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Update! Fresh seed soaked in water sprouted in late May. I see nothing from the seaweed soaked seed.View attachment 25627 Experiment #2 - Fresh Ti seed soaked for 48 hours in seaweed water VS the fresh Ti seed soaked in water. Seed now in soil and the seaweed soaked seed will stay on the liquid seaweed diet. Water soaked seed will stay with water. Lets see what happens here.
Ken - just curious - do you know anyone who has managed to keep the common green Ti alive in SoCal?
We started our society three years ago. Three of us organized it, but then one had marital problems and didn't have time to work on it, then the other found a very time consuming job, and so I was left to try to keep it going. Another fellow is helping me out quite a bit now, but it's hard to keep a club going. I wanted to pass the hat onto someone else, but there were no takers. A majority of the people want to attend the gatherings but do not like to volunteer for jobs. Many are involved with other plant groups and so are already stretched too thin. Fortunately we have had people volunteer their gardens so we can have meetings. I guess it's much the same way with most plant groups. We do have a ti forum that was set up , but the posting was nil since a lot of our members do not use the computer very much.
We are getting more than $500 worth of wholesale canes in from Hawaii to give out to members on April 7. Those types of meetings are the most popular.
Kenny, Check out the Ti cuttings that Shogunnhawaii has to offer. This has to be the best selection available on line.
I have never tried rooting the logs this time of year. I use to wait till April and May, but this year I started with them in Feb. and they did fine. I have taken top cuttings with leaves all 12 months of the year and all did great. I think your plan sounds great. I will shoot Ken a email to get him back on here to give his thoughts for your area.thanks! .... what do you think about starting cuttings now? like try rooting them indoors now and then putting them up and putting them in a little hobby greenhouse over the winter so i can get a headstart since I'm itching to give this a shot. I don't really get frost out here and the lows don't really dip under 40°F but when it does it doesn't stay down there too long
Sounds great!BTW - I just admitted a new member - "silent witness" who found Tropiscape searching for Ti Propagation. Maybe she will see this conversation and chime in. I told her about you ScotTi because she is from Florida as well.
Hi Kenny. Scott sent me an e-mail telling me that you were interested in a ti group in Southern California. Yes, we are still going strong. If you are not busy on Sat., we are having a meeting at my home at 10 A.M. Hopefully it won't be pouring rain, as showers are predicted. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you the details privately. As for a site on the internet, one of our members set up a facebook page. It needs approval by him.did the SoCal Ti Society make it? do you guys have a site or forum?
I forgot to mention that I live in South Pasadena.Hi Kenny. Scott sent me an e-mail telling me that you were interested in a ti group in Southern California. Yes, we are still going strong. If you are not busy on Sat., we are having a meeting at my home at 10 A.M. Hopefully it won't be pouring rain, as showers are predicted. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you the details privately. As for a site on the internet, one of our members set up a facebook page. It needs approval by him.
The link is https://www.facebook.com/groups/175905672601334/ I'm not sure how that all works, but if the link doesn't work, give me your e-mail and I will set up an invitation.
Ken
California is a lot cooler than Florida in Nov. through April, so often canes started in these months will just sit there, not root, and eventually rot. That being said, you can get around all that if you buy one of those small heating mats and place the containers you are rooting your canes in on top of the mat. When they are ready to be potted, I would also recommend you place the newly potted plants on the mat until it warms up in the Spring. Top cuttings will give you less problems in the cool months.I have never tried rooting the logs this time of year. I use to wait till April and May, but this year I started with them in Feb. and they did fine. I have taken top cuttings with leaves all 12 months of the year and all did great. I think your plan sounds great. I will shoot Ken a email to get him back on here to give his thoughts for your area.
i went to school in So PasI forgot to mention that I live in South Pasadena.
California is a lot cooler than Florida in Nov. through April, so often canes started in these months will just sit there, not root, and eventually rot. That being said, you can get around all that if you buy one of those small heating mats and place the containers you are rooting your canes in on top of the mat. When they are ready to be potted, I would also recommend you place the newly potted plants on the mat until it warms up in the Spring. Top cuttings will give you less problems in the cool months.
If your parents are still here and you make it up this way to see them, let me know and I can give you a yard tour. An invitation is always open if you have the time.i went to school in So Pas
Kenny, Here is a shot of last years logs that were rooted and now await planting in the ground. They slowed over the winter but should pick up speed in the next few weeks.you make it sound so easy scotti lol. i'm waiting to see what happens with the ones you sent me before winter. they looked good in vase of water until the very end and all the fronds started dropping and new growth started browning, they're all in soil now and hopefully a little sun and some fresh air will bring out new growth
Dean, With a wet summer here the seed sprout right on the plants thru the fruit. I walk around every few days and harvest the sprouted ones.Scott - have you too found seed that was already sprouting inside of the fruit???
Scott,Dean, With a wet summer here the seed sprout right on the plants thru the fruit. I walk around every few days and harvest the sprouted ones. View attachment 32121
Dean, I do not know why with propagation being so easy for these plants, but I still want to try one more method. I have read a lot about tissue culture in the last year and I am about ready to give it a try.You can understand why Ti Plants were one of the "Canoe Plants" that the ancient Polynesians brought with them on their journeys to new islands in the S. Pacific. Propagation of these versatile plants could be accomplished in a variety of ways. And the uses for the leaves many.
Interesting - for some reason, but not confirmed, I always thought that tissue culture was only for sterile lab set ups. Perhaps because that is how I have always seen it done. I never knew of a "backyard grower" trying it. I'll be interested if you do.Dean, I do not know why with propagation being so easy for these plants, but I still want to try one more method. I have read a lot about tissue culture in the last year and I am about ready to give it a try.
Dean, I did not know that a "backyard grower" could do it until a few months ago. I have read up on it and looked into the kits for the "backyard grower". You can also check them out on ebay as they are listed on the site.Interesting - for some reason, but not confirmed, I always thought that tissue culture was only for sterile lab set ups. Perhaps because that is how I have always seen it done. I never knew of a "backyard grower" trying it. I'll be interested if you do.
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