Well, trip is over and my cuttings didn’t make it. Sad to come home and see the leaves on the counter. At least I found out what kind of tree I was trying to root - pineapple guava. Bottom line is that it means my first effort to grow bonsai from a cutting didn’t work, and, as Edison said, “It’s just one more thing I know not to do again.”
In our neighborhood we have lots of olive trees, too. None on our property but 4 of the 6 people on our block have them. Asked my neighbor for permission to take a few cuttings and this weekend I put olive tree cutting in gravel to root. Today is day 2.
In fact, I think I will go out and take a couple fo sutting of the pineaple guava again. It’s a lovely tree when it’s big so a bonsai would be delightful. This time, though, I am going to take newer growth and see if it makes a difference to have less wood on the cutting.
I’m ready for the rroted cuttings, too. When I was out at the nursery over the weekend I bought soil and such. Am I being optimistic? Yes and no. One way or another, I’m going to be using it!
More tomorrow.