From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 8/14/19 9:40 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> All the ones I tried sticking in the ground, the leaves   
   >> died with in a day.   
   >>   
   >> So a good sign, I guess.  But no sign of any roots   
   >> yet.   How long did yours take to develop roots?   
   >   
   >    were they mostly shaded and covered to prevent   
   > excessive evaporative loss?   
   >   
   >    did you take all but one or two leaves off?   
      
   1st attempt, about two leaves.  2nd attempt, about 10 leaves.   
   3rd attempt, about three leaves   
      
   >    how did you cut the clippings from what   
   > plant?   
      
   Pruning shears.  Same ones I use to cut off my eggplant   
   fruit.   
      
   I cut flat.  Should I have cut at an angle?   
      
   >   
   >    what kind of soil did you put them in?   
      
   Back fill, chicken poop fertilizer, peat moss.   
   Same as the other three holes where these plants   
   are going great guns   
      
   >   
   >    did you keep them damp/moist but not sodden?   
      
   Watered every other day.  They got soaked pretty good.   
   First time lightly so as not to wash off the rooting   
   compound   
      
   >   
   >    anyways good luck with the other approach.  ;)   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
      
   I think maybe they need to be water every day.   
      
   Frustrating.  The first attempt is still sticking   
   there.  If yo shine a bright white light on it,   
   you can see the green in the trunk.  Now you would   
   think that is a good sign, but it has been that way   
   since last fall!   
      
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