Great Idea for a Bubbler- Under $10

Impressive set of nubbies on that Mountain Magic cutting Gary!

Mary

Guys don't expect me to be posting large roots on my cuttings. I have been told that if you are not storing your brugs over the winter it is best to pot them up on the first emergence of white root from the stubbies. The reason being that the water roots have to be replaced anyway by soil roots. So whenever is possible plant when you see the first bit of roots. This is what I have been told. Please if anyone has heard different please let me know and share it with the rest of us. Thanks

Gary -

I started doing this bubbler thing late last spring, over the summer and for a LOT of my cuttings this winter. Those big fat roots that form in the water do NOT change when they go into soil. The roots look exactly the same once they get in the soil - they just continue to grow and fill the pot (if you grow them in pots like I do) or in the ground. The roots I saw on my soil balls I turned out of their containers this fall were just like these - big, fat and white.

So..I, personally, do not believe there is a "soil root" and a "water root" for brugs.

Just my opinion - so nobody yell at me please..I'm neither a newbie nor an expert. :-)

Diane Krny

why would anyone yell at you? That is exactly the type of answer that I was looking for. I wasn't quite sure but that was what i was told and I was looking for someone to help answer this question once and for all. Thanks Diane for your comeback

There is a difference between water and soil grown roots. Water roots lack the fine sucker roots, the plant grows in soil.

Thanks for the clarification Monika - but do I understand correctly that those fine sucker roots would grow off of those white main roots grown in the water after they are in the soil - as opposed to replacing the water grown roots? Or am I mistaken about that?

Diane

Might they be called "feeder roots"? Jeanette