Here is part of what I am working with right now. I have a grow tray that has a heat pad and an adjustable light that hangs above. The tray has a lid but apparently I took that off for this picture. As of right now I am growing lots of succulents using cuttings or growing from leaves. I have a few cactus cuttings, different things I'm trying from seed, a few african violets. Things like that. I'm also trying a few vegetables like garlic, lettuce, and my recently deceased potatoes. I've been experimenting with african violet cuttings as well.
I cut a leaf from the plant and stuck it in the dirt in my tray and left the lid on most of the time. It took about 2 or 3 weeks I think till I started seeing leaves. I was very surprised it did so well! I know that african violets dont like water on their leaves but I guess they don't mind a humid environment like inside the tray. I took two more cuttings yesterday because I gave my first plant to my mom. So we will see if the new cuttings do the same! I visited my parents last week and brought home a cutting from my favorite cactus that I had to leave there.
(The tall one on the right)
I hope it roots soon. I actually pulled it out of the dirt because I almost forgot to let the bottom callous over. I might dip it into root hormone when I decide to plant it again. The plant that it came off of is too big and I didn't want to risk it breaking into a million pieces when my husband and I moved 12 hours away to Colorado. Sad day. I miss it! It was my favorite cactus. So hopefully it's baby will be just as happy as it was and grow me a whole new plant!
I had heard that you could regrow celery by cutting off the bottom inch and replanting. When I looked it up again to share with you how to do it, I found a really cool article about regrowing several different vegetables. Ginger, green onions, pineapples, leaf lettuce, potatoes, and celery are all included. I think you will enjoy it if you haven't already read about all these things. http://frugalliving.about.com/od/growyourownfoods/tp/How-To-Regrow-Foods.htm. It would be cool if you could try all those ideas and tell us if it really worked well or not! =)
ReplyDeleteYou are doing great, keep it up! Remember to make sure the bottom of that Euphorbia is callused before planting. About a week. Don't keep the soil wet.
ReplyDeleteAnd just some friendly advice about blogging. Make sure you re-read what you have written for mistakes. And also make sure each post has photos. Otherwise most people won't look or read. Just learned this from experience.
I am a succulent fanatic like you! And my Mom loved growing African violets. She used to make new plants just like you are with one leaf.
Thank you Candice! I will leave it out for a while. I'm glad you said that, I was just giong to leave it out for a few days. I really want it to survive.
ReplyDeleteI will be sure to do that. I tried to post a picture on my newest post but for some reason it wouldn't allow me to. I hope the next post lets me! I have lots of pictures I want to show!!
And that's awesome! I didn't even know you could do that until recently when I got this book called Making More Plants. They cut leaves and put them in water. I tried that and they just got moldy and gross. So I tried one in my heated tray and it worked!
I appreciate your advice!! Thank you for reading!