Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

[ducks4you]

Give it to me. It'll be dead in no time

NO!! Some plants like mums are really easy to overwinter. Just the ones I bought don't have sufficient roots to transplant in September.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

I have started mums from cuttings over winter in the greenhouse. By spring they are ready to transplant in 4” pot and ready to plant outside. They do great if the moles, voles, gophers or ground squirrels don’t get ‘em… then again a plants death is not always from the gardeners lack of trying. Some plants are better off with a simple RIP.

 

[ducks4you]

@Shades-of-Oregon , do you use rooting compound?

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@Shades-of-Oregon , do you use rooting compound?

By rooting compound do you mean root hormone? Sometimes I use a root hormone depends on the type of plant. Some plants only need a dip in willow water. The trick with growing from cuttings are varied depending on the plant, time of year and many other factors . I prefer a soilless sterile medium when planting cuttings.