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Making palm shoot.

Johan Wedell johan-wedell at mail.dk
Thu Oct 10 03:09:45 EST 2002


"ramses" <ramses1 at home.nl> skrev i en meddelelse
news:3b_o9.43589$48.4928660 at zwoll1.home.nl...
>
> "Johan Wedell" <johan-wedell at mail.dk> schreef in bericht
> news:3da37b0c$0$23941$edfadb0f at dspool01.news.tele.dk...
> > Hi. I have a palm (Dracaena fragrans) in my room. A few years ago I cut
> off
> > one of its 3 vertical branches as it had gotten to big. I expected a new
> > shot in time, but nothing has happened.
> > My question is: How do I provoke it to shoot? There must be a trick to
do
> > it: When you buy them they always come with 3 vertical branches.
> > Thank you.
> > Johan
> >
>
>
> Hey Johan
>
> Often you will see "curls/air-roots" coming out of the branch.
> Cut a few centimeters below,than you will have a new
> plant.
> The motherplant will shoot out.
> You can also try another methode.
> Put some moist moss around the branch,covert with plastic.
> In time there will come roots out of  the branch,then act above.
>
>                              Ramses


Thank you for the advice, I'll try it right away.

Johan





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