People have been very busy lately and my new potting shed seems to have been put on hold.
This plantaholic however decided to press on with my plant propagation area.
I took a piece of old polytunnel plastic and laid it on the ground to hopefully suppress any pernicious weeds. Then I moved some small patio flags and pig slats to make a level ("ish") area to place my potting bench/ tables on.
Bob's your uncle! I have a new area to take cuttings and divide plants and start veg seeds off.
I am not buying potting compost at the moment. Instead I am experimenting with my potting mix.
Sand, home made compost and topsoil all combine. I even place cuttings in just sand.
So what cuttings are you taking Dave? Good question Dave.
I have been cutting back Shasta Daisies. Taking cuttings about a pencil length long. Removing any leaves except a couple at the top which I could in half. Then I get about ten cuttings to a large plant pot.
Of course I could divide the Daisies in September or next spring but I get great pleasure in seeing roots and leaves appear.
I will buy some good potting compost before they stop selling it for winter and pot them on individually.
I have also been taking Osteospermums (Cape Daisies) cuttings and dividing Bergenias and small Phormiums.
I water them most mornings at the moment. But we are starting to get dews. We even lit the stove in the front room last night and we weren't roasting.
My new potting shed floor is getting full already. Soon they will be going outside into the plant nursery in the veg plot.
This is how I use to propagate my plants before I got my polytunnels which alas are no more.
I hope we get the sides and roof on before the Irish monsoon and gale season begins.
Are you propagating plants or making a potting shed/ greenhouse or polytunnel?
Can I confess, I nicked cuttings from a salvia hot lips and a beautiful coleus, both are doing well, very naughty. I have a couple snowberry plants growing and a few fleabane daises, I have not taken many as it has been far to hot.
ReplyDeleteExcellent news with the cuttings Marlene. I took some Hydrangea cuttings and they struck roots. It's cooling down herein the countryside next to the sea and we are getting mists and dews.
DeleteToday I shall make a few cuttings from our tired bizzy lizzy houseplants. I have been doing the same for 44 years - same bloodline as it were. Yesterday I went to our B&Q superstore and bought a snake plant. It cost me £12. The little greenhouse I erected 25 years ago is still perfectly fine and does its job.
ReplyDeleteYou sound good at propagating house plants YP. I have ten money plants that I took cuttings of. They will need bringing inside because they are really house plants. 25 years for a greenhouses longevity is very good. My last polytunnel was wrecked inside two years.
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