Instructions

Schulz Porcelain Presents Ivy Balls And Wall Pockets Hand Painted Hanging Garden Plant Root Starters

Instructions

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How Do I Know It Will Work?

(Hey,,, get past the glass jar already- ) and..Because I Say It Will!

Instructions

Fill Porcelain Chamber With Water

Hang in Sunny Place

Gather Plant Cuttings, 8" Long

Remove Bottom Leaves

Check every 2 weeks

Refill With Water As Necessary

This shows Roots that are a couple of months old.
These Roots can be trimmed back and put back into the ivy ball, or the plant can be planted, see the What's Growing On Page

Not everyone who loves gardens knows gardening, so on this page You'll find useful tips and advice about plant care, and which plants to choose to make successful cuttings of.

Tip 1: What Makes The Best Cutting?

The best cutting will come from a plant that has no horse still attached best cutting will come from a plant that has no horse still attatched to it (oh boy),, and no bugs, slugs, either. As long as there is some life inside the stem, there is hope. Really, any cutting will do, as long as it's not a dead stick,, but if you really want success, use the healthy top portion, 6" to 6' long!

Tip 2: How To

Just clip, rip, tear, beg, borrow or steel (from a friend!) The Plant Of Your Desire,

then take your thumb & fingers and pinch the stem, pulling down thus quickly removing bottom 4" of stems. The roots will spout from the wounds, or sometimes just come through the stem wood, but this helps keep the water from getting stinky later.

Tip 3: Climbing Vines

Climbing vines can be a beautiful addition to your garden. But beware -- certain kinds of vines can become a nuisance if too vigorous for your climate. Check with your local nursery before you plant them. Having said that, read on, for a list of good choices. (and uh, I believe you can forget the Kutzu)

Tip 4: Water Additives

Surprise! You don't have to add anything to the water! Porcelain is Mineral Based, and the plants get what they need from the clay, and from rotting (eek) vegetation (its all part of the process), I never have had to add anything to get nice heathy root starts.

Tip 5: Ivy Ball, Permanent Digs? Sure!

You can let your plant live in water indefinately. They adapt. Well, they get a bit pale and weak, sometimes, but usually continue on. As I mentioned before, micro nutrients from the porcelain itself will leach into the water, and the plants own decaying matter will feed the roots too. The roots will continue to grow, and you should pull the plant out from time to time and trim them off a bit. (no, nothing will grow from those snipped off roots,, as far as I know).

If you do plant the plant, you could take a new cutting off it, for a fresh start for a friend.

This way, you can share your cloned ' children ' with everyone!

Tip 6: Plant The Plant

Be slow, gentle, indoors out of the wind and sunlight. Use pre-soaked clean house plant soil.

In a 2-4" clean pot, add some soil at the bottom of the pot, then the plant, making sure the roots are below the level of the top of the pot, don't bury the stem though.

Gentle add the wet dirt, and slowly add water to settle the dirt around the delicate roots.

Now set the new plant in a 2" deep bowl. Water again, let the plant drain into the bowl, and empty out 1/2 the bowl, carry to its new warm, quiet, filtered light location, and make sure it doesnt dry out at all for a couple of weeks, then start to water less, more like it was a 'regular' plant. This gentle method allows the water grown roots to become dirt grown roots.

An even gentler approach is to put the plants roots into a pot with no drainage hole, fill 3/4 way with water, and sprinkle with dirt, a little more every other day or so, until it is all well packed wet dirt, then carefully transfer to a pot with drainage hole to live in from then on.

Tip 7: Light

Warm not too hot, bright but filtered sunlight is best, 12-14 hours if possible.

Or, plant light, or full-spectrum light.