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Aug 24, 2011 3:47 AM CST
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Aug 24, 2011 5:49 AM CST
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Name: Jon
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Becky, I think it's important to pot them as soon as the roots reach about an inch long, keep the plant cool moist and shaded for the first week or so.
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Aug 24, 2011 6:04 AM CST
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Name: Vicki
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Jon, good idea! Becky is temporarily out of order. Her monitor broke so she's either getting it fixed or looking for a new one. Always something, eh?
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Aug 26, 2011 8:06 PM CST
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I'm baaaack! Big Grin

Mine are rooting now so I will pot them up this weekend! Thanks Jon!
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Aug 29, 2011 8:09 AM CST
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Good luck Becky!
Vicky, always LOL! This has been the worst year of my entire life for things getting broken! Rolling on the floor laughing
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Jul 19, 2015 6:32 AM CST

I am in southwest Florida, and am able to drop purslane cuttings into water where they will root within a week. From there I plant them, and before you know it they are taking off. They make a beautiful accent in my butterfly garden.
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Jul 19, 2015 7:27 AM CST
Name: Sundra
North Alabama (Zone 7b)
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I love rooting them in water. It is so much fun to watch the roots grow. Hurray!
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Jul 20, 2015 7:14 AM CST
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Welcome! Welcome! Flowers and thank you for sharing that info and Sundra too Hurray! Hurray!
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Jul 20, 2015 9:29 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- 🌹 (Zone 8b)
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Hi & welcome, Flowers!

I'm glad I did some cuttings from the few store-bought plants I got. Most of the mama plants are already dead, though no other plants around them look sad or ill, and the cuttings are looking fine. I think I'll stick to seeds in the future, the adjustment from peat filled with bits of styrofoam to ground dirt seems too extreme, and I'm sick of picking bits of styrofoam out of beds.
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Jul 23, 2015 11:45 AM CST
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I used to root them in little bottles in my windowsill. It is fun to watch the roots grow!
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Mar 6, 2016 8:06 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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Yesterday I took cuttings of overwintered ornamental purslane (Portulaca umbraticola.)
The pot that had the cuttings, before cutting:
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The pieces I cut off:
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Will put them in the ground today.

Did anyone else save any over winter?
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Mar 6, 2016 8:18 AM CST
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Those are very healthy looking cuttings Tiffany Hurray!

I didn't save any cuttings. Sad
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Mar 6, 2016 8:21 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- 🌹 (Zone 8b)
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TYVM! I made sure to put that pot as close to a S window as possible (while it was inside for winter.)
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Mar 6, 2016 3:33 PM CST
Name: Linda Williams
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I have some that survived outside this winter, others died.
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Mar 8, 2016 10:55 AM CST
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I overwintered once in a window and while the inside pot stopped blooming in January, the cuttings made it outdoors and were amazing with propagating.


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May 30, 2016 8:47 PM CST
Name: Kim
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
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Hi ya'll,
I'm new to gardening, new to the forum and definitely new to purslane! I just bought one at Walmart that they were letting die. After a new pot and some fresh soil it's doing great. I has no idea what it was at the time, just that I knew it still had enough life left to save and now I absolutely love it. My question though is, I understand that it's an annual. Is there any way to keep it alive over winter or will I just have to get another one next year?
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May 31, 2016 3:48 AM CST
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Hi Kim Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

You can pot it up and bring it in for the winter.

Others may have better suggestions.
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May 31, 2016 4:01 AM CST
Name: Allison
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Hello Kim.. if you don't know for sure.. it's always worth a try.. I am going to do the same this fall.. always worth experimenting
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May 31, 2016 4:55 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- 🌹 (Zone 8b)
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Kim, P. umbraticola is definitely not an annual, just not hardy in your zone. Put it near your sunniest window for winter, either the mama plant or cuttings.

These are from being saved over winter:
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