propagating a polka dot plant?

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elwood Joined: 6/22/2007 Location: london ontario Posts: 72	Posted: Sep/14/2009 3:59 PM PST hi all my neighbor gave me a dinky little scrap of a p.d. plant last year, and apparently it loves my south facing patio door...is almost 3 feet tall and has flowered. trouble is, it's 3 skinny stalks (though they're very leafy) and couldn't stand up so i put a tomato cage around it, lol. i'd like to cut it back to have a fuller plant, but would like to start the cuttings. i tried putting a small piece in water a few weeks back and it just withered away. any suggestions? she's my first polka dot. Quote \| Reply \| Report

carolyncat353 Joined: 4/29/2008 Location: Westlake, La Posts: 4387	Posted: Sep/14/2009 6:24 PM PST I'm not very scientific here, but I had some once, growing in my flower bed, given to me by a friend. Not cold hardy at all-it died over winter, and we have mild winters-BUT-I treated mine similiar to coleus. Cut it back and it will branch out. Cuttings should start pretty easily -don't know about seed. Quote \| Reply \| Report

witt Joined: 3/28/2008 Location: The Bucolic Bungalow Lancaster, SC Posts: 6946 Moderator	Posted: Sep/21/2009 7:04 AM PST I rooted some easily in water last year, but after I potted them up, that's when I lost them. Go figure. Quote \| Reply \| Report

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elwood

Joined: 6/22/2007
Location: london ontario
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Posted: Sep/14/2009 3:59 PM PST

hi all
my neighbor gave me a dinky little scrap of a p.d. plant last year, and apparently it loves my south facing patio door...is almost 3 feet tall and has flowered. trouble is, it's 3 skinny stalks (though they're very leafy) and couldn't stand up so i put a tomato cage around it, lol. i'd like to cut it back to have a fuller plant, but would like to start the cuttings. i tried putting a small piece in water a few weeks back and it just withered away. any suggestions? she's my first polka dot.

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carolyncat353

Joined: 4/29/2008
Location: Westlake, La
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Posted: Sep/14/2009 6:24 PM PST

I'm not very scientific here, but I had some once, growing in my flower bed, given to me by a friend. Not cold hardy at all-it died over winter, and we have mild winters-BUT-I treated mine similiar to coleus. Cut it back and it will branch out. Cuttings should start pretty easily -don't know about seed.

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witt

Joined: 3/28/2008
Location: The Bucolic Bungalow Lancaster, SC
Posts: 6946
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Posted: Sep/21/2009 7:04 AM PST

I rooted some easily in water last year, but after I potted them up, that's when I lost them. Go figure.

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