For those who are troubleshooting their plant propagation by cuttings, I'll talk about the one change I made this year that is sure to make your cuttings root faster and at a higher success rate. So often we talk about technique and growing conditions of the cuttings, but in this video I argue that the condition of the "mother" plants (the ones you take the cuttings from) is equally important. In fact, so long as you have the propagation basics down, preparing your mother plants with a little extra TLC might be the easiest way to improve your results.
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Veggie gardeners know the value of companion planting, but the very same concepts apply to selecting good companion plants in your ornamental garden beds. Roses make excellent neighbors, and they benefit greatly from the biological diversity of sharing beds with other plant families. In this video, I talk a bit about the carrot, daisy, mustard and mint families - which make wonderful additions to the rose garden. Aside from supporting beneficial insects and stable pest populations, companions help to round out your ornamental display with different colors, textures, bloom form and timing.
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Trollius CC BY 2.0 cultivar413
Eryngium CC BY 2.0 Gareth Williams
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Amsonia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sten Porse
Salvia caradonna CC BY-SA 3.0 Averater
Salvia splendens CC BY-SA 3.0 Hanna Zelenko
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Limnanthes CC BY-SA 4.0 Agnieszka Kwiecień
Physostegia CC BY-SA 4.0 R. A. Nonenmacher
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Dictamnus CC BY-SA 4.0 Espirat
Rodgersia CC BY 2.0 Matt Robinson
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Penstemon CC BY 2.0 manuel m. v.
Viburnum CC BY-SA 4.0 Krzysztof Ziarnek
Acanthus CC BY-SA 2.0 Tatiana Gerus
Lysimachia clethroides CC BY-SA 3.0 Dalgial
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There are quite a few advantages to adding a mulch of wood chips to the garden if you can find a convenient (or especially free!) local supply. I have heard a few concerns raised about their use, and I wanted to quickly outline them here:
00:00 Intro
00:31 Pests
01:12 Nitrogen Lock Up
02:34 Soil Acidity/pH
03:28 Delay of Soil Warming
04:17 Fungal Growth
Some of these can be overcome with some by adjusting which plants you apply it to or the manner of use. In my situation, I'm confident the advantages far outweigh any concerns!
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I've been testing this new method of rooting roses from hardwood cuttings - and get this: it's soilless! The idea is to get the cuttings through the first stage of propagation - the establishment of callus - in controlled humidity and temperature. My summer results were very encouraging, and now I'm trialing the method for winter rose cuttings.
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Winter is a secret weapon for us in temperate climates! Insect pest, fungus and bacteria become inactive along with our roses & other garden plants, leaving us an opening to disinfect and sanitize for the coming season. For plants (like roses) with known susceptibility to a range of foliar diseases, this is an opportunity I don't want to waste - so I spray susceptible varieties with dormant oil & lime sulphur. I sometimes follow up (or alternate years) with a bordeaux mix application. In this video, I'll answer questions about dormant spray and winter sanitation.
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When planning crops for your own plant business or backyard nursery, it's tempting to think of plants you propagate yourself as "free". Long-term, this can lead to poor decision making - holding onto carryover plants for too long, over-propagating easy plants, and missing opportunities on plants that may have higher upfront costs, but outperform your "free plants" in other ways. Consider your own time (maybe your most limited resource), space, ongoing watering, soil, plastic, fertilizer and other inputs. In the long run, these can outweigh direct financial costs. I suggest that you choose plants according to local market demand/price rather than initial cost.
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Snapdragon Seedling, photo by Dwight Sipler, cropped and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
Rudbeckia Indian Summer, photo by Qwertzy2 at en.wikipedia, used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
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This is more a nursery topic, but I'm sure home container growers will also benefit from the discussion. Traditionally, I up-pot my plants from smaller sized pots or plugs, through intermediately sized pots, and then on to the final pot size. But that can be a lot of work! What about the approach of potting the smaller plant into its final pot size to "grow into it"? There are pros and cons of both methods, and here I'll discuss some of my considerations around labour, space, soil and watering.
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To hybridize a rose is a simple matter, but it does take a little bit of planning and preparation. In nature, roses are cross-pollinated by bees - but for controlled breeding of roses, you will need to collect the pollen yourself and transfer it to your chosen "mother plant" (seed parent) without interference from those same bees. With a little care, this can be done over the course of 3 days or so, then it's just left to waiting for seeds to develop and germinate as normal. In this video I'll go through rose hybridization step-by-step at an amateur level.
I mentioned the Rose Hybridizers Association Forum, and here's the link: https://rosebreeders.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
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It's quite easy to propagate lavender (lavandula) from either stem cuttings or seed, but the cuttings method is much faster: by the end of this video, you'll see the comparison: 2 weeks vs. 9 weeks in my example. In this video, I'm using the semi-hardwood method under the cover of a plastic dome to maintain humidity. One tray yielded over 100 plugs! I'll follow up in a few weeks with an update on the transplant, and on how to prune to encourage branching. Here's the update: https://youtu.be/trREtdKzPbE
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