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It's called rooting a cutting. Don't try it with too big a branch, 5-7 nodes, 2/3rds of them with leaves removed and buried under ground.
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clarkai wrote:
Plums also start really well- I took about 15 one year old wood cuttings and stuck them in the ground and all of them are growing. Really cool.
Interesting that willow cuttings may help other species to grow. Perhaps they contain a natural rooting hormone. If that is the case, a few buckets of soil from a willow forest might be a good medium for rooting projects. Hmm.
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Peter K. wrote:
Well ever since I saw the willow fences I have been considering rooting willows (as well as transplanting shoots) So while I know willows root well can anyone tell me if spring (which I have heard) or fall is better. My plan is to root them in pots and then transplant so that I can simply water a batch rather than haul hose or buckets. BTW it will be what we call scrub or buck willows although I have 3 weeping and have been considering rooting a few more of those as well to give as gifts.
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Salkeela wrote:
Things that I've rooted:
Ash,
Black currant
Red currant,
Gooseberry
Privet
Buddleia
Fushia
Dogwood
Willlow
Also herbs: rosemary, lavender and mint
Apples don't root from cuttings I've been told.
Apples are one of the easiest to root from cuttings, but take it off new growth prunings, about 8 to 12 inches long, and score the bark with a knife blade on one side about 3 inches up from the bottom, and all the way to the bottom. Stick it in moist soil in the shade. It will usually root. However, you will end up with a standard size tree which will grow enormously, so keep that in mind. Grafting is not hard if you wish to graft onto dwarfing stock like hawthorne, which never grows very large.
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Red Cloud 31 wrote:
Apples are one of the easiest to root from cuttings, but take it off new growth prunings, about 8 to 12 inches long, and score the bark with a knife blade on one side about 3 inches up from the bottom, and all the way to the bottom. Stick it in moist soil in the shade. It will usually root. However, you will end up with a standard size tree which will grow enormously, so keep that in mind. Grafting is not hard if you wish to graft onto dwarfing stock like hawthorne, which never grows very large.
Salkeela wrote:
Ah! Okay I'll try. The reason I thought they were difficult was because one plant I bought from Irish Seed Savers was advertised as: unlike most apples, easy to root from cuttings!
I have some dwarf root stock already planted and I'm hoping to try some grafts later in the year....
Does apple graft onto hawthorne? We certainly have plenty of that round here!
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