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Apr 29, 2023

seeds, cuttings, divisions: making more plants as spring approaches, with ken druse

I have a question for Ken. I have your book on propagation and I loaned it to a

I have a question for Ken. I have your book on propagation and I loaned it to a friend. I also watched the video in the fall class on making hard wood cuttings I did the root cuttings in the late fall and put them in a plastic shoe box with damp sand. I paid attention to the direction of growth and used liquid root hormones. Then placed the container in the fridge. I thought they would be ready in 6-8 weeks. At 8 weeks none of them had calluses. So I should have put them back in the damp sand box.? Could I have left them until June? Instead I went ahead and put them in 4 inch pots and placed under lights. Six of the cuttings when they put out or starts of leaves, I pot them up to 1/2 gallon pots. I assumed if they had leaves, they must of had roots. Not so?? But if I leave them in the pots and they keep making leaves then they might have a chance of making roots? If the leaves fall off, then toss the sticks Lesson is: the cuttings have to make the callus to make roots?So I’m trying to learn from my mistakes. How long do you leave cuttings in sand? if no callus put them back and wait longer? Please send advise.