cutting roots

[chickoo34]

salam,
my first gardenia stem cutting has rooted successfully....should i plant it in the soil now or wait more..

[chickoo34]

here are the pictures...

[Izhar]

Congratulations, let it develop more roots for a week or so before transplanting in soil..

[aykhan]

Gardenia rooted in water without rotting?????

[zeeshanuddin]

Can this method be applied to other plant cuttings?

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

let the roots develop more.after that plant it in a pot.

[M Farooq]

Hello,

Very interesting to see Gardenia root in water! Could you please describe more details about the procedure?

Regards,

Farooq

[Izhar]

The procedure is as simple as ABC..!! and can be applied to almost all cuttings... you just have to take the tip cuttings and change water daily...

The problem arises in transplantation... these roots are known as water roots which are weaker and are not ready to absorb nutrition from soil.. many of these roots rot.. precaution is to plant them in smallest pots in plain garden soil with no fertilizer whatsoever.. let the new roots form, which may take maximum 15 days then transplant the whole plant in larger pot with fertilized medium...

[chickoo34]

It was actually the first one i tried in water.. previous three planted in soil directly, failed...

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Grdenias are best to prop by air lyring.