Can I keep cut off flowering Acacia Dealbata branches alive?

[SKA]

Early this morning I went out of my house to go get some groceries. My door is
right next to a flourist and, being fascinated by the tryptamine & phenethylamine
treasurehouses that I know many plants to be, I allways look around the store's
displayed plants to see if I spot anything familiar & spicey. I do this everytime
I exit my door or come back home.

This morning I spotted a bundle of flowering branches that looked amazingly familiar,
just as I was about to walk past the flourist. I went back and it said "Mimosa".

They were 3,50 per bundle so I thought what the hell & bought 1. I asked the shopkeeper
if they happened to know what exact species it was and they confirmed it was "Dealbata".
Acacia Dealbata I suppose; Nothing interresting alkaloid-wise according to Wikipedia,
but the sources are vague and inconclusive.


Now we all know that cut flowers in a vase in water have a short lifespan. I
guess they're not getting any nutrients is killing them. Would it be possible
to buy or cook up some water soluble nutrients, throw that into the cut flowers'
water every once in a while & keep them alive sort of indefenitely that way?
You know...as if they were still attatched to the tree and fed nutrients...just..
minus the tree? And if this is possible then what nutrients would my Acacia
Dealbata branches need to stay alive?

 

[ntwhtyouknw]

Get yourself some rooting hormone or cloning gel, follow the instructions, and theres a chance you could get it to root.

 

[Ilex]

You could just get a basic water-soluble fertilizer, like a 10-10-10 with trace minerals, from any garden center or hydroponic store. It won't keep them indefinitely, but if you want to try and root them pick up some rooting hormone (indole-3-acetic acid) and add that to the water. If roots grow out, you should be able to plant the cuttings once they are 1/4 inch long.

 

[SKA]

Wow if I could get it to root that would be amazing.
I'll try to do that for sure!

I googled for Acacia Dealbata Cultivation and found this:

Mimosa: How to grow

www.telegraph.co.uk

Growing tips
Acacia dealbata will survive a couple of bursts of frost of up to -10C but it does not thrive in cold places. The variety subalpina is hardier than the type. If the mimosa is cut down by cold weather, it should regrow from the base as a multi-stem.
This can be useful in places where there is not enough room for a full size tree. All new growth is more susceptible to cold weather than old, so protecting the plant for the first two years will help it to survive. Protection is also needed for the regrowth after the mimosa has been cut to the ground.
The ideal soil for a mimosa is neutral to acid, which is why the leaves on my tree grown in limy conditions are often yellow. This can be remedied with doses of the iron tonic Sequestrene, to keep the leaves bluey grey.
Old specimens prefer not to be pruned but Acacia dealbata is fast-growing. Thus, if the plant outgrows its position (or is frozen to death), it will not be too long before a replacement grows to a respectable size. Like all tender shrubs, the mimosa is best planted in the spring, after all danger of frosts has passed, so as to give its wood the longest possible ripening period before the first winter.
Mimosas make good conservatory plants for large pots, but they should be watered very sparingly in winter.

Propagation
Acacia dealbata can be raised from seed but, because this is a seed triggered by fire in its native habitat, boiling water has to do the trick here. Pour the water over the seeds and leave them to soak for a day, until they have softened and plumped up.
Cuttings also root easily. It is worth taking some of the hardier form subalpina, if you are lucky enough to obtain it, as this will not come true from seed.

Cuttings root easily they say..... Well that's convenient
Too bad they don't go into detail about it. Would I just add the
rooting hormone to it's water? Or should I do it in another way?
I hope the package of Rooting hormone will be specific as to how
to apply it.


And of all Acacias, A.Dealbata seems to be one of those more easily grown in
northern-hemisphere temperate climates, if grown indoors & kept safe from any
frost through out the cold northern-hemisphere winters. Too bad the only mention
of it's alkaloid content is of a %age less than 0.02...Tragically low.

However if I can get this Acacia to grow and survive in my cold, dark northern-hemisphere
home country it may be interresting to try and create a Hybrid between Acacia Dealbata &
another, DMT-rich Acacia species. Who knows it may result in a hybrid that has the best of
both worlds: The abilities of A.Dealbata to grow fast & survive in more humid, less sunny
climates + the high DMT content of the other, DMT-rich Acacia species. It has been done
before with Phalaris, creating the high DMT content Phalaris hybrid named "AQ1", so it
may well be possible for Acacias too. I'd love to see the DMT content, hardiness & growth
rates of hybrids like these:
-A.Dealbata X A.Simplex
-A.Dealbata X A.Podalyriifolia
-A.Dealbata X A.Confusa
-A.Dealbata X A.Floribunda
-A.Dealbata X A.Acuminata
-A.Dealbata X A.Drepanolobium(A very underappreciated Acacia!)

And A.Dealbata hybridisation with countless other DMT- or 5-MeO-DMT rich Acacias off course.
But that is all for a much later stage. First I'll see if I can get these A.Dealbata branches
to root with rooting hormone & then see if I can make them take root in a deep, large pot full of neutral to acidic soil(as the cultivation guide I posted earlier suggested)
If that works out well, then I'll start reading info on how to hybridise different Acacia
species.

 

[nen888]

..acacias take from cuttings, but bi-pinnate species (like dealbata) are more difficult than phyllode species..
see The TOP 8 ACACIAS to Grow WORLDWIDE - The Ethnobotanical Garden - Welcome to the DMT-Nexus for cuttings tips..
rooting hormone needed as ntwhtyouknw said..

..A. floribunda, mucronata, retinodes all grow happily already in France and England..
.

 

[Ilex]

Wow if I could get it to root that would be amazing.
Cuttings root easily they say..... Well that's convenient
Too bad they don't go into detail about it. Would I just add the
rooting hormone to it's water? Or should I do it in another way?
I hope the package of Rooting hormone will be specific as to how
to apply it.

I would put the rooting hormone into the water, the package should have a suggested amount. I think you will have better luck rooting them this way. I've rooted some plants (eg Coleus) by just dipping the stems in the rooting hormone and then planting them in soil, but they wilted quite a bit before taking root. If you can get a good set of roots growing out before planting the cuttings, they will recover quicker.