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Rooting Salvia: Soil Method
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| Sunsnail |
Rooting Salvia: Soil Method
By: Sunsnail
I've been growing Salvia divinorum for a few years now, and have propagated dozens of plants using this method. It has never failed to produce a healthy plant. Instead of placing the cutting in water, I place it in soil. This differs from rooting in water in a few ways.
Advantages of Soil Rooting
No shock transferring it from water to soil
Reduced risk of fungal infection
Produces roots quicker
Disadvantages of Soil Rooting
More difficult to check on rooting process
First: Gather your materials. You will need one Salvia divinorum plant, scissors, a 2L soda bottle with the bottom cut out, and a pot with soil. Any soil will work, whether its sandy, or filled with clay. I use standard potting soil.
Locate your cutting. I like larger cuttings with 5-8 nodes on them. The plants establish themselves much quicker this way. Plants with as little as ONE node can be successfully rooted though. They just take about ten times as long to develop.
Snip
One Cutting!
Strip the leaves off of the bottom 1-3". This part will be stuck in the soil. The leaves can be thrown away or used in other ways.
You can optionally dip the end in rooting powder. I've always used rooting powder, so I do not know how much it actually helps the process.
Stick the plant in the dirt, about 2-3 inches in. In theory, the more stem that is submerged in soil, the more roots.
Place the bottle on top of the plant. This keeps the plant from dying. When the leaves are much larger than the bottle, you can get them to fit in the bottle by pulling the leaves up, starting from the bottom. Think about the top of a pineapple. The leaves are facing upwards. Make sure the bottle is pressed an inch or two in the dirt
Water the plant a lot. Every 3 days at least, but every 2 days wouldn't hurt, especially in hotter climates.
Finally, place the plant with all your other Salvia plants. If outside, placing the plant behind a larger, more established Salvia gives it a good shading from the hot sun. Depending on lots of variables, your Salvia plant should have roots in 1 week. By week 2, your Salvia should be established enough to have the bottle taken off. If you take the bottle off and the plant droops down, put the bottle back on and wait another week. Take the bottle off again, in the evening. Give it plenty of water, and some tough love, and it will adjust to the climate by then. |
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| XoxidE |
| i still dont know what salvia is used for...:( |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by XoxidE
i still dont know what salvia is used for...:( |
uhhh... ornamental. |
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| XoxidE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
uhhh... ornamental. |
k :) |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ivand
i love your camera |
:wtf: these pictures are really bad. I used level 3 photoshop jpeg compression. |
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| Frenchie |
| Aww, this makes me want my own plant. |
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| nchs09 |
| my cactai & bonsai > your salvia :P |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
my cactai & bonsai > your salvia :P |
:rolleyes: *starts to write a guide on taking cacti cuttings*
I have a bunch son! |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
:rolleyes: *starts to write a guide on taking cacti cuttings*
I have a bunch son! |
i just leave them in the pot and water them.. no need to take cuttings. ill just go buy more if needed :thepirate |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
Aww, this makes me want my own plant. |
Get some! |
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| Marc Summers |
| i think im entitled to a free one |
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