Well, it is official I've got spring fever.
I have noticed it is getting warmer -- slightly, but it is.
So... I'm pulling out some of the plants that have been crying for help, killing off the aphids, giving them more light, and germinating more sida cordifolia. I've been searching on how to root these guys, some sources say it is possible, but they are few and far between so I don't know if it is possible.
I hope it is, because it is a tall lengthy plant -- at least in my experience, and upon cutting it it bushes out more, and then grows upwards. If the cuttings are able to root, I can say goodbye to the long process of trying to germinate th seeds, and wait for the plant to get large enough to pick at...
A huge bonus to rotting the cuttings obviously is the amazing rate at which I'll be able to propagate it. I have about ~ 5 healthy stems at the moment, so obviously 5 -> 10 -> 20 -> 40... + whatever seeds I collect.
Here is a bit of information that I've got on rooting roses, which if it doesn't come in handy for the sida, it is still interesting to me at least -- though, I kind of get the feeling a lot of you guys are not to interested in plants - which is to bad as they offer a range of all sorts of different precursor chemicals for whatever. Though -- not in any great quality or quantity.
Well -- anyone know more about the rhizocaline mentioned in the pdf? or more about rooting Sida Cordifolia? I've found this about sida.. but I am not sure how accurate it is. Once my Sida plants start looking better then they are at the moment, I am going to use them to see if they will root, as the ones I am trying to root at the moment were/are nearly dead.
Also -- one of my little plants is deciding it is going to flower!
Link to attached PDF: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/sid-fall.htm
The Gist of it:
IIRC, the rhizocaline is supposed to make IAA more effective... and so likely IBA more effective as well.
I have noticed it is getting warmer -- slightly, but it is.
So... I'm pulling out some of the plants that have been crying for help, killing off the aphids, giving them more light, and germinating more sida cordifolia. I've been searching on how to root these guys, some sources say it is possible, but they are few and far between so I don't know if it is possible.
I hope it is, because it is a tall lengthy plant -- at least in my experience, and upon cutting it it bushes out more, and then grows upwards. If the cuttings are able to root, I can say goodbye to the long process of trying to germinate th seeds, and wait for the plant to get large enough to pick at...
A huge bonus to rotting the cuttings obviously is the amazing rate at which I'll be able to propagate it. I have about ~ 5 healthy stems at the moment, so obviously 5 -> 10 -> 20 -> 40... + whatever seeds I collect.
Here is a bit of information that I've got on rooting roses, which if it doesn't come in handy for the sida, it is still interesting to me at least -- though, I kind of get the feeling a lot of you guys are not to interested in plants - which is to bad as they offer a range of all sorts of different precursor chemicals for whatever. Though -- not in any great quality or quantity.
Well -- anyone know more about the rhizocaline mentioned in the pdf? or more about rooting Sida Cordifolia? I've found this about sida.. but I am not sure how accurate it is. Once my Sida plants start looking better then they are at the moment, I am going to use them to see if they will root, as the ones I am trying to root at the moment were/are nearly dead.
Also -- one of my little plants is deciding it is going to flower!
Link to attached PDF: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/sid-fall.htm
The Gist of it:
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Propagation by Cuttings
Sida fallax can be grown from cuttings. Criley recommends using a rooting hormone of 2,000 parts per million (ppm) indolebutyric acid (IBA) in either a liquid or a talc dust form. He suggests either 1 part coarse perlite to 1 part vermiculite or 100% vermiculite as a rooting medium and rooting the cuttings under 30% shade. He cautions, however, that extremely wet conditions, such as often found when using intermittent misting systems, causes leaf drop and poor rooting.
Boche reports 85% success rate using stem and tip cuttings grown in 50% shade using a medium of 3 parts peat moss to 1 part vermiculite. Stratton reports 80 to 90% success rates from cuttings but does not detail the procedures used. (Boche 1992; Criley 1999; Stratton 1998)
IIRC, the rhizocaline is supposed to make IAA more effective... and so likely IBA more effective as well.
WillowWater.pdf
Thanks... so it seems like the cytokines are what matter? As coconut milk contains them and 6-benzylaminopurine is one...