The overweight on the overweight

Ooooooh, Om! The greenhouses are fabulous! I might send for the
"Starter House", myself!
I bought a young weeping pussy willow in April and found a website that
describes how to propegate them from cuttings. Mine has eight 'arms"
and want to make 8 cuttings....which I will 'train" into a spiral
trunk. Ought to be fantastic....and the little buggers are fairly
pricey---I paid 50 for mine WITHOUT a spiral trunk.

Im thinking...being rare, pricey and beautiful....why not propegate a
dozen or so every year to sell? Im confident a year-old three feet tall
with a spiral or two could easuily fetch 50...mabe 75 bucks...?

The little greenhouse would be perfect for getting them started--
humidity is key when trying to get roots started from a cutting, as Im
sure you know.

Thanks for posting the link--perfect!

BTW..what all do you use yours for? Can you grow, say, tomatoes and the
like in the winter? or what? Im guessing you can have fresh herbs all
year?

LassChance


Start LC~5-16-05
202-195-165
(i only weigh on Sunday)

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(Lass Chance) wrote:

Ooooooh, Om! The greenhouses are fabulous! I might send for the
"Starter House", myself!

Glad you liked the link...
As far as I've been able to find, they are some of the most reasonable
priced "kits" on the 'net.

And for me, time spent in erecting them was nearly as important as price
so they were double perfect!

30 minutes each erection time, tops, not counting assembling the
shelving that I bought from Lowe's. :-)

And remarkably sturdy! We just had some serious storms here and they
held up, but they were somewhat protected by the houses around here too.
G

I bought a young weeping pussy willow in April and found a website that
describes how to propegate them from cuttings. Mine has eight 'arms"
and want to make 8 cuttings....which I will 'train" into a spiral
trunk. Ought to be fantastic....and the little buggers are fairly
pricey---I paid 50 for mine WITHOUT a spiral trunk.

Wow. Good luck with it! Do some searching on rooting compounds.

My personal passion is propagation of succulents.


Im thinking...being rare, pricey and beautiful....why not propegate a
dozen or so every year to sell? Im confident a year-old three feet tall
with a spiral or two could easuily fetch 50...mabe 75 bucks...?

lol 'zactly! Once you have invested in a plant, propagating it over
time can get you your investment back. I have quite a bit invested in a
couple of popular landscaping cacti and have managed to create 26 new
ones in the past year since late last summer doing cuttings. I hope to
be able to get my investment back in another year. I have buds growing
off the new stumps at the moment and new babies potted and rooted, and
doing well!

I also plan to propagate this silly blue passion vine that is determined
to take over my back yard. Right now tho', I'm taking the runners and
planting them on the fence for winter privacy since these are not losing
their leaves in the winter like the grape vines do.


The little greenhouse would be perfect for getting them started--
humidity is key when trying to get roots started from a cutting, as Im
sure you know.

Indeed... ;-)


Thanks for posting the link--perfect!

You are most welcome! I'm very enthused over those since they are
affordable for the sizes involved. It's pretty amazing, really, and the
prices have dropped a bit too since I bought mine.


BTW..what all do you use yours for? Can you grow, say, tomatoes and the
like in the winter? or what? Im guessing you can have fresh herbs all
year?

LassChance

I experimented with 3 tomato vines last fall so I got early tomatoes
from them starting in March. I will do more this year in there. I just
got my greenhouses last March so am doing a LOT of experimenting,
including a pair of escargot snails... One has been erected over my
housemates aloe garden too much to his delight.

The one thing I'm having a hard time with is artichokes. I just can't
seem to grow them! :-( Might not be getting enough sun. I need to put
some benches in GH #4 since it gets the most sun and see if they do
better in there.

We bought 4 of the 8' x 8'.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

I have a little Jade plant in my window. Whenever I pinch it, I drop
the pinched leaves back onto the surface....and now each one is making a
new plant. It's fascinating.

Im interested in really old-fashioned, unusual heirloom tomatoes. Seeds
are easy to come by, but toms from seed take a LONG time---hence, the
greenhouse for a Februrary or March start. What you said makes me think
I might oughta go ahead and get a bigger one...I can see how the small
Starter might be soon out-grown as I think of more and more stuff to
try, LOL.

I get a major thrill just from making compost, LOL...Lord, what might I
do with a greenhouse?????

In my yard in Atlanta, I had a very old native azalea with astonishing
coral blooms. I tried several times to "air layer" some branches to
propegate a new plant....but was unsuccessful.

