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to: JERRYL EVANEE
from: WL-SKI
date: 1997-12-24 00:48:00
subject: gar-in-a-jar

 JE>  Wow - I was just going to post a HELP!!! question here because the
 JE> geraniams that I cut were all dying off!
Must be God...  :)
 Wl>> ...  For molds of any kind (that I have ever had to treat) my 
reference
 Wl>> is dusting sulphur
 JE>     Where ...? I am in the middle of a very large city, but there are 
very
 JE> few garden shops. The ethnic groups  ... (seems) don't do gardening,
 JE> (or) everyone hires a gardener.
 Wl>> ...I use a mild bleach water when making Geramium cuttings
 JE>     Do you think I should throw out my old cuttings,  ...
No.  I'd give them a chance to either make it or end up in the compost 
heap...  :)
 JE> ... new ones? Or is it possible to dunk the ones that are starting to go
 JE> under?
I'd definitly not up-root them (so to speak...  :)  but the only way I'd take 
them up and "dunk" them would be if they had only been in the rooting medium 
for 24 hrs or less (and *not* treated with any rooting hormone)...
 JE> Do you keep a bit of bleach in the water that they are sitting in, as 
well,
 JE> for the first few weeks?
When I take geramium cuttings, I don't 'water-root' them, as this is a very 
elementary root system, and not at all what a plant ultimately must develope, 
in order to grow in 'tera firma'.  I know plenty of people who *do* elect to 
do their 'starts' in water, but I use some sort of rooting medium, like 
sand/peat (1:1), as the more complex root system that is required for soil 
growth is developed from the beginning.
As far as keeping "a bit of bleach in the water", I would say *no*.  The only 
part of the geranium that you want to treat is "cut" part (to 'stem' any 
infectuous pathogens).
Hope you meet with great success!  Have a great Holiday  Season!
cheers,
WL Sakowski
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