Succulent cuttings

Moss Stonecrop Sedum 

Hey, so, as promised, I'm going to post some pictures of the cuttings that I took. This post is just going to be the Succulent cuttings that I took, Sedum to be specific.

Rooting Hormone

Trailing Sedum

Cutting 

Cutting Dipped in Hormone

Flowering

So I followed the steps from my How to take cuttings Post. They are doing well, And I expect to see growth in a few weeks to a month.

That's about all I have for now, Please comment if you have any questions, concerns, and comments. Please Share this with a friend, and thanks for reading!

How to take cuttings from plants

     Hey Guys! Today I'm going to teach you crazy kids how to propagate from cuttings! Taking a cutting from a plant is super easy, and it's nice because the cutting is going to be exactly the same genetically as the parent. So if you have a plant that say, produces really sweet fruit, a cutting from a sweet fruit tree might just be what you need. Many plants can be started from cuttings, such as (just off the top of my head), Ivy, wisteria, jades, most succulents, tomato plants, african violets, bamboo, and many more!

     Steps

1) Find a plant that you would like to take a cutting from

2) Cut a new growth branch (not woody), at least three nodes long

3) Strip the cuttings leaves, leaving only a few at the top, 

4) Take the end that you are going to root, and slice diagonally, this helps to get as much area as possible for rooting.

5) wet the rooting end

6) Dip the rooting end in a growth hormone of your choice

7) Poke your finger, a pencil, ect, and make a hole in a container of potting soil.

8) Plant cutting in hole

Notes

     If you do not have a rooting hormone, it's ok. Just follow the other steps. Rooting hormones just help to make sure the plant roots, and can be a bit faster than without. I heard you can make a rooting hormone from honey, though I have never tried.

     A good medium to grow cuttings is a mix of peat moss and perlite. Half and half should do the trick, although I do suggest you experiment and find out your preference.

     If you're plant seems to be wilting, cut the leaves in half, this helps the plant to focus more on rooting, and less on leaves.

     Later this weekend I will make some posts about some succulent cuttings that I took, One that I took and while back and how it's doing, and some wisteria cuttings that I took.

     Thanks for reading! Please share this with a friend, and make sure to come back, I make a post at least once a week. Hoped this post helped! Byeeeeee!

   

     

Japanese Maple Seedlings 2

     Hey there! For this post I would like to post updates on the Japanese Maple Seedlings I got. For the most part, they are doing pretty well. On some the leaves are drying up, which can't be a good sign. I was reading and I've come to the conlusion that they are doing this due to stress of being potted and moved. I still have hope that they will make it. Also, some of the leaves are turning red, which they do in the fall when their leaves are about to fall off. I think this is also because of stress.

     Here are some pictures.

Dried-up leaves

 


















As you can probably see, some of the leaves have turned red. I am thinking that maybe they are not getting enough sun. The ones on top of my bonsai stand are doing well. They tolerate moderate shade, but I will give them more sunlight and see what happens.

Thanks for reading! I will make another post sometime this week. Comment what you would like to see me do a post about, anything with plants or mycology. Please share this post with a friend, it means a lot. See ya!

Mother's day Project

          As promised, another post! Since today is Mother's day, I thought I'd post about the project I did for my aunt, who has raised me since I was just a wee lad. First I'm going to post the end results, then I'll break down what I did.

              This project was extremely inexpensive but was satisfying to do, and gave my aunt a big smile! I got the jar from my neighbor, I noticed he was about to throw it away, and asked if I could have it. The plant was actually free, a local person had grown too many and was giving away some for free.

Steps
1. Washed out jar
2. Poured some aquarium gravel over the bottom of the jar
3. Sprinkled some charcoal over the gravel
4. Made a soil mix from compost from my compost pile and sand-like soil from a mole hill.
5. Planted the Succulent (Hen and Chicks, or Echeveria)
6. Put some soil over the top, followed by more gravel for aesthetics.
7. Tied some ribbon around the jar in a bow.
8. Made my aunt's day!


           Well there you have it. An awesome gift, that is also nice to the wallet! Please do something kind for your mother on this day, they (probably) deserve it.

           Thanks for reading, please be sure to share this with a friend, it would mean a lot to me. I come up with at least one post a week, though I think I may amp that up soon. Happy Mother's day!

Japanese Maple Seedlings

Hey guys just going to make a quick post, I'm probably going to make another one soon because this one is just too short and more personal than informational. Regardless, this post is pretty exciting! At one of my schools, there is a Japanese Maple tree, and this week I found that by it were a lot of seedlings, just sprouted. Some of them had just gotten their first set of true leaves. So Today two friends and I dug them up, potted them, and adopted them! I'm a little anxious to see how they do, I'm hoping that at least most of them make it into sapling-hood.

Acer palmatum is a great tree for bonsai, and there are many different cultivars of Japanese Maple. I will edit this and put what type of seedlings I have when I find out. Here are some pictures.

These are the seedlings I took today. All 38 of them. For care I watered them, which is what you should do to most transplants, and I'm giving them lots of shade. I will try to transplant them into separate pots when they are a little bigger. right now there are 1-3 seedlings in each pot. I also gave them some Miracle-Gro liquid plant fertilizer.

Two seedlings

Two seedlings

These are two seedlings that I took earlier in the week. They are still doing good! The small one had only had it's first set of true leaves.

Two seedlings

Anyhow, Thanks for reading! I will try to come up with another post this weekend, since this one was more of a rant. I will post more updates on these seedlings, maybe like once every two to three weeks. Make sure to share this page with any friends who might like plants or mycology, and have a great weekend!

Two seedlings

Succulent Garden Update

It's another weekend, and you know what that means... Another post! For this post I am just going to update you guys on how my succulent garden that I made is doing. If you didn't catch that post, you can view it here.

As you can see there it has grown quite a bit since I made it. I actually have trimmed some of the sedum a couple of times. I had the garden inside on a window sill for a couple weeks, but it was just not getting enough sunlight so I brought it outside. It's warm enough now to not hurt the plants, or the glass terrarium its in. You can tell if a succulent is not getting enough sunlight because it gets very leggy, in other words, the growth between nodes is very long.

The picture to the right is of one of the succulents (Sorry I don't know the name) that actually was a cutting that I stuck in the ground. Since then it has at least doubled in size, and has rooted very well.

My tips for making one of these babies is to  give them lots of sunlight, water moderately, and make sure to cover the dirt with gravel and a few bigger polished rocks.

Well there you go! A post that's short and sweet. Make sure to check regularly for new posts, I am going to be posting about all my little projects and mycological things that I find. Make sure to share this post with a friend or someone! Thanks for reading!