I snipped many ends from a friend's forsythia this past April, just
after it bloomed, but I think I cut them too early---or maybe the lack
of humidity...or maybe my essentially black thumb....whatever, no dice
on getting them to root.

The 'second" best way is to make "hard" cuttings late in the fall, when
the plant is dormant. Tie all the clippings into a bundle, dust the
whole bundle with hormone and bury them upsude down all winter. This
method is supposed to be most effective, but it does take longer. On the
other hand, if it works AT ALL is a whole bunch better than what I've
gotten, so far!

The beauty part about forsythia is that it grows so darn fast....and IF
I could get some clippings to root....I could line my driveway with them
for a splendid show in Spring, probably in about three seasons, maybe
two.

yes...i see I need a BIGGER greenhouse....heh heh heh....

LassChance


Start LC~5-16-05
202-195-165
(i only weigh on Sunday)

In article ,
(Lass Chance) wrote:

I have a little Jade plant in my window. Whenever I pinch it, I drop
the pinched leaves back onto the surface....and now each one is making a
new plant. It's fascinating.

Yeah, I have a few succulents that do that. :-)
I'm currently playing with Trichocereus sp. cuttings. A popular
landscaping cactus... easy and fun to grow from cuttings.

But, tomato propagation is also interesting! I want to get some cuttings
from the one that has done so well from last November. It appears to be
fading now so I want to try some water rootings. Tomatoes seem to do the
same thing that those Ivy's do. Root from stem cuttings in water.

We shall see! G


Im interested in really old-fashioned, unusual heirloom tomatoes. Seeds
are easy to come by, but toms from seed take a LONG time---hence, the
greenhouse for a Februrary or March start. What you said makes me think
I might oughta go ahead and get a bigger one...I can see how the small
Starter might be soon out-grown as I think of more and more stuff to
try, LOL.

It's addicting.... ;-)


I get a major thrill just from making compost, LOL...Lord, what might I
do with a greenhouse?????

I keep all food scraps to make compost. It's nice to have trashcans that
don't stink since I never put organic waste into them!

Have fun. Don't look back........ lol

And get the biggest greenhouse you can afford?


In my yard in Atlanta, I had a very old native azalea with astonishing
coral blooms. I tried several times to "air layer" some branches to
propegate a new plant....but was unsuccessful.

Air layering did not work?
Did you keep the substrate wet and place only the joints into soil?


I snipped many ends from a friend's forsythia this past April, just
after it bloomed, but I think I cut them too early---or maybe the lack
of humidity...or maybe my essentially black thumb....whatever, no dice
on getting them to root.

It's hard to say....

Dad harvested several Ginko biloba small side branches from his tree. I
dunked the de-leafed branches into rooting compound and out of the 12, 9
are throwing roots and leaves. :-) I am SO pleased!

Clay pots are often better for cuttings than plastic.

And don't forget "mini-greenhouses" over round pots made from soda pop
bottle bottoms.


The 'second" best way is to make "hard" cuttings late in the fall, when
the plant is dormant. Tie all the clippings into a bundle, dust the
whole bundle with hormone and bury them upsude down all winter. This
method is supposed to be most effective, but it does take longer. On the
other hand, if it works AT ALL is a whole bunch better than what I've
gotten, so far!

Never tried that. Cool! :-)


The beauty part about forsythia is that it grows so darn fast....and IF
I could get some clippings to root....I could line my driveway with them
for a splendid show in Spring, probably in about three seasons, maybe
two.

My cannas are blooming... but I plan on a bunch of wandering jew
cuttings to finish lining one side of the driveway. That and red apple
mini-iceplants.

The other side next to the house is the herb garden!


yes...i see I need a BIGGER greenhouse....heh heh heh....

LassChance

Go for it! lol You won't regret it.......

Om

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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"Lass Chance" wrote in message
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I snipped many ends from a friend's forsythia this past April, just
after it bloomed, but I think I cut them too early---or maybe the lack
of humidity...or maybe my essentially black thumb....whatever, no dice
on getting them to root.

I have guaranteed black thumbs, but root forsythia by sticking a twig in a
jam-jar of water.

Nicky.

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A1c 10.5/4.5/6 Weight 95/76/72Kg
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

Lass and others,
We have a local heirloom tomato-lord. I'm sure you'd enjoy his
website:
http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/...tomatoman.html
Raleighgirl