Struggling corkscrew vine cuttings - November 17th, 2006 at 12:28 AM
Moved from related thread in propagation that's gotten no response in 2 days, getting desperate here...
In a nutshell, mid October I got 14 cuttings of corkscrew vine from Colorado and several rooted.
The saga continues... we are down to 5 cuttings surviving and I am concerned as yesterday one of them (the thicker-stemmed one) the leaves turned yellow pretty much overnight, and one of the other "older" cuttings (ones I put into soil immediately) the stem is definitely darkening and the leaf buds it started have stopped developing. These older cuttings have 2-3 roots coming out of the bottom of their pots (long white roots).
These older ones I have had in pots in a plastic-lined box and had water in the plastic liner so they would be getting water from the bottom, but it did dry out one-two days which seems to be when the trouble began.... also coincided with cold weather and when the furnace kicked in.
The "younger" cuttings (the ones I started in water and just moved into soil recently, and are currently in pots soaking in water) seem to be doing fine.
They are all in potting soil that says it should "feed" for 2-3 months. I haven't added anything but water.
It almost seems like they do well in the early stages of rooting, and then they need me to do something else but I don't know what it is so they die.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any advice.
In a nutshell, mid October I got 14 cuttings of corkscrew vine from Colorado and several rooted.
The saga continues... we are down to 5 cuttings surviving and I am concerned as yesterday one of them (the thicker-stemmed one) the leaves turned yellow pretty much overnight, and one of the other "older" cuttings (ones I put into soil immediately) the stem is definitely darkening and the leaf buds it started have stopped developing. These older cuttings have 2-3 roots coming out of the bottom of their pots (long white roots).
These older ones I have had in pots in a plastic-lined box and had water in the plastic liner so they would be getting water from the bottom, but it did dry out one-two days which seems to be when the trouble began.... also coincided with cold weather and when the furnace kicked in.
The "younger" cuttings (the ones I started in water and just moved into soil recently, and are currently in pots soaking in water) seem to be doing fine.
They are all in potting soil that says it should "feed" for 2-3 months. I haven't added anything but water.
It almost seems like they do well in the early stages of rooting, and then they need me to do something else but I don't know what it is so they die.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any advice.