Pear and mulberry cuttings seem to be thriving...

I needed to take out a mulberry and prune a pear over at my yarden.
To assuage my guilt,  I tried starting the cuttings,  and I think it's working!

Looking good!  I've gotten very excited about propagation by cuttings and am trying to do a lot more of it.  Free plants for everyone!

I'm always reluctant to cut trees  down or even prune them,even when they are not what I want or were I need them to be.
It's a feeling of "a tree in the ground is better than seeds planted" or something.
With this experience,  I am encouraged.
The mulberry I chopped back to a bun has grown new leaves and the pear I pruned is looking better than ever.

Next up is air layering for the fruit trees.
All of my pear trees have been left to grow as they wish,  leading to crowded centers,  crossed limbs and inaccessible fruit.
I want to top them,  but I hate the idea of wasting all of their work.
I'm hoping to grow big rootballs on the central leaders,  then cut them off and plant them.

I would be interested to see if there were any success stories doing this with things like Oak Trees or tree's that have extensive tap roots.  Mulberries are VERY hardy (at least where i am) most people can't get rid of them lol and i planed one from seed 2 yrs ago and it's over 6ft tall.  This is awesome work though.  I'm interested to see it keep going  Keep us updated.

Great job, very nice!! I am looking forward to seeing how the pears do since I have a Moonglow & a wild pear that will need to be pruned soon.
With mulberry, I kind of learned by accident how to root them. My parents had one growing right next to their peach tree, so my dad cut it out with the chainsaw last winter and dumped it on my brush pile. A couple days later I noticed the wood was still green, so I pulled out some branches and sticks, then stuck them in the ground around the poultry coops and barn. Almost all of them put out leaves in spring and the majority have made it through the summer with lots of new growth; including the branches that were about 5 ft long and 3-4 inches thick. They are paper mulberry, so not sure if the original tree is male or female but, if it's a male, at least the leaves will be good fodder for the poultry and rabbits.

Let us know how they continue growing!

Any luck with the cuttings?