Propagation This Month

I have thrown avocado and mango stones on the compost heap and found seedlings growing from them. I have no idea how long the stones were on the heap for, at least 12 months, possibly 2 years. No heat, no care, just time.

I could do with some @MrHappyDays .

My best salvia cuttings happen when I accidentally break them (I'm always treading on plants) and then just shove the whole broken bit into the nearest available pot!

I think part of the problem there is that the leaves are likely touching the bag and staying to wet. This can cause the black die off you have seen.In my experience, hydrangea cuttings aren't that fussy and it doesn't matter to much how you do them as long as they stay moist but not wet.

Thank yo @ViewAhead

Thanks @NigelJ . I'll harvest a few when they're riper and put them in a corner somewhere.

I put individual pots of cuttings in plastic bags and fasten the tops loosely with twist ties or elastic bands so that there's a little bit of ventilation. If it gets too damp in there it's easy to open up the bag for a while and then fasten it up again. If I have a number of small pots, I...

I'll start a thread later today explaining how I use them, it's pretty similar to the kitchen towel method of seed germination

After 2 months sat in a glass jar of water, one of my budleja globosa cuttings has finally begun to root

Thanks, chaps The irony is that the C. ternata 'Sundance' has layered all around itself.....any number of those to transplant, but not enough shady spots to put them

I've used both the 'usual' method and rooting in water. I tend to pop any spare bits in water these days and then pot up whatever roots (which is all or most of them, in my experience!). Very easy.

They germinate on the surface quite well but it's easier to keep the seeds moist with a little sprinkling of soil. I know this because I had issues with the compost I used this year and found it hard getting used to how wet it stayed. The first sowing was poor so I threw some more seed on top...

I have a pulsatilla that is a few years old and reached quite a size. I am seriously considering lifting it and freeing up a space for new planting opportunities and potting it up in the meantime. I've thought about trying to divide it at the same time, but the internet seems to give...

The pots of Aubretia seedlings I had kept on the kitchen windowsill I planted in bigger pots outside, and some survived a bit but others just seem to have got obliterated by the heavy rain. The ones that I put outside but kept them in their small pots have done well, though they grew slowly and...

It's a rampant self-sower here. Often the white form but I usually get some red and some that's more of a deep pink. I frequently pull some out when it appears in amongst other things.

I didn't use bottom heat...in fact, I don't with a lot of my softwood propagation now.

Thank you, that is what I will do!