bambuddah
6th May 2008, 11:37 AM
Aloha All-
I could use some advice-
I am attempting to grow guadua from culm cutting, but my first attempt I did not have much luck. I got 2 live starts from about 15 cuttings.
I figured if I told you all what I did the first time around maybe someone could tell me what I did wrong or right. I took a culm of about 3 years old, and cut it into about 8-10" pieces. Each 8-10" section had 4" of the culm above the node and 4-5" of the culm below the node with about a 4-6" piece of a main branch coming off the node area left in tack.
I put a little root tone around the node area where I saw a bud or the branch coming off the main clum. I then put the cutting in a 2 to 5 gallon pot mixed with Hawaiian soil, peat moss, and potting soil. The cutting was burried under the soil so the node was about 2-3" under the soil but the upper part of the culm and main branch was above the soil.
I has been 2-3 months since I did this and I have 2 pots that clearly have 2 starter plants. FYI, the 2 that made it where in the larger 5 gal pots and from cutting of the upper part of the clum. Do you think I should dump the pots from the first attempt that are not showing any signs of life, or is possible for them to still send up sprouts. I am about to give it another attempt at trying to propagate, so any suggestions would be much appreciated?
I could use some advice-
I am attempting to grow guadua from culm cutting, but my first attempt I did not have much luck. I got 2 live starts from about 15 cuttings.
I figured if I told you all what I did the first time around maybe someone could tell me what I did wrong or right. I took a culm of about 3 years old, and cut it into about 8-10" pieces. Each 8-10" section had 4" of the culm above the node and 4-5" of the culm below the node with about a 4-6" piece of a main branch coming off the node area left in tack.
I put a little root tone around the node area where I saw a bud or the branch coming off the main clum. I then put the cutting in a 2 to 5 gallon pot mixed with Hawaiian soil, peat moss, and potting soil. The cutting was burried under the soil so the node was about 2-3" under the soil but the upper part of the culm and main branch was above the soil.
I has been 2-3 months since I did this and I have 2 pots that clearly have 2 starter plants. FYI, the 2 that made it where in the larger 5 gal pots and from cutting of the upper part of the clum. Do you think I should dump the pots from the first attempt that are not showing any signs of life, or is possible for them to still send up sprouts. I am about to give it another attempt at trying to propagate, so any suggestions would be much appreciated?