FiggieSmalls
Yamadori
Hello everyone,
I got some cuttings in mid-late summer for azalea and crabapple, stuck them in pots of soil and lots of perlite, and placed on a heat mat etc and have just been watering them regularly. Kind of like "we'll see what happens," right? Now I'm looking for suggestions about what to do with them over the winter.
Some cuttings have shown subtle signs of life at some time, but not much lately... e.g., the crabapples eventually grew some little flowers for a time, and it now seems like that is done. I was hoping to get maybe some branches out of them before winter, but haven't been so fortunate.
Now, it seems like winter has officially arrived in St. Louis finally and it's going from this stretch of 60-70 degree days suddenly to high-20s consistently for at the next couple weeks (according to forecasts of course...).
Considering the signs of life but lack of measurable progress in my clones, would it make sense to try to let them go dormant at this point? Or do they need to grow a little strong before they can survive cold?
I got some cuttings in mid-late summer for azalea and crabapple, stuck them in pots of soil and lots of perlite, and placed on a heat mat etc and have just been watering them regularly. Kind of like "we'll see what happens," right? Now I'm looking for suggestions about what to do with them over the winter.
Some cuttings have shown subtle signs of life at some time, but not much lately... e.g., the crabapples eventually grew some little flowers for a time, and it now seems like that is done. I was hoping to get maybe some branches out of them before winter, but haven't been so fortunate.
Now, it seems like winter has officially arrived in St. Louis finally and it's going from this stretch of 60-70 degree days suddenly to high-20s consistently for at the next couple weeks (according to forecasts of course...).
Considering the signs of life but lack of measurable progress in my clones, would it make sense to try to let them go dormant at this point? Or do they need to grow a little strong before they can survive cold?