If you plant seeds and they still do not germinate after waiting for weeks, chances are the seeds could just be dormant. How can you make dormant seeds germinate? To break seed dormancy, you can physically crack open the hard outer seed coat using a sharp tool, soak them in strong acids (or vinegar for …
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For those who save seeds, you may have been told to wait for the fruit to turn completely ripe on the plant before picking it and harvesting its seeds. Well, that is a myth. You can harvest fruits before they look completely ripe because seeds mature before the fruit matures by color. For tomatoes, fruits …
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Air layering is probably the only way to clone a Bonsai or your favorite fruit tree that is not true to seed. But getting it done right can take some skills. Most air layering attempts fail because of improper ring barking or girdling, inappropriate temperature, wrong or insufficient growing medium, the use of a clear …
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We all enjoy saving the seeds of our favorite plant or crop. But it is very easy to end up storing too many seeds and not using them in time before they expire. How long do seeds last? The longevity of seeds depends on the seed quality, the storage method, and mostly the plant itself. …
It is fun to save seeds from our favorite plants and fruits. But you can only do so with certain plants, especially fruit trees, that are “true to type” (ie. producing the same fruits as the parents). The fruit trees that are “true to type”, or will grow somewhat approximately identical to their parents, are …
Many people are turning to peat pots and peat pellets as natural alternatives to plastic pots and trays for starting seeds and propagating seedlings. They are designed to reduce root shock during transplant because the seedlings can be buried together with the biodegradable pots directly in the ground. But do peat pots and peat pellets …
Some people want to apply keiki paste on a rootless keiki to make it grow roots, while others want to use rooting hormone to propagate shrub cuttings. Keiki paste is often confused with rooting hormone. Keiki paste contains the plant hormone cytokinin and is used to stimulate shoot growth on stems or shrub cuttings, while …
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Do you want to use keiki paste on your orchids, Philodendron and Monstera plants to branch a new shoot and to grow a baby plant (keiki)? And are you interested in mixing keiki paste yourself at home? Keiki paste is 1 part of a chemical called 6-BenzylAminoPurine (as cytokinin hormone) mixed in 1000 parts of …
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Finally you have a baby orchid, or a “keiki”, appearing with a few leaves on a spike. But the initial excitement often turns into anxiety after waiting for months and still not a sign of roots. Is this normal? How long does a keiki take to grow roots? A keiki can take at least 8 …
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You are not alone – many of us have thought about reusing sphagnum moss for repotting orchids or for propagating plant cuttings. This is because buying new ones can be quite expensive. What’s more, we have also heard some people having success reusing them. So, can you reuse sphagnum moss? The short answer is: It’s …
