#PLANT CLIPPINGS IN WATER PLUS#

#PLANT CLIPPINGS IN WATER PLUS#

Another plus for this idea is that there are solar lights that fit atop posts that could light your sidewalk and/or the posts, left tall enough and with hangers affixed parallel to the sidewalk, could give you a place for hanging baskets and/or flowers and/or wind chimes and/or bird feeders. Edit to add: You could make this lattice fence 4' but use 8' posts leaving nearly 7' above ground.

That lattice 'fence' could also give you a bit of privacy on the stoop and, perhaps, even prevent a stumble or sprained ankle. If there is an ivy that will grow well in your area, preferably one that will stay green most if not all year, you might consider a couple of posts with lattice and have the ivy climb the lattice between the walkway and stoop. i think the key is how fast are those leaves going to dry in your climate? i have one AV in a closed terrarium and her leaves get wet all the time shes happy she is the one i successfully propogated with a leaf cutting placed directly into straight chicken grit and then positioned her in an east window… took a few months but then to my surprise i saw the growth … from there i transferred her to a closed terrarium so dont tell me their leaves cant get wet lol i didn‘t let the leaf harden off before propogating but i made sure it was a healthy leaf and not a ratty one in decline another that i repotted sent me an offshoot i just discivered so now i have another plant they are finicky but once you understand their needs they are very rewarding and i welcome their beautiful blooms in these dreary wisconsin winters … they are my winter blues antidote my late mother grew beautiful african violets and i inherited all of her beautiful plants years back and unfortunately i killed every last one of them (overwatering and bad soil and inexperience at a younger age) i’m still recovering lol theres something about nurturing plants that is very rewarding, especially in these crazy times we are living in

I enjoyed reading this thread interesting how these plants adapt … even in my own home from one season to the next i have learned to change my routine air conditioning in summer and direct south sun and glazed ceramic pots and bad soil was a bad recipe for me (powdery mildew) soil didnt dry fast enough i lost my most beautiful AV, and i am still mad about it lol i went back to nursery pots, use the pretty glazed pots as cache pots only, i water less in summer due to my home being air conditioned and then wood stove heated in Wisconsin winters (dry and toasty in here) means i water more in winter but i fertilize year round with Optimara or with dynagro ”grow” formula i move them off to the side of the south window so they get some early morning direct sun or late afternoon direct sun and bright indirect sun all day one thing to add: pot size should be 1/3 the size of the total width of the plant they are also shallow rooted so if your plant leaf edge to leaf edge spans 6 inches, you should be potting it in a 2 inch pot the roots grow out to the side more than they grow downward so shallow pots are ideal provided you have proper soil and drainage i also make sure their stem sits a little higher in the pot so that their leaves arent sitting on top of the soil and there is more room for air circulation (the crown sits just above the soil surface) Each row of leaves produce a set of flowers only once according to what i read i pinch older lower leaves periodically one girl said she pinches the leaves in the center of the crown if it gets too crowded and when she does she gets profuse blooms i havent tried it yet… I’m just too scared lol i use al taplas 5:1:1 mix and they are happy in it and growing well, i had terrible luck with miracle grow soil (even their african violet soil but i also had glazed ceramic pots) or anything homemade with vermiculite - it was far too dense mine bloom regulary, i top water rain or distilledwith a medical grade squirt bottle on the soil only but if a leaf gets wet i dab it with paper towel the only time its been an issue for me is in the summer if my home is too humid or too cool for the leaves to dry up ….

Plant clippings in water