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Vegetative Annual Propagation: Osteospermum, New Guinea Impatiens and Ipomoea
By admin | November 12, 2007
Our osteo cuttings are looking good after 6 day in the prop house. No disease problems to 
speak of and they are starting to callus. We should see some roots starting in a 4-5 days. We are growing Dummen’s Summertime Osteospermum this spring and I have found that they are excellent in propagation and as finished plants.
New Guinea’s are some of the fastest rooting vegetative annuals that we propagate. These 
pictures are from cuttings we stuck 6 days ago and I expect to root in a couple of days. Overall NGI’s are pretty easy in prop however it is difficult to keep them compact with out growth regulators and I try not to apply PGR to NGI in prop. If anyone has a good recommendation for PGR on NGI, I would love to hear it.
Speaking of fast rooting. We have a few trays of Ipomoea in our prop house and they 
started rooting in 2-3 days. I have never seen them root this fast and I must rethink our crop time in the liners now. Of course I used rooting hormone on them to try to speed things up. Obviously it worked and we will continue to use it for Sweet Potato Vine.
Topics: Osteospermum, Crops, Day to day |
