How to Propagate Geranium Cuttings in a Yogurt Cup
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2018
- This is a fun one guys. I get asked how to propagate geraniums once in awhile and people tell me they have the hardest time with them. Here, I show you how I propagate a geranium cutting in a yogurt cup. Get ready to see tons of roots!
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Mike you’re making Lotta wives mad. Now it’s my wife who is constantly yelling at my hoarding all kinds of containers including all kitchen supplies, starbucks cups, movie theaters soda cups and even popcorn tubs lol
Haha, she won't ever get over it but eventually she'll get used to it!
angel_wings I just found this video bc I am thinking to grow geraniums in zone 7 in Virginia and realized I do the same thing-I hoard all kinds of container and make little holes at the bottom for the water to flow through for my plants. I stopped buying small planters/pots and only use my Greek yogurt containers...this is hilarious! Great way to re-purpose plastic.
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I keep all sorts of tubs if I can use it I keep a lot.
It is not only the wives! my husband has to deal with my container holding, too :-)
Well I feel better about my glass jar collection! I root everything I can in my kitchen window. Sometimes I think I'm just weird and other times I'm grateful I am!
Happy to validate your weirdness, Robin!
I cut water bottles in two sections, plant cuttings in the bottom and use the tops like bell jars. Works like a charm and keeps more stuff out of the landfills. Sooner or later I have to throw the bottles away but they can be reused many times until they’re just worn out.
Propagating is addicting! I’m always rescuing containers out of the trash and recycle bin! That is a beautiful Geranium! Thanks for the demo! 🌱🌱🌱
Containers are addicting too, lol.
I drive my husband crazy I collect pots and trays, all the time! Drives him mad, but think of the money I save him by propogating! Way to go Mike!!😊
Haha, my wife and I just had a "discussion" last night about saving one more yogurt container.
@@MikeKincaid79 I saved my daughter's starbucks clear cups (for ice cap) with the lid that has a hole at the top for the straw to start seeds or propagating, instead of throwing them in the recycle bin
I like to use gallon sized or larger zip-loc bags. I stick my cuttings in there final pot then zip up in a bag which creates a mini green house for a couple of weeks then I harden off and bam new flowers for the spring. Seems like a similar concept to the Chobini container
Ziplock bags work great!
Do e we need to put holes in the bottom of the container for drainage?
Awesome tip! Thanks! 🪴
Beautiful! Great! No more expensive containers, recycle, reuse.thanks for the tip
You would great as an instructor in a classroom situation. Your energy and passion is amazing. Now I have to try this technique with other plants.
Thanks Joseph! Have fun with it and we'd love to see photos if you want to share on our Facebook site: facebook.com/groups/346884795717132/
Some geraniums can be propagated with leaf cuttings, by slicing the ribs on the leaf, putting rooting hormone on the back side of the leaf and pinning it to the surface of damp soil... Will grow many plantlets from one leaf.
I’ve tried that with begonias mosty, I just end up with brown dead leaves in about 5 days or less.
Try light pebbles instead of pins.
Plants are amazing!
Love your humor! Because of this video I was able to overwinter geraniums and plant them back out this last season thanks so much for your great video
You're so welcome, Jane! Glad to hear you had success getting them through the winter.
Greetings from New Zealand Mike. I just love your enthusiasm for various containers - some of my work colleagues find it amusing because I rescue various containers from the recycling bin which is full of various containers from the kitchen - I see them and think "Wow, that would be great for growing herbs, or that would be perfect for propagating cuttings, etc."
Nothing wrong with that. One man's junk is another man's treasure.
Great step-by-step video and good use of container! I'm going to try this. Thank you.
You're welcome!
I talked to you awhile back about my geraniums, I just saw you had a video on them. Good choice for propagating Mrs. Polock as it is a rarer variety however just wanted you to know, the awesome thing about geraniums is you can take any cutting, large or small, full of leaves and flowers or only a couple leaves, doesn’t matter and they grow fine. You can use rooting hormone but you don't have to. You can go out and prune your plants, take the pieces you pruned and just stick them in a pot or straight in the ground and walk away. Water them when you water everything else, no need for extra water. I have done this in spring and fall and only lost one or 2.
Thanks for the tips, Tina.
I need some of these cuttings.. beautiful plants indeed
YOU are soooo much fun to watch! All my family thinks I am nuts with all the containers, soil and cuttings.
You're in good company here Mary Jo!
This is the second video I'm watching of yours. You're so entertaining and funny. I've definitely become a FAN
Welcome aboard!
I am so happy I found your channel. I love potted plants too. I’m excited to try some of these techniques I’m seeing here. I’ve done a lot of cloning in the mmj garden years ago and have a success rate of about 90% w/o root tone so now that I’m into some real gardening on my own piece I’m truly looking forward to propagating some beautiful berries and grapes 🍇 and fruit 🌳 . Maybe even some landscaping varieties. Thanks Mike. God bless you and yours.
So glad you found the channel and enjoy the videos. Have fun and good luck in your gardening!
And I was able to take cuttings all winter. As always great teacher!
Rock on!
Exactly what I do. I use everything possible to propagate. Especially since I am still learning as I go. Some things work well, some not. I use the two litter bottles and the large plastic creamer container to use as my greenhouse. I have several figs I am experimenting with. I have no idea what type they are because when we moved in the previous owners weren't sure what was here. They just cut stuff back. We have all sorts of fruits, nuts, etc. Thanks for the videos. They have been very helpful. ☺
Containers are great for experimenting with. Sounds like you've got a nice little piece of heaven to propagate to your heart's content. Have fun with it, Cathy!
What a beautiful plant... Great color..
THAT IS A GORGEOUS ROOTES! AWESOME CUTTING PLANTS .. NICE
Mike, I'm a new subscriber and I'm in the process of reporting nurserie bought flowers. I know it late, but i had a lot of stuff going on this year. I'd like to take cuttings and leave them in the pots to fill out the plants pot. I have organic fertilizer, peat moss, potting soil and regular in the ground dirt. I was planning on mixing it together, and useing that to transfer my plants in thst. I will have some larger pots. I'm going to add plastic soda bottles to them to take up room.
One thing missing on this video Mike, a time line. In the UK here it would take about 4 to 6 weeks to grow awesome roots on a geranium like that. I have a lot of that particular variety and you're right, they are gorgeous and root really well. All the best to you.
You're right and since this video I've been adding timelines. It did take close to 6 weeks for this to root. I appreciate the comment.
Please can you tell me in which month can I propagate
@@miller1279 You didn't say where you live but the general rule with geraniums is Spring - March - May.
Would you share the name of that variety? Thanks 🪴💚
That is the most beautiful geranium foliage! Tysmfs 💕
I actually use Chobani smaller cups to start seeds, plus the heavy duty foil is perfect for nail embellishment removal.
I like you're excitement. I get excited too about growing plants. Just something so good about hands in the soil.
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Thanks, glad you enjoy the videos! Keep collecting those yogurt cups, haha.
You are hilarious! I understand your obsession with containers and Propagation! I've still learned a lot from you, thanks!!
Thanks, Carmen, glad you're learning a lot from the videos!
Great video! Love geraniums! Thank you for sharing.
Glad you like it!
Very inspiring, I’m off to take some geranