My friend sent me 2 little ti plants from her recent trip to Hawaii. They were in a plastic hang bag, typical touristy stuff. Well I followed the directions and put them in a shallow dish of water not expecting much and sure enough they sprouted, but no roots, just leaves. But now what do I do? Should I bury it under the soil or sit it on top of the soil? I have a red one and green one and thats all I know about them. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Cordyline sprouted...now what?
jojo, I have always bought mine as potted plants. They are not winter hardy in my area (even our mild winters) so I sink the potted cordylines inground and lift up and put in garage if we have more than 1 day of freezing temps. Last winter was very mild so I never lifted them. They got ratty, but at present they are all beautiful. I have a black red one and a green.
They need roots, so my suggestion would be to pot them in a light (fluffy) soil mix and keep shaded. I'm not an expert, just sharing what I'd do.
Thanks for the advice! I've never really wanted or not wanted these, just never thought about them I guess. I would like to keep them alive because of where they came from though.
Do you think I should cover the sticks with medium? or just set them in some fluffy stuff?
LOL I'm learning all kinds of stuff from her trip, she also sent me a plumeria, a hibiscus, a pinecone ginger, guava seeds, and bird of paradise seeds, so far everything has done well except the hibiscus, it just suddenly rotted, go figure... thats the only one I have any experience with.
Cordyline is closely related to Dracaena. Put the sticks in dirt. Like Dracaena, it is not usual for them to sprout new leaves before roots, but the roots will come. Cordylines are pretty foliage plants and can have interesting colors and patterns. Hope they do well for you!
Thanks fauna! Between this little windfall from my friend and the tropical co op, I'm going to be a tropical queen LOL. Definately need to get a greenhouse built.
Just judging from the color on these, I'm thinking afternoon shade at least? Everything I'm reading says part sun, like thats helpful LOL
That plant takes full sun here in Florida, but as a cutting I would do exactly as you plan.