Here is a good closeup picture of a brugmansia cutting with lots of pre-roots and regular roots just forming. Thought those new to brugs would like to see this so they know what to look for when rooting cuttings.
X
This message was edited Jun 26, 2006 4:33 PM
Kewl photography work there, X. Very nice!
Barb
Thanks .. was running my new camera thru its paces so to speak .. seeing how far I could push it. I'm impressed for a mere 3.3 mega pixel camera.
X
What kind is it? I just turned mine into toast by leaving it in the car when temps reached the mid-90's. :~(
Bummer .. The camera is a hand-me-down from my dad .. a sony CD Mavica MVC CD-300. He is one of those people who buy expensive complicated cameras and sticks it on auto and never uses the features .. was glad to get it. Renewed my old interest in photography.
X
This message was edited Jun 26, 2006 4:48 PM
Uhm, I guess that's a cool picture - - BUT IT KIND OF GIVES ME THE HEEBIE JEEBIES because the white stuff looks like BUGS or something! Eeeyyuckie. =0)
But still, very informative. THANKS for sharing...!
Betsy
yeah .. it does look like some kind a alien disease!
X
Bets... you'll come to positively LUV those little white alien bumps.. they translate into, "There's LIFE in them thar sticks!!!"
Barb
What a great picture. I wish my cuttings I put in water would look like that, instead they look dead. LOL. So true!
Hey Barb, I had no clue a hot car fries digital cameras. Really?
X, what is your setup for rooting in water; ie, bright indirect light or direct sun, frequency of water change, and how much of cutting is in water? Also, is rooting in water a better way to root than in soil? Thanks.
Tussee
Hi Tussee,
I have my bubbler in the greenhouse .. it gets filtered light because I let the roof panels stay dirty in the summer and only clean them in the fall. It's a very inexpensive set up of a plastic waste can, aquarium pump, some tubing and an air stone. What this does is keep the water oxygenated and from going stagnant. I change the water and scrub out the can with my hands when the algae starts to make the water look green. The frequency of water change largely depends on water temperature and how many leaves have fallen into it. I find this method of rooting the absolute best way to root any greenwood. For shorter cuttings or older brown wood, I still put them into soil.
X
Thank you very much, X. You are now permanently filed away in my brug. folder. :) I just happen to have the air stone as another one of my hobbies is exotic goldfish imported from China. This is one fishy place!
Tussee
Gosh, you make a successful pitch for using a bubbler, X. Pictures are the proof. I have heard so many great things. I may try mine again with store bought water.
Kell, I love my bubbler .. I root everything in it with great success except 1. Some camelia cuttings .. they stayed in there for 7 months, put on new leaves and even flower buds and nary a root! .. I finally said to heck with it and stuck them in a container with some promix .. still no roots but they look great!
Tuss, I used to be into fish, my neighbor gave me the whole setup (minus the fish) for my kitty Feif. I got some goldfish and she loved to watch them. After awhile, Feif started going fishing and was always walking around with 1 wet leg and goldfish fins stuck between her teeth. Poor fish were suiciding in terror by jumping out the tank. I traded it back to my neighbor for a 30 gallon tank for some hermit crabs I rescued.
http://www.xeramtheum.com/hemit.htm
X
Love your pictures of Feif watching the fish. My kitty Molly, to my knowledge, has never looked at one of the fish tanks. Perhaps that's because she grew up with them around the house.
Tussee
Very cool pix :-)
I am always happy when my cuttings look just like this :-))
~Alice
