Another thread has made me wonder if anyone else in this group has tried the Forsythe pot method for rooting cuttings? I am almost always in the midst of propagating something or other, and I prefer propagating by cutting whenever possible. I've experimented over the years with and without rooting hormones, in water, soil or various other mediums, then I read an article about Forsythe pots, and tried it out. Click here for instructions and photos, 8) but be advised, THIS IS A PDF FILE . (I was once told that some 'puters don't get along well with PDFs ) I'm a total convert, I rarely lose a cutting this way. All the benefits of simple water rooting, but with vermiculite providing the resistance that the newly forming rootlets need to make them strong, and help them transition into soil easily. These are mine, on the job today, rooting Pentas, Jatropha, Strobilanthes, and Coleus. .... perhaps I shouild have chosen another place for this, but as the previous thread was here ......
Sounds good to me Zuzu although I haven't tried this method - yet. Your cuttings certainly attest to the fact that it works well. :-D
Very cool - now I want to try this! I love how water looks, the roots curling around in it, but then I end up with something that may or may not live in dirt - this is a nice midpoint.
Thanks ZuZu, I'll be trying that real soon as I have several plants I want to take cuttings of in case they do not survive the winter.
