Chacruna question

[BundleflowerPower]

So I'm wondering, how big does a chacruna leaf need to be, in order to use it for propagation? Does it need to be full size or can a baby leaf be used?

 

[Muskogee Herbman]

I used one this size to produce a plant

Always worth a try if its fallen off.

 

[BundleflowerPower]

Perfect. I have quite a few that size, I had several leaves which I planted, but I gave away all of them except for 3. The faster I can make more plants, the more plants I can share with others

 

[Muskogee Herbman]

I think bigger leaf produces more plants
nexus hybrid

 

[LSDvibes]

Perfect. I have quite a few that size, I had several leaves which I planted, but I gave away all of them except for 3. The faster I can make more plants, the more plants I can share with others

I like your thinking!

 

[BundleflowerPower]

Well yeah, that's what it's all about for me

 

[Vine and leaf]

That does look to be a pretty young plant.

Note that Muskogee Herbman mentioned doing it if the leaf had fallen off.

I would agree with him. Wait until the plant is a little larger than it is to intentionally harvest leaves from it for propagation (or other) purposes, but if a leaf has fallen off, go for it.

These are incredibly slow growing plants which take a while at that age to regrow leaves. The leaves are how the plant eats, and the more leaves you take away, the slower the plant will feed/grow/respond to pruning, and the less it will thrive in general.

 

[Ringworm]

Older leaves last longer in soil as well. Being that they are larger and harder they don't turn brown or die as easily.

 

[BundleflowerPower]

Gotcha. So one other question. I have three more leaves which just started sending up shoots, once they grow leaves, can I cut the original leaf and replant it?

 

[Ringworm]

You *could* tease that plantlet out of the leaf if you wanted to and replant it.
I often did this as I was growing in a production type framework.... trying to get as many plants out as possible to the people.

Personally, in my limited Psychotria growing experience I found leaving the leaf alone and letting it just become a bush with many shoots to the soil was best in the long term.

 

[BundleflowerPower]

I think I'll leave them then, these other three are growing in the ground so I don't want to mess with them too much.

 

[Vine and leaf]

Also, as long as that "mother" leaf is green and exposed to light, it is photosynthesizing, and acting like a huge leaf for the "baby" plantlets; feeding them.

The "mother" "baby" terminology confuses things, because this is a single plant, growing from a drastic pruning in a way that looks to us like "baby" plants. But at that stage, most of their food is coming to them from that larger leaf, again assuming the leaf is green.

 

[BundleflowerPower]

You *could* tease that plantlet out of the leaf if you wanted to and replant it.
I often did this as I was growing in a production type framework.... trying to get as many plants out as possible to the people.

Personally, in my limited Psychotria growing experience I found leaving the leaf alone and letting it just become a bush with many shoots to the soil was best in the long term.

So it's best not to separate them, the plant that I posted the pic of now has tons of shoots, they look kind of crowded, but if it's best to leave them be, I'll do that.

Btw, I just got a new iPhone, there's no option to rotate the pic when editing so I can't figure out how get them right side up.

 

[Muskogee Herbman]

Lookin good! I suspect the imgs are sideways because of EXIF stripping (removal of location information on jpgs). Try running it through an image processing program, should not happen again.

 

[BundleflowerPower]

They are growing quite fast aren't they?

Thanks, but I don't have a computer, I don't know anything about that stuff. I only know how to use the internet lol, and use my phone for everything is there an app for that?

 

[TGO]

I don't have an iPhone (Got a windows phone) but there is indeed an app that would work and it is free and seems to have good reviews! Here is the link if interested:

Photo Editor by Aviary

That one is from their official site. This next link is the same program but through Apple. I figure people like options... :d

Photo Editor by Aviary (Through Apple)

EDIT: Your plants are looking good, btw!

 

[BundleflowerPower]

Thanks