Howdy do Blokes and Sheilas,
About an hour after my posting last night, I was able to remove my nursing hat and done my camo cap, my patient was tucked away, safe as houses, so I made my decision and planted the brute of a cutting in a rather good Korean, deep, oval, mahogany-glazed pot, with a baker's pastry brush painted the whole of the base of the trunk with rooting hormone powder.
The pot ready and wired, with a fairly deep layer of akadama #2, I then wired the trunk firmly into place and gently topped the akadama up to the pot's rim, and watered it copiously.
Thank you Pootsie
, forgot about the leaf reduction tip [shall certainly do that within the next hour from now], and then we'll see how he [my tree] will do, height is now just about 22.5cms [8 3/4"], then will place it in a West facing window in my Computer room, where latish afternoon sun [slightly screened] blasts in on a daily basis, practically everyday of the year.
Using the akadama #2, is a great medium, the water gushes thru and there is absolutely no chance of water logging.
The next thing that I have to do now is to go back to the original tree [an akward looker, make no mistake] and wire it's main uppermost branches, which I hope I shall be able to eventually sweep downwards, it's a brute of a thing, lives in my kitchen so is never forgotten, the 'Ginseng' name came with it [an import from Korea, they tell me], has two types of foliage, both of which I am allowing to develope, only time will settle that argument.
Thank you all for the above remarks and help.
Will keep you informed on this bloke's progress, success or no....
Regards,
Ezhausted Nurse Nigel
