35 what now?the temp got upto 35c here yesterday, and today its pissing down with rain.
my plants are very confused...
35 what now?the temp got upto 35c here yesterday, and today its pissing down with rain.
my plants are very confused...
35 °C of scotching heat.35 what now?
Didn't think of that! I just assumed the branch was a goner and is now removed.I wouldn't worry about the one on the floor,
but if the branch is only brolen half way through, the maybe you could splint it with some matches and some grafting tape????
you can get the grafting tape from bunnings, they should be still open????
He eats the leaves??I feel for you anyway. I just spend a long time putting up a shadecloth fence because one of my sons would casually strip some leaves off my plants as he walked by and munch away. And the other son would pull the whole thing out!
Thanks, g!Ouch, Gassy. We've had nasty winds this year, and a handful of my plants got hit pretty hard. One of them had the main stem just above the lowest branch break off. Amazing thing is that the bugger made it - continued to grow and put out plenty of pods on that one branch. Had it not broken off, I'm sure I'd be swimming in those. Best wishes with rooting that branch!
Didn't think of that! I just assumed the branch was a goner and is now removed.
I followed the Fatalii.net Cloning Guide and the branch is now in a 50% peat / 50% soil mix. The only thing is I have no rooting hormone.
Do you know much about cloning, Grant? I'm wondering if the branch will be alright until I get a rooting hormone tomorrow (I will leave it in the moist mix for now)--or if the rooting hormone is even essential at all?
Whacked 'em in the germination box last night.By the time you get the cloning powder or gel the next day, I think it will be too late.
Clones need to be taken fresh. and they must be kept on your heat mat under the dome for warmth and humidity.
they're not hard to do though.
Thanks, Grant. Not holding the highest of hopes to say the least--sans rooting hormone and all--but yeah, nothing to lose either.goodluck...
Sharp razor, check. Just below the node, check. Clean razor... uh, it was visibly clean--but that's not gonna cut it, is it? No, my razor was not sterilized.did you cut them with a sharp clean razor just below the node?
Well, they're not wilting *yet* so I guess that's a good sign. Now I guess I just sit back and wait...it should be ok, the razor being sharp is what you need,
so it cuts clean and you didn't squash the area that was cut (damaging the uptake of water)
now that you have it in the dirt, leave it there, don't go taking it out again to put any cloning powder/gel on it.
It should take 2 - 3 weeks to root, but if the cutting starts to wilt in the first day or so just spray it with water.
if it still wilting after a few days then I don't think it is going to make it.
You just had to, didn't you....?You could try cutting half the leaves of too gassy like they do with mullies.