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Plotted my sedum cuttings today. Also some spray carnation cuttings/side shoots.
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In the spirit of "lockdown gardening" I'm shoved some Bay tree cuttings in a big pot and potted up some well rooted rosemary cuttings.
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I found a volunteer parsley seedling in the toms I've planted today. I popped it in a pot to give it some care, notwithstanding the fact if a ¼ tray of parsley germinating. There'll be many parsley plants for the lock down swap. Unfortunately I've no one to swap with
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(08-06-2025, 04:31 PM)Veggie Wrote: In the spirit of "lockdown gardening" I'm shoved some Bay tree cuttings in a big pot and potted up some well rooted rosemary cuttings. Let me know how you get on with your bay cuttings. I’ve tried many different time and methods without success. I would love to know the secret. I’d love a successful cutting from my old veg garden.
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I've grown 2 bay trees from cuttings - one is at least 30' tall!! The other one has been kept trimmed so its only about 8' high - and that's plenty big enough. I'm sure I didn't do anything special to the cuttings. just the usual strip off the lower leaves and bung them in a pot of compost..Maybe keep the pot in a plastic bag to stop the leaves from drying out?
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The other day i potted up some Sage cutting my plant looked tall, straggly and mostly dead. The cuttings rooted in water much quicker than I expected.
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I'm digging over a bed and there are some wallflowers, obviously gone over. Is there any point in taking cuttings before I bin them, rather than sowing new ones? From what i remember they weren't anything special, they've just got a lot of new green growth.
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Try it and see. I've only taken cuttings from perennial wallflowers as I don't often have any annual ones to play with. Actually, I don't have any perennial ones either now. So just ignore me.
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(09-06-2025, 02:52 PM)Veggie Wrote: Try it and see. I've only taken cuttings from perennial wallflowers as I don't often have any annual ones to play with. Actually, I don't have any perennial ones either now. So just ignore me.
I was going to give it a go anyway, unless one of you warned against it, although I'm dreadful at looking after cuttings. I'll sow some as well. I've got a rockery perennial yellow one, maybe I'll take cuttings of that, but where I'll put them will be a challenge if they all take.
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