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Native cuttings, how to stirke?
Posted: August 28th, 2011, 4:33 pm
by Hornet
I collected cuttings from a few natives today, some leptospermums, melaluecas, banksia's and grevillia's. Most are small semihardwood cuttings but i got one decent sized hardwood cutting from a leptospermum. What mix is best, straight sand, sand/cocopeat mix, commercial propagating mix or something else all together?
John
Re: Native cuttings, how to stirke?
Posted: August 28th, 2011, 4:46 pm
by Bougy Fan
Hi John
Do a search in the native section for cuttings. Pup has a couple of threads about propagating cuttings in there. He uses honey and a soft drink bottle as a mini hot house and has good success.
Tony
Re: Native cuttings, how to stirke?
Posted: August 28th, 2011, 4:51 pm
by Hornet
Cheers, i actually pmed him a few minutes ago for advice on the larger lepto after seeing his thread for the bottlebursh he did from a cutting
Re: Native cuttings, how to stirke?
Posted: August 28th, 2011, 10:05 pm
by Hornet
didnt manage to find much on striking native cuttings. Any suggestion on what mix to use? I'm thinking commercial cutting mix, sieved commercial cutting mix or a 50/50 river sand/potting mix (both sieved. Should any of those be good?