also remember when taking cuttings of many sorts
that there is the idea that the top of the plant
in terms of size and demand is similar to what is
left of the roots below taking into consideration
some root mortality. to make that simpler, it
often helps to trim off some of the leaves above
to let the roots below not have to keep up with
extreme demands until they can get established
again.
this year same thing except i did some braining and cut BELOW the nodes.
lol. and used fresh sterile rooting medium. your mention of trimming
off the leaves got me thinking again. i just went and re-read the info on growing from cuttings on several .edu sites and a couple mentioned
trimming leaves in half but not removing them besides what goes into
the soil. on soft wood cuttings anyway, seems there'd want to be some photosynthesis happening to help to shoots root. the leaves were left
whole but today i'm going to trim them in half per the docs.
process seems to be working this year, several of the cuttings give a
bit of resistance when tugged on. :)
ob edible:
first harvest out of the vegetable garden last week. scapes off about
110 garlic plants. cut them up in several inch long pieces, flash froze
on cookie sheets, and stored in a large zipper bag to be used mainly on salads and occasionally for pesto. yummy.
And I have gotten even sillier.
I harvested a big white onion and cut the
bottom six inches off. Then I clicked it
up the middle. I planted the two halves.
This will be "interesting".
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