Good preparation is essential on cuttings. In particular the seed tray, compost mix and the moisture are very vital.

Almost anything can be grown from a cutting. It is also any easy and cheap way to obtain more plants.It is also an excellent way to keep your half-hardy perennials from year to year. Rootrainers excel with cuttings of all types.

In late summer, take a few cuttings from your container plants, hanging basket plants and half-hardy border plants and root them in the greenhouse and then pot them up.

Cuttings love a lot of side – that is why most cuttings are initially placed around the side of a large pot, or in very small pots, to be re-potted later. Re-potting requires skilled timing, and will cause root disturbance. Rootrainers are small pots, with a massive amount of side, but unlike small pots they have depth and don’t become pot-bound, so timing ceases to be critical and there is no re-potting. It could not be made easier.

Try any nodal, stem, leaf or root cutting for success. You will get quick growth and the natural air pruning in Rootrainers will create a marvellous root plug. Some cuttings can be ready and planted up within a very short space of time, but others can be left in over winter and even longer if you want to grow semi-standards. Give it a try!

Windowsill Success

It is amazing how many plants you can grow in Rootrainers and now in the new Rowplanter on the windowsill and, if you do not have a heated greenhouse, there are few better places to grow plants. Cuttings can be kept all over winter on a back bedroom windowsill, and even in summer a cool, north-facing windowsill is better for most cuttings than an over hot greenhouse.