37. Tray Tracking
Three months of tray propagating, and counting.
Progress update on my cuttings that are growing in self-watering trays. We are at three* months now from October 2023, with just a few more months to go before I hope to harvest my rooted cuttings.
*One tray has cuttings from April of 2023, so 9 months ago, which are now long over due for a potting up.
A self-watering tray, what’s that? See my post on self-watering trays.
Tray #1
Here is a shot from October 15, 2023 (left) and January 14, 2024 (right):
Plant Descriptions
Left slots = Red Claws Escallonia
Middle slots (2) = Vine Maple
Right slots = Cherry Laurel
Sand filled slots = Azaleas
Tray #2
Here is a shot from October 15, 2023 (left) and January 14, 2024 (right):
Plant Descriptions
Top row right (1) = mystery Barberry (this is my note from October, not sure which one it is now?)
Middle slots = Red Claws Escallonia (the huge ones, they have been there 9 months now)
Left row = Japanese Barberry
All other sand filled = Mystery Pool Plant
Tray #3
Here is a shot from October 15, 2023 (left) and January 14, 2024 (right):
Plant Descriptions
Top row (2) and Bottom Right = mystery Pool Plant
Bottom row (1) = Vine Maple
Middle (a few, hard to tell) = Cherry Laurel
Right rows (6) sand filled = Madrona Tree
Left rows sand filled = Burning Bush Euonymus
Tray #4
Here is a shot from October 15, 2023 (left) and January 14, 2024 (right):
Plant Descriptions
Right side = Steeds Holly
Left side = Cherry Laurel
Top Right Second Row = looks like I snuck a birch in there
Next Steps
Identifying the plants after they have been sitting in the trays for three months is really hard. I am having to rely on my photos and notes from three months ago, but even with those it is not always clear what I am looking at.
My next step is to come up with a better tracking system. I like seeing the side by side photos. I just wish there was more consistency between photos and reliability in my plant ID’s.