because of the weight, transplant them to a flat of peat/perlite veeeeerrrrryyyyy carefully, pushing their little roots into the medium. The green tops will flop around...that's ok. This is a good time to 'cull'...take, say, only 50 of the healthiest seedlings. When, in the flat, the seedling are maybe 2" tall, transfer them into individual pots of potting soil...taking, say, the strongest 20 (and giving the weaker ones to your neighbour)...then grow them out. Watch the leaves...no telling it is a self cross or a cross with a neighbour.
Anyway, this is the way I do it...or have done it. I have also sowed the seeds directly onto a flat with peat/perlite...but it was harder to control their little parachutes!!!.
Wow...what a treat!!! I would love 2 or 3 seedling when they old enough to travel!!!
Carol
Thanks for info. When they are on the paper towell do I fold it so the seeds are enclosed in it? Would this process do better under grow lights? There must be alot of seeds!! It is just amazing how this little spur is holding up a long seed pod. I am glad I got to see this, have been wondering what they look like. Yes you can have some, I hope I can get this correct. Oh I hope it crossed with something. Do you remember who she was close too? Oh I guess that wouldn't really help. I'm excited!! Thanks for the treasure.
Tami
Just put them on top of the paper towel...nothing on top of the seeds. I keep them warm (on top of the fridge, usually) and normal/low light. Good luck....it is really fun. With H. heuschkeliana it is hard to tell...but I would suspect it is self pollinated. There you go...now you have one for every corner of every room!!! There were some blooming nearby: H. walliana, H. coriacea, H. multiflora.... Yes...it would be fun to have a hybrid. Gotta go out and inspect my plants more carefully!!!
Carol
Cool that you got a pod, Tami! I know you can do it! Let us know when you become a Mommy.
:) Donna
Yippee... Someone heard me say I needed one for every corner of my house :) , Carol you had it planned all along.
Donna it's gonna be fun, I hope it doesn't explode all over like some of the pictures I have seen posted in the forum.
Thank you for the illustration and the rooting tips.
