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drumphan73

Hoya trellising

10 years ago

I've recently purchased many hoya cuttings and some rooted plants. I've also recently learned that many, if not most, prefer to climb rather than hang. So I have a couple of questions:

Is there a general rule or a list tell if a species is ok with hanging in a pot? I've read that the apical meristems can die, or maybe just go dormant, if the vines hang down instead of pointing upwards. Some I can tell as they show their desire to climb (on whatever is around), but others are not so obvious.

Also, I have some rooted cuttings, like single rooted vines that may or may not have branched, that are long that I would like to trellis before they get too big to manipulate, but they are in 6" pots - some of which maybe could have stayed in 4" pots another year. And almost none have been in their new pots long enough to really establish themselves yet. But I bought a bunch of 4' bamboo hoop trellises (they were $4 for a 4-pack, so I couldn't pass them up!), the sticks are pretty thick and putting them in a 6" pot makes them very awkward/top-heavy and they tip easily. I'm planning on cutting 2' off of each that I need and using 4 bottom halves to make a trellis and 2 top halves to make a trellis. So I'm wondering if I should actually USE those biggish trellises in the smaller pots, or get some 8" azalea pots and move them to those pots so the trellises aren't so awkward.

6" pot with 4' bamboo hoop trellis (H. globulosa)

H. IML 1483 with long, leafless vine that needs secured

Any suggestions?

Bob

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