Mirabilis jalapa Orange Crush Snapped Off Root
Judy Glattstein via pbs (Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:05:26 PDT)
Thank you for this very helpful advice, Mike. It's not like I need a
plethora of 'Orange Crush' but I will try your various suggestions as a
learning experience.
Yesterday I was off for a Designed for Nature Garden tour in Doylestown
PA (managed to visit 3 of 5 gardens before my knee gave out.) Today I'll
cut some leafy top shoots, trim off leaves, dip in rooting hormone and
place in peat/sand mix in a plastic shoe box with bottom heat.
The tuberous roots look more vertical than lumpy. For winter storage I
usually unpot and pack in peat moss, orienting vertically. The "vintage"
M. longiflora I just use a hand truck to wheel the pot into the
basement. It's roots, when I infrequently top dress, are a gnarly mass
but it is an old plant. Seedlings pop up in anything adjacent to where
the mirabilis spent their summers but as there are 3 cultivars it is
only 'Limelight' I can distinguish, from its chartreuse leaf color.
Judy in New Jersey where the day is sunny and deliciously cool, with
barely a breeze to stir the trees
A question for David - since I had posted my query in both the list and
the forum I will copy this answer likewise. What is the preferred
behavior - is to both acceptable or only one?
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