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["Helga and Bert Dunn" <helbert@idirect.com>]

Hi Tom
Noted that no one has commented on your composted sheep manure in your
potting mix.How old was the compost & what percent of the blend?
Perhaps that had some negative effect on the rooting process. I prefer no
fertilizer when rooting cuttings & feel even composted manure is fertilizer.
They sure sell a lot of bags of it at out local supermarkets as fertilizer
Any comments out there??

Bert Dunn   RR4 Tottenham   Ont    zone 4b
HARDY GRAPES-NO PURE VINIFERA
temporary website www.sentex.net/~tolenio/hardyg

Subject: [nafex] Weak Grape Cuttinings


>
> Hello,
>
> I am a first time grape cutting grower, and I must have done soemthing
> wrong.
>
> I started the cuttings early spring, and a couple of them still have just
> one or two leaves, and the root system in tiny.
>
> I used Pro-Mix seed starter as the growth medium.  The cuttings were kept
> moist and I followed all the rules, but the cuttings did not thrive (St.
> Croix).
>
> In repotting them today one had a single root may 1.5" long and two leaves
> about 1" across.  The other had the smae size leaves, but the root was
> just an 1/8th" long.
>
> It was most likely foolish, but I repotted them anyway in well composted
> sheep manure (top soil like), mixed with a small amount of Pro-Mix (seed
> starter medium) to lighten it up a bit.
>
>


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