University of Georgia
In his last “Gardening in
Georgia” show of the season, host
Walter Reeves looks at
propagating houseplants over the winter Oct. 29 on Georgia Public
Broadcasting.
“Gardening in Georgia” is produced by GPB and the University of
Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. It’s
televised each Saturday at 12:30 and 7 p.m.
On this week’s show, Reeves shows how to build a wooden box
containing a small light bulb to keep the rooting soil warm, a
key to successful propagating. He covers the box with a metal
cookie sheet and fills the makeshift propagation tray with leaf
cuttings from favorite houseplants.
Reeves visits Callaway Gardens with Hank Bruno, who shows him
some American beautyberry varieties, including an eye-popping
white-berried form.
He takes a look at bromeliads, too. These holiday delights have
centers filled with water but roots that like to be dry. The
flowers are unlike those on any other plant. Reeves shows how to
use an apple to force a bromeliad to bloom. He shows how to break
off a “pup” from a mature plant, too, and plant it in loose
potting soil.
Finally, Bob Westerfield of the UGA Center for Urban Agriculture
tells about the free publication, “Flowering
Bulbs for Georgia Gardeners.” Get a copy from your UGA
Cooperative Extension county office, or download one from the Web
at http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/B918.htm.
