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We are propagating salvia leucantha or Mexican Bush Sage from cuttings and we are going to
need to water them in once we have got them put in the cells and in the potting soil but
not keep them so wet, that they get, that the leaves stay wet. They need to have good
air circulation so that the leaves will dry off so that they won’t grow a fungus and
all that. It will take several weeks for these to root down, what I usually do to find out
whether or not I’ve got, got roots coming, you can pick up these, these flats and you
can see the little holes down here. These roots will go very deep and the very first
roots that come out will make a beeline for one of these holes right here and you will
see white roots sticking out of these holes and you will know that they have rooted down
and that you have got conceivably enough plants, enough roots to conceivably set to another
location or to a larger pot. But you want to pull them up and take a look, if you grab
a hold of the plant and the plant basically comes, where it looks like it wants to pull
out without lifting up into the soil you probably don’t have as many roots as you think you
have got. Of course salvia leucantha can be grown a number of ways, this pot right back
here has a plant that was dug up or actually pulled up during some cultivation practices
and had a whole bunch of roots on it and I just put it in some potting soil and I expect
it to do quite well. Much like dividing a clump of the plant and making numerous plants
out of a root ball this is kind of the same idea. Salvia leucantha is a Texas native and
it is a very tough plant, makes a beautiful purple almost fox-tail looking bloom that
comes on in the fall. It is quite striking and I believe it is even used, it is a sage
and I believe it has been used as a seasoning by the old-timers.