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striking an NZ cabbage tree
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Posted by Doona NSW Australia (My Page) on Fri, Jul 15, 05 at 0:34
I have several branches from a 5.5m cabbage tree that my in-laws cut down. I didn't want them to go to waste so I have potted some and am considering putting the rest in the ground as I have run out of big-enough pots. The branches are a few inches thick and up to about 5ft tall. Will they take? I live in Australia on the east coast of NSW. I have always had success with thinner cordylines but these are a lot thicker and older.
Donna. |
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RE: striking an NZ cabbage tree
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| Hrrmmm....you're just coming into spring in a temperate coastal area, so I guess you're in with a chance! If you some pieces with crowns to spare, perhaps you could put one in damp soil, and then make an air cutting of it (wrap damp sphagnum moss around the trunk about half-way up, and wrap a plastic bag around it, tying loosely top and bottom). It might (might, just might) strike roots better there than from the bottom, you never know... |
RE: striking an NZ cabbage tree
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| According to a book on propagation: can be propagated at any time by cutting lengths of stem and laying them on their sides, half buried, in a warm, moist propagating frame. Rooted shoots will grow along the stems. (For Cordyline australis, as well as C. terminalis.) |
RE: striking an NZ cabbage tree
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- Posted by Doona NSW Australia (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 26, 05 at 6:46
| Thanks.I'll try to do it that way. I was hoping I could keep the heads on them though. |
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