Re: re-potted today.

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Mon, 20 Jan 92 20:14:54 MST

>Hey! (he says using his time honored saying) How tough can it be?
>Well, uh, hopefully not too tough. So, what should I plant them
>in? Should I take leaf cuttings immediately, or wait until they
>come out of dormancy? Enquiring minds want to know.

I'm no genius w.r.t. petiolaris plants, having successfully killed
my falconeri from last year, but here's basic advice: Don't mess with
your mother stock. If you have just one plant, nurse it to health.
Sure, if any pieces break off accidentally---plant them up, but
otherwise let the plant go its own course. I don't know if a plant
regressing back into dormancy extracts some valuable chemical reserves
from its dying leaves, but it might. Once you have a sturdy, healthy
plant, then start propagating. This advice is of course modified if you
KNOW the mother plant is going to die for some reason