What are those gorgeous acid green leaves: Wow! You guys weren't kidding................ when you said I c

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Wow! You guys weren't kidding................
when you said I could get cuttings to root from the Ipomeoa batatas Margarita. I put one in water on my desk at work, without any nutrients and today, one week later, 5 long strong roots formed. I just planted it in a very rich potting soil and will grow it in the office for the winter. (we have great light here).

The other cutting was dipped in rooting hormone and planted immediately into the same potting medium. I hope it's taking too. If I had known how happy the plant would be in water, I would have put both in..... hmmm.... maybe I should pull it out and check.

Anyway, now I see the Sweet Potato in the plant. I remember putting sweet potatoes with toothpicks in the side into water and how the roots grew strong and fast. The leaves on Margarita may seem more exotic, but it reacted as if there was a sweet potato in the water.

So now, I must go back and get a good "Blackie" cutting. I must say that as careful as I am to the plants, which are spilling all over, I'm so paranoid that it was like a comedy scene last week. That's why I don't have Blackie already -- when a homeless man came around the bend, I felt like I was robbing a bank and ran off into the distance.

Silly me. Especially since in a short time they will all be gone due to the cold.

Anyway, that kind of sums up the "What are those gorgeous acid green leaves."

I am once again a happy camper. Regards, Sonni

Regards, Sonni

-- posted by Sonni