tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36010671.post5983726650361076031..comments2023-12-22T23:38:08.967-06:00Comments on Random Rants and Prickly Plants: Gardening at the guest house Claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36010671.post-71648797293827032052015-07-13T21:42:29.560-05:002015-07-13T21:42:29.560-05:00Oh this is fabulous, Claude!!! How much fun can th...Oh this is fabulous, Claude!!! How much fun can this be????? I love it. I've just finished filling in one of my tires with sweet potato vine cuttings! It is a glorious plant...so lovely, green, and bushy....spilling over.....Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36010671.post-7511374017431360312015-07-06T19:19:54.944-05:002015-07-06T19:19:54.944-05:00Claude,
Glad to see you have been able to get your...Claude,<br />Glad to see you have been able to get your hands back into soil. Knowing y0ur propagation skills there will be new plant growth shortly in the courtyard shortly. – G <br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653020388235448819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36010671.post-52925090184877984592015-07-05T22:28:28.837-05:002015-07-05T22:28:28.837-05:00Mr. S, thats pretty much what I was thinking... ex...Mr. S, thats pretty much what I was thinking... except i was going to go with peat moss. Still might... I've got 3 of those seed heads, so I've got room to experiment. Thanks for the input, and I'll check out that site.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36010671.post-71804926637149542712015-07-05T19:00:12.129-05:002015-07-05T19:00:12.129-05:00The International Aroid Society's instructions...The <a href="http://www.aroid.org/horticulture/araceae_seed_sowing.php" rel="nofollow">International Aroid Society's instructions</a> for Alocasia are probably good, especially the storage and cleaning parts. I'd personally be more inclined to use vermiculite than the options they recommend, because it can usually be relied upon to be sterile, it's relatively cheap, and it's what's worked for me with Spathiphyllum and Anthurium. (Perlite is sterile too, but it's been more difficult for me to work with, because it's so much more porous: plants tend to fall over, or dry out faster.)<br /><br />I'd also deviate from their recommendations in that I'd just leave the container sealed for a long time and not worry about slowly loosening a bag to acclimate the plant until I intended to transplant it to soil -- I'm under the impression that the climate in New Orleans is basically the same as being in a sealed container at 100% humidity all the time anyway, so I can't imagine that the seedlings would even notice a difference -- since once you unseal the environment, you have to start worrying about when and how much to water, which is more difficult to do if you're using a plastic clamshell-type container, or a glass jar, or whatever, and I'm lazy enough to want to postpone decisions like that if I can. As long as the plant's not bending itself all crazy against the walls of the container, it's fine.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.com