Thanks for the video. Although it's summer now in the Australian Tropics, I will follow your advice, protect the Impatiens and propagate them for an all-season display.
Sure and wish you all the best! I don't think anyone would mind (from Society Garden) if you just take few cuttings :-) After all, the mother plant would branch out more :-)
You are most WELCOME from India and totally agree with you..they rot too easily if the soil is not well drained..Plus, they also need water regularly...
You are most welcome and thank you so much for your feedback and specially calling me dada :-) I bought it from Amazon..I was lucky to get a decent plant..but plz note that, buying live plants from Amazon or online is always a risky process unless you are from Tier-1 City. Transit time is too much for Tier-2, 3 cities and I lost many plants. Not going to give -ve feedback to sellers. Most of them do their job well..but plants die in the transit time :-(
@@GardeningUpbeat Thanks for your kind response and feedback , very much grateful for the great idea,have tried both methods ..roots are developing in both ,very exited ..
Very timely my good sir as I have a couple of Impatiens that I can easily take cuttings from. I never tried sand so I'm going to give it a try. Thank you!
Glad to know I uploaded at the right time and thank you for your feedback, much appreciated! Sure, please give it a try and I am confident that you would also get satisfactory result. Wish you all the best and sir is actually not necessary :-) Plz feel free to call me Mr. Gardening Upbeat :-)
Thank you for sharing this video. But in my case, I am dissapointed because after i put them in water, they are not developing any roots, and they practically "melt" and I lose them. What do I do wrong? I love these plants and I would like to propagate more, but I am unlucky in this water propagation method... Also I am having trouble in keeping the buds and leaves on the stems. Many of them are losing buds and leaves...😢
Hi, Took handful of cuttings 8”or so back in October (US). Rooted them in water, waited to long so the grow grew together, had to pull them apart break a few. They are in dirt now. One of them grew a second stem at base and have a flower. Whoo Before I try this I ask you. Can you make several cutting from one stem above every other leaf node or so? Was going to try turn one 8” stem into 3 plants… Great idea about rooting in sand, never tried but will have to give it a try in March.
Glad to hear about your success story! I have tried the same exactly the way you said (not Impatiens but other plants) But, it's too difficult to root from such smaller cuttings. Min 4 inches would be better..Thank you!
You are most welcome and thank you for watching :-) I hope, everything is going smoothly over there now. Heard in news and felt bad as Sri Lanka is our neighborhood country. Gardening Upbeat's GOOD wishes would be always there for Sri Lankan people, TC!
Glad, I could do something to save few $ or money. >> I wonder why you didn't pinch out the new buds though when you planted the cuttings. Spot on..but honestly saying, it's too difficult for me to remove new buds from any plant or cuttings...and I don't mind even if the cuttings don't make it. Anyway, they bloomed very fast (the same buds bloomed after 8th days as I have shown in the video). I also know why you are asking..it's because, buds take energy from the plant and cuttings might not root well. But, for many plants like Impatiens, Portulaca, Mexican Petunia etc., it's okay even if we don't remove the new buds. They root well and at the same time, they also bloom :-) There are many such plants..just not coming to my mind while replying you..he he..Thank you for watching the video :-)
If you have a greenhouse you might be able to, the winters here in Florida barely get below 30F and they grow well in there, the ones outside almost all died including the established plants.
Impatiens can't tolerate too much rainfall (I have provided info about this in my Impatiens care video). To save them, there are only 2 options - 1. Protect them from heavy and continuous rainfall in Summer 2. Protect them from too much harsh sunlight in Summer.
If you have a tree that provides shade most of the day, they grow well in pots under them or hanging from low branches. It protects them from rainfall for the most part.
Not exactly..we can use any medium but SAND works great while propagating any plants. The main aim is to maintain the proper moisture level and at the same time, the medium shouldn't be soggy. As sand doesn't hold the water for much longer time, it is used as ideal medium for propagating plants. Other than Sand, I also prefer to use Cocopeat but avoid normal garden soil in most cases, thank you!
To be honest..difficult to grow :-( Have tried 3 times already and they managed to sprout. But when it's the right time to bloom (March-April), temp already get increases in our place. Still, I would try once more applying some artificial techniques in coming season..
