Starting cuttings in glasses of water?

Now Clueless you have me going. I must try rooting in aspirin water:hehe:

 

:lollol::lollol::lollol:I am going to try that, you never know til you try, I bet anyone of you that I can get bindweed to root in the stuff lol lol:hehe::hehe::hehe:

 

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Penstemons take for ever and a day to root in any sort of compost, but placed in water they start showing roots in days.

Now is a very good time to root cuttings of tomatoes, to get fruit later in the year.

My plants get overrun with whitefly and I have to strip most of the leaves off, so the supply of fruit stops.

With the fresh plants, the whitefly do not have such a devastating effect. so I manage to get fruit much later in the season!

Cheers

 

Bindweed would root on Jupiter.

I love the idea of trying to root in soluble aspirin though! It's got that 'non-gardeners must think you've totally lost the plot' factor that I really enjoy..

Makka - root cuttings from Toms? Never heard that before. How do you do that?

 

I once read an article where NASA claimed they could grow asparagus on Mars.

I know its all turned a bit lighthearted, but I just thought I'd better clear something up. Willow roots very easily and studies have found that a chemical that helps it do so also helps stimulate root grow on other plants.

Separately, willow contains a chemical that acts as an anti-inflammatory, and this chemical was synthesized en-masse and sold as aspririn. I don't think the two things are related, but I could be wrong. We could always try it and see what happens.

 

Now where am I going to get a bit of willow?

 

Which bit would you like?.......................

 

I use the glass of water rooting method most of the time Toms are really very easy to 'take' this way just nip out the side shoots and instead of throwing them away pop them in a glass of water and watch them root.

I have loads of strong tomato plants already grown from this method so far this year they root very quickly indeed.Hel.xxx.

 

Doogle............:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

 

I'm going to take a detour on the way back from the pub tonight down a willow-lined river path nearby and snaffle myself some material.

(my usual Friday night, these day, involves going down the pub for a couple of pints at about 6, get a takeaway and a bottle of wine on the way home before 8, then settle down to watch Gardeners World... am I really only 32!?!?! I depress myself sometimes...)

 

Should I be snipping off side shoots?

Never grown tomatoes before but have tumbling toms in hanging baskets and they are huge now with lots of flowers.

What do I do?

 

I think you leave those alone actually, but ready to stand corrected I am in the first yr of growing food.

 

Helofadigger explained it perfectly, Andrew!

Not a thing to add, it really is that simple.

Cheers

 

Thinking of that bindweed thread from the other day - i had to laugh at that one!!! I'm sure the bloody stuff would root!! :lollol:

 

My sister in law's father gave me some willow. I have some rose cuttings in a glass with a piece. We shall see. Oh how exciting:yho: