Streptocarpus from leaf cuttings

Good thread. I so often comment on what the experts say and what Joe Bloggs has found out. Gardening for pleasure or what ever. There is no limit to one's learning. Please, please have a go. Try this and that. Please share your efforts an methods with your friends.

 

Hi @ricky101 , you could water them the same way I do my Achimenes and Gloxinia ( they're all related ) .

What I do is pour a certain amount of boiling water ( the amount is up to you , you know how much you'll need ) , say 3 inches, in a cup and then pour the same amount of cold into it ( so you'd have a container with 6 inches of water in it ) , stir it and leave it for a couple of minutes and then use it. Anything left over can be used on another plant once it has gone completely cold.

 

I'm about to try this with one I was given from a friend (who apparently propogates hers without any issue using leaf cuttings). I looked in the House Plant Book which I have here and leaf cuttings aren't commented on at all. Propogation was to divide at repotting, which should be once a year in spring, into a wide/shallow pot.

 

Should have said, mine is kept indoors as a house plant.

 

="savageHK, post: 1258514, member: 24989" I looked in the House Plant Book which I have here and leaf cuttings aren't commented on at all..
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As well as the help in this thread, since found this little pdf which is quite informative.

 

Hi again,

Been looking at the catalogue that came with the Dibleys plug plant order and these Fleischle plug collections from a German grower look very attractive, pic below.

Also wondered what varieties others would recommed as one of their favourites ?

Of the two mature plants we have PolkaDot is really good, a lovely flower and masses of them.

Edit - also wondered if anyone has cutting plantlets/plugs for sale ?

Other than Dibleys stock seems hard to find anyone selling the many other varieties apart from an ebay seller who auctions his, so have to wait nearly a week just to see if you have won !

collection A


collection B

 

Made a couple of pics to show the size of plants - Dale's Polar Canary is variegated in 8.5 cm pot, bigger - DS- D'Artanian in 12 cm - and it will grow bigger.

 

That's the fully grown leaf It was either D'Artanian at the end of last summer or DS-Midnight Poison.

 

I propagate streptocarpi the following way - cuttings into pots of compost mix, then placed in transparent plastic box:

 

I loved Falling Stars and Gloria, but those died during one unsuccesful year. Kim for deep-blue-purple and Seren for yellowish.
And if they still have DS-Kalahari - large:

 

Some lovely looking blooms there @Alisa.

Thanks for those names as well, seems Dibleys do have a few of them, though some like Kim already sold out !

Just hope ours will do as well, though its so frustrating having to use mail order for everything , even things like Perlite and plant pots,when we could just nip to the garden centers and get exactly what we needed.

Seems I found an answer to the 3/4 vs full pot, the Streps only have shallowish roots so using a full pot means a lot of the compost is not used and could just hold water which risks waterlogging them. Ordered some 3/4 pots from Dibleys as theirs are post included at a fair price.

 

Hi Again,

Greenhouse Light intensity .. ?

Just trying to establish some info on the light needs, and the first point is are there any early symptoms if the plants get too much light for their liking, before more seious problems like flowers fade or the leaves curl /burn etc.

The other question, our greenhouse is a south facing lean to, with 10mm twin wall polycarbonate glazing on the south and west sides ( football protection !) and that does diffuse the sunlight, though on the south side we do use a whitewash from this time of year onwards, but just not sure about the west side ? as even today at 6pm the sunlight on the new bench seemed quiet strong to us.

Should be be adding whitewash shading to the west side as well or can the plants cope with that ?

Looking at a few ytubes of Steptocarpus greenhouses, seems they have the whole house lined with bubble wrap and looks like thats in summer not just winter.

 

What a Delight !

Only a few weeks after delivery of these plug plants and we have the pleasure of these intensely coloured blooms already.
(more intense than the pics shows on our screen)

Being old and not knowing whats around the corner these days, having to wait till next year or many months for many plants like orchids to bloom, these Streps are just amazing .