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Home » Propagation

Use Those Prunings

Submitted by admin on April 21, 2009 – 12:04 amNo Comment

Here’s a tip from a “Smart Gardening Tips” reader:

I never pass up the opportunity, when I prune, to dip some of the best cuttings in rooting hormone and stick them in a pot with a sand and peat mixture. Kept in the shade with a vented plastic cover, some do root. New plant—no cost. Plastic bottles with their bottoms cut off and no cap make great little greenhouses.
B. Geary, Paso Robles, Calif.

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