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Post by Rosie on Apr 25, 2011 20:45:43 GMT
I have bought some New Guinea Impatiens and thought i'd try taking cuttings, does any one know what the best method is for this?
I have never tried these plants before so i thought i'd have a shotty with them ;D
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 25, 2011 21:08:16 GMT
I have never tried them but I did find this
I wanted to post the results of my propagation experiments on New Guinea impatiens. I used two methods on two different potted plants. In one group, I used rooting hormone in sterile medium in peat pots. Took 8 cuttings. All but two cuttings rooted, and I'm not sure the two are not going to look better eventually. A couple of these 6 are even blooming! The same day I took three cuttings and put them in water. They have all rooted. The two plants I took cuttings from look much, much better as they were pretty scraggly when I bought them. I'll harden them all off this week and plant them out soon.
They seem to be fairly easy.
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Post by cowslip on Apr 25, 2011 21:26:32 GMT
My Mum always roots her Impatiens by putting the cuttings in water. They root very quickly that way.
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Post by Cherry on Apr 26, 2011 7:51:32 GMT
That is a good idea. I usually like to see how many plants I can split off these basket/patio annuals, but I haven't heard of taking cuttings off New Guinea Impatiens. They are quite expensive too.
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Post by Rosie on Apr 26, 2011 8:18:01 GMT
That sounds good to me, i usually try rooting cuttings in water first so i'll have a bash today.
Thanks chums ;D
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Post by esther on Apr 26, 2011 14:50:42 GMT
I took 2 pots of ngimps at the end of last summer and they rooted and survived the winter  Then came my big mistake  Being greedy i thought I would take some cuttings from the cuttings - it didn't work |
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Post by Rosie on Apr 27, 2011 8:19:42 GMT
Thats odd, i wonder why they didn't work Esther  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2011 6:04:57 GMT
I mined on my dear late Mam rooting hers in water worked well all the time for her.
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Post by esther on Apr 28, 2011 14:02:54 GMT
Thats odd, i wonder why they didn't work Esther The cuttings I took at the end of the summer made good plants and were growing strongly so I decided to take the tops out for cuttings - I think I did it too early in the year and also put them in the greenhouse - they had been on a windowsill all throuigh the winter . This is how we live and learn I suppose |
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Then came my big mistake 
Being greedy i thought I would take some cuttings from the cuttings - it didn't work 
