Slow rooting

From: Sheldon Hatheway sfhatheway at yahoo.com> on 2006.04.09 at 21:13:27(14079) I've never had Sanseveria root slowly, but my one attempt at rooting Zamioculcas zamiifolia was a real cliff-hanger! Knowing my compulsive-obsessive disorder regarding broken off leaves, the floral manager at our local store gave me a leaf that had broken off with instructions to root it if I could. Well, I took it home, carefully cut off each of the leaflets, and stuck them in some dampened, sterile potting mix in a clear plastic bag. They just sat there, and sat there, and sat there for 14 MONTHS!!! Then one day I guess they just gave up and started sending up little shoots. I guess some things just can't be hurried up. Now I'm trying to propagate a caladium leaf that also had the good grace to fall off. I cut across several of the main "veins" the way we do for some begonias and gloxinias and laid it out flat on some sterile mix in high humidity and bright but not direct light. If you know that this is an exercise in futility, don't tell me. Just let me live in my dream world for a little while longer. Sheldon Hatheway +More Canby, OR Zone 7B or 8 or whatever __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "?goston J?nos" agoston.janos at citromail.hu> on 2006.04.11 at 05:52:26(14081) Dear Sheldon, I don't know what you did wrong, but my ones were rooted in 4-6 weeks. JANI, Z5a or +More something like this ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheldon Hatheway To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Slow rooting I've never had Sanseveria root slowly, but my oneattempt at rooting Zamioculcas zamiifolia was a realcliff-hanger! Knowing my compulsive-obsessivedisorder regarding broken off leaves, the floralmanager at our local store gave me a leaf that hadbroken off with instructions to root it if I could. Well, I took it home, carefully cut off each of theleaflets, and stuck them in some dampened, sterilepotting mix in a clear plastic bag. They just satthere, and sat there, and sat there for 14 MONTHS!!! Then one day I guess they just gave up and startedsending up little shoots. I guess some things justcan't be hurried up. Now I'm trying to propagate a caladium leaf that alsohad the good grace to fall off. I cut across severalof the main "veins" the way we do for some begoniasand gloxinias and laid it out flat on some sterile mixin high humidity and bright but not direct light. Ifyou know that this is an exercise in futility, don'ttell me. Just let me live in my dream world for alittle while longer.Sheldon HathewayCanby, ORZone 7B or 8 or whatever__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2006.04.11 at 15:01:12(14083) > If > you know that this is an exercise in futility, don't > tell me. Just let me live in my dream world for a > little while longer. ..... +More but in regards to Z.z., it's slow to root for sure. the other thing it tends to happen, the leaf might wither away leaving behind a tuber, but you don't know that. so you re-use the pot for - say - a begonia, and months later, you have a Z.z. growing with your begonia. ========= tsuh yang __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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