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The plant report
Jan. 12th, 2009 03:42 pmThe looking glass begonia had gotten leggy and nasty. Roy fixed that yesterday by knocking it over. So I cut it all back and we'll see how it does. I have about eight cuttings, unsurprisingly.
It appears I may lose a holiday cactus, a first for me. It's the 'gold charm' that I liked so much. The leaves toward the tips got all funny colored and wrinkly, although it bloomed just fine. Suspecting root rot, I pruned it down to a few leaf joints, pruned the roots back to things that are definitely white, and repotted. I also took some cuttings.
Down in the basement, the coleus and basil pesto perpetuo were growing sideways along the grow lihght bulbs. I gave them all haircuts.
My mother of thousands don't look at all well, at least the two mothers that I started with. The thousands seem okay.
The regal pelargonium cuttings may have rooted but their older leaves are yellowing, so it's a tossup whether I'll have any come spring. The scented pelargonium cuttings are fine, naturally.
No new flower stalks from the hippeastrum this morning. We're holding steady at three. Others are sprouting, though. I'll be glad when the experiment is over. I could really use that windowsill in the winter.
It appears I may lose a holiday cactus, a first for me. It's the 'gold charm' that I liked so much. The leaves toward the tips got all funny colored and wrinkly, although it bloomed just fine. Suspecting root rot, I pruned it down to a few leaf joints, pruned the roots back to things that are definitely white, and repotted. I also took some cuttings.
Down in the basement, the coleus and basil pesto perpetuo were growing sideways along the grow lihght bulbs. I gave them all haircuts.
My mother of thousands don't look at all well, at least the two mothers that I started with. The thousands seem okay.
The regal pelargonium cuttings may have rooted but their older leaves are yellowing, so it's a tossup whether I'll have any come spring. The scented pelargonium cuttings are fine, naturally.
No new flower stalks from the hippeastrum this morning. We're holding steady at three. Others are sprouting, though. I'll be glad when the experiment is over. I could really use that windowsill in the winter.
