{"id":75,"date":"2008-10-10T19:34:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T05:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washedashore.com\/eggsntea\/?p=75"},"modified":"2010-10-25T19:49:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T05:49:06","slug":"cuttings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/2008\/10\/cuttings\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuttings in shade structure, after 1 month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the results after one month, the percentage of each test case that still appears alive:<\/p>\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Method<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCultivar<\/td>\nLabel<\/td>\n10.Oct<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Oasis cube, Dip’n’grow<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nB\/B<\/td>\n1B<\/td>\n80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY\/Y<\/td>\n1Y<\/td>\n52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Oasis cube, hydrogen peroxide<\/span><\/td>\nB\/B<\/td>\n2B<\/td>\n73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY\/Y<\/td>\n2Y<\/td>\n43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. potting soil, Dip’n’grow<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nB\/B<\/td>\n3B<\/td>\n68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY\/Y<\/td>\n3Y<\/td>\n92%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. potting soil, hydrogen peroxide<\/span><\/td>\nB\/B<\/td>\n4B<\/td>\n72%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY\/Y<\/td>\n4Y<\/td>\n96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. soil\/manure, Dip’n’grow<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nB\/B<\/td>\n5B<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY\/Y<\/td>\n5Y<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. soil\/manure, hydrogen peroxide<\/span><\/td>\nB\/B<\/td>\n6B<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nY\/Y<\/td>\n6Y<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Overview:<\/p>\n

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  1. Every single cutting in the soil\/manure mix died.<\/li>\n
  2. The dip’n’grow vs. peroxide cuttings are doing about the same.<\/li>\n
  3. The potting soil is keeping the cuttings green and alive looking, but i think they aren’t actually rooting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I bought a small temperature\/humidity logger, and clipped it inside the tent.\u00a0 Here is a typical 11-day period in September, while the cuttings were being misted a few times each day to keep them moist:<\/p>\n

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    As you can see, temperature can dip down to 11\u00baC at night or spike up to 35\u00baC on hot days. Humidity it pretty much the inverse of temperature, around 92% at night, dropping as low at 40% on hot days. But the article on the HTS website says: “Propagation of tea plants needs a facility where constant temperature 23-29\u00baC and humidity (80%) are maintained.”\u00a0 Daytime temperature seems OK, but nighttime is way outside this range, and humidity is almost never<\/em> close to 80%.<\/p>\n

    Today i bought a 8×20′ piece of plastic to cover the tent, following Mealani’s shade tent instructions.\u00a0 They said to add this cover for the second month, so that’s what i’m going to try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here is the results after one month, the percentage of each test case that still appears alive: Method Cultivar Label 10.Oct 1. Oasis cube, Dip’n’grow B\/B 1B 80% Y\/Y 1Y 52% 2. Oasis cube, hydrogen peroxide B\/B 2B 73% Y\/Y … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}