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Wed, Sep 12, 07 at 0:58
| Hi! Hopefully someone can help me with this. I have just received a pony tail palm "snipping" from my friend...she cut a "baby" shoot from hers and now I have it. I am not sure what to do with it. I have it in a clear glass with water sitting on my window sill. Should I get it started that way or get it into dirt right away to grow that way? The shoot has a small part of the stem. I don't want it to die in the water or in the dirt for that matter by just planting it in the dirt with no roots.....that is my conflict. What is going to happen to my friend's palm once she has cut into it to get me a baby shoot? Thanks for your help in advance. |
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| Don't put it in 'dirt', but a mix of grit (perlite, a little coarse soil - no peat - and a lot of ~ small aquarium gravel or chicken grit from a farm feed store. just water it once (the mix should be halfway up the bulb, no more) and give it lots of light. It'll make its own roots, but get it out of the water now. |
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