Re: [gardeners] Saturday in the garden
David G Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:39:13 -0500
Last year I just put slips in water, this year I used perlite and rootone --
they did about the same both times. After a while the stems are covered
with small white nodes, which I guess are the beginnings of roots. They
don't seem to grow actual roots until they're in soil, though, and about
half of them just rot. I put them in four inch pots last weekend. Last
summer I put them in full sun, pretty close to it, anyway. They were 3 - 4
feet tall by the end of the summer and bloomed until frost. They made sort
of a leggy plant, I think it might look best to plant a lot together or cut
them back to encourage branching.
We've just got the crocuses right by the house. Last night we had sleet.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: penny x stamm <pennyx1@Juno.com>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] Saturday in the garden
>
> David, my clerodendron in the kitchen window looked pale and
> sickly no matter how much or little water or fertilizer I gave it --
> this seems to happen every winter! Therefore I have just cut it all
> the way back to within 2 inches of earth, and I believe that it will
> start afresh. I start multitudes of plants from slips every year,
> but it had never occurred to me to try it with the clerodendron!
> And what's more, I had never ever put it outside, in 15 years of
> growing them! Next summer . . . .
>
> Full sun, right?
>
> You've got crocuses growing? We've got snow.
>
> Penny, NY zone 6
>
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