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Eucomis leaf cuttings
By Meanie
- 14 Dec, 2011
- 14 likes
A couple of months ago after watching Gardeners World I had a go at some leaf cuttings from one of my Eucomis. From six cuttings three have taken. If you look carefully you'll see three of the four shoots that this one cutting has put up.
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Nowt - they're in the conservatory!!!
14 Dec, 2011
very wise.
14 Dec, 2011
It was a better result than I expected!
14 Dec, 2011
great result Meanie..
15 Dec, 2011
It certainly was!
I'm trying some leaf cuttings from my Beschorneria now............
15 Dec, 2011
that should be interesting virtually the same way as eucomis, put up a pic when they've rooted i'd like to see them.. good luck
15 Dec, 2011
Well done Meanie , if anyone can do it you can :o)
15 Dec, 2011
I have no idea what a Beschorneria grows from (bulb, tuber etc) SL, but as mine is strong and has plenty of leaves I thought what the heck!
Amy - if you have any give it a go next year!
15 Dec, 2011
It looks a good way to get more Homebird!
16 Dec, 2011
To be honest Meanie, i'm not that sure either i just remember my dad having these as cuttings in his greenhouse..def worth a try though,,
16 Dec, 2011
Worth a try as I broke the leaf off, so it was "scrap" anyway!
16 Dec, 2011
It's doing very well!
17 Dec, 2011
They are Delonix - a total of six shoots from three leaf cuttings have emerged so far..............
18 Dec, 2011
A M A Z I N G, Meanie. Well done!! I tried leaf cuttings once (begonia with spotted foliage) but nothing happened other than having rotten leaves lol.
19 Dec, 2011
One of the cuttings looks pretty rotten, but it is throwing up a shoot.
19 Dec, 2011
Maybe I should have given my rotten leaves some more time. I didn't think it would take a couple of months for them to have shoots and chucked them all after a week or two.
19 Dec, 2011
A week or two!!!!
You'll have to be much more patient than that!
19 Dec, 2011
I should have known better :o)
But I just didn't know~. Thanks for this photo Meanie, I've learned a new thing :-)
20 Dec, 2011
There's an update here..................
http://bit.ly/1pe98xD
23 Feb, 2014
I missed the chance this year keith but will try to remember next year , yours have been a huge success ,well done :o)
24 Feb, 2014
Far better than my efforts from seed Amy!
24 Feb, 2014
I'm sure Keith , I have seeds collected but am going to wait to do it your way in October ....
24 Feb, 2014
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looking promising; what will happen if we get very cold weather?
14 Dec, 2011