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Jun 19, 2013 10:40 AM CST
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Name: Anne
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Forsythe Pots are really great for rooting cuttings in Vermiculite because the Vermiculite stays evenly moist. They are very simple to make. Just get one large pot, I use plastic for the large one and a small terracotta pot with the hole plugged up so it will hold water. You just dump moist vermiculite in the pot and bury the terracotta pot in the center. You'll need to plug the hole so water will stay in the terracotta pot. Just keep water in the terracotta pot and it keeps the vermiculite evenly moist. I used two small pots that didn't have holes in them. Just make sure your terracotta pot isn't finished with lacquer or some other waterproofing stuff - it needs to 'sweat'. Add water to the terracotta pot as needed.

Also check daily for mosquito larvae and if you see them just dump out the water/larvae and add new.




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Jun 19, 2013 12:50 PM CST
Name: woofie
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There's also a very nice step-by-step set of instructions, with a bit of information on specific plants, here:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/d...
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Aug 24, 2013 7:02 AM CST
Name: Susan
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Very interesting, I like that. Thumbs up
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Aug 24, 2013 7:01 PM CST
Name: Cinda
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Anne
I think this would make a great mini article for the front page of ATP so others could see it.

I just now ran across this from your link in another forum

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Aug 24, 2013 7:04 PM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Actually I'm going to be making another one .. when I do I'll take pictures and write an article.
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Aug 24, 2013 7:15 PM CST
Name: Cinda
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Aug 25, 2013 2:39 AM CST
Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Level 1 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Hibiscus Dragonflies Daylilies
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Thumbs up Green Grin!
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29
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