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Barbados Cherry, but you can do the same with Eugenia Uniflora.OK. I will try it.Few weeks ago I pruned my Barbados cherry and I decided to stick some of the cutting in the same pot. This morning while watering the plant I noticed some green leaves emerging from the cuttings, and to my surprise they had roots! No hormones were used, just straight to the soil.
Take some cuttings of your plants and try it, or, if you ever come to San Diego and have some extra plant to trade, I have a full tray of seedlings that you could have.
Good lucky 🍀Hello. Has anyone had success with Surinam Cherry cuttings or air layering? If so, please share advice. Thanks.
Did you mean Surinam cherry, as in Eugenia uniflora? or Acerolia?
Few weeks ago I pruned my Barbados cherry and I decided to stick some of the cutting in the same pot. This morning while watering the plant I noticed some green leaves emerging from the cuttings, and to my surprise they had roots! No hormones were used, just straight to the soil.
Take some cuttings of your plants and try it, or, if you ever come to San Diego and have some extra plant to trade, I have a full tray of seedlings that you could have.
Good lucky 🍀Hello. Has anyone had success with Surinam Cherry cuttings or air layering? If so, please share advice. Thanks.
I have one here in socal. It’s in my greenhouse. Struggled for a few weeks when I had the ventilation messed up and greenhouse overheated into the hundreds. Large cacao’s died and a few seedling avocados. Small cacao’s survived and poshte is leafing out again.How cold does it get in your greenhouse? Do you heat it at all? I don't have an expensive one. Just one of those plastic cover ones. Actually, if you could give more detail on how you grow it, I would most appreciate it. I work in Huntington Beach some weekends. Maybe I can come and see it?
Good luck. Brad gave me some good advice a while ago - he told me I’m putting too much effort into my greenhouse for very few plants. I’m starting to see his point of view but I’ll try to optimize the greenhouse over fall and winter first before I give up.
Best of luck. Keep me posted. If I fruit it at all I’ll let you know.
Khaled
What you are saying will not work with lava rock. It's super hard, unless you pulverize it with machinery first. This is done by some of the cement companies here, and it does make a good ammendment, called powdered blue rock, which you can add to the soil, similar to granite dust.Say, furitlovers, are you gonna be able to take advantage of that new volcanic soil from the latest eruption? I've always wondered if it was true that volcanic soil is the most fertile. I would love some myself, just to see if it's true.Volcanic soil is very fertile. But volcanic eruptions don't produce soil, they produce lava = volcanic rock. And then you need a few hundred thousands, or millions of years, for that lava rock to turn into volcanic soil. Lava has a lot of good minerals inside of it, but they are not in a form readily available to plants. It needs to break down over long period of time before it is available to plants.
So, what if you were to take some and put in in a mulch been? I wonder if that would make it ready faster.... maybe not that much, but some. Like biochar.
What you are saying does work with cinder. Cinder is formed by lava shooting up high into the sky, as in a lava fountain. This happened during this eruption. This forms very small light airy rock, like pumice. This mixed together with soil is what we call here cinder soil and is great for gardening or potting up plants.
I know I'm changing the subject, but what about growing an Igna edilus? I had several and most just died. I have some in my room on a heat pad and they seem like they're trying to grow, but not all that well. It says zones 9-11 on the internet, but I'm afraid to take them outside. Any ideas?
Thread jacking your own thread? Bold move sir! ...
I have had no problem spouting Inga (edulis, spectabilis, feuielli, vera). Direct sow into ground or pots in summer and they grow like crazy. My problem is keeping them alive through the winter. I have had several (including a 5 ft spectabilis seedling) die from my 9b winter.
Say, furitlovers, are you gonna be able to take advantage of that new volcanic soil from the latest eruption? I've always wondered if it was true that volcanic soil is the most fertile. I would love some myself, just to see if it's true.Volcanic soil is very fertile. But volcanic eruptions don't produce soil, they produce lava = volcanic rock. And then you need a few hundred thousands, or millions of years, for that lava rock to turn into volcanic soil. Lava has a lot of good minerals inside of it, but they are not in a form readily available to plants. It needs to break down over long period of time before it is available to plants.
