Cutting limb turning black!!

15 years ago

Bill (and anyone else),

Two of the cuttings you gave me have issues. The first is a Celadine cutting, I noticed yesterday that one of the limbs is turning black, but not from the tip down. What would you do?

Also, my psycho White, had two what looks like possible sun damage on them when I potted them to root. The one tip has blossoms, but I am concerned about the two spots that have damage. Also, one limb, that had ni damage, suddenly went limp, so I cut it off (the obvious blacked stump. Is this the same thing I am seeing in the Celadine?

I have never had this happen before! I potted the cuttings in cactus soil and pumice, like I always do. I did add the raw egg to some of the cuttings. Last time I checked, ni roots are shwing yet (the one cutting planted with the Psycho White is a cutting one month older than psycho, I had it in a water bottle, like you use, I wanted to check on the root status, plus it kept galling over, so I placed it in the pot with the Psycho White).

These three pix are the Celadine

These are the Psycho White

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the_first_kms2
15 years ago
At first i thought it looked like damage from being crushed but the bark seems intact. Could there be the potential for chemical burn? I noticed in your other post there was a very narrow leaf like it had been exposed to an herbicide.
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
15 years ago
Maybe sunburn? What have your temps been like?
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tdogdad
15 years ago
Jen- the Celadine does not look good. It looks like it is rotting from the ground up. Poke it and if black comes out you need to cut the green branch off and start over. The other looks like a sunburn which can be covered with a toilet paper roll center split then snapped over it. The plant will either leaf out below it or grow with it.
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
15 years ago
Hello Everyone...

Jen,

Remember all of the burned tips that i had this spring....Cough..Cough!!! LOL....They all did fine..like bill said, cover the burned areas...i use the same as he suggested...toilet paper rolls or paper towels holders cut in half...i even have cut white kitchen liner to protect the sunburned areas..

That cutting that has the rot in the middle...i would def cut and start over...you know what ur doing...i know you dont want to cut...but just go ahead and do it...this is the best time to root..so if there is any good time to do it...its now!!!

Keep us posted...

Laura in VB
labland
Original Author
15 years ago
kms2, no the leaves are just now opening on the Psycho White, it is a cutting I planted in March. The cutting is from Bill, so I doubt any chemical burn. I thought it was sunburn when I first noticed it, it just seems more obvious now,

Thanks guys. I guess I have to bight the bullet on the Celadine. Hopefully I can save the branched tip. Will see.

Aother note, one of my other established plants, I noticed this afternoon one large branch just broke off. On more cutting to plant!

Mahalo everyone for the support and help! Jennifer
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the_first_kms2
15 years ago
Looks like the worst case of sunburn I have ever seen. Good luck with the recovery effort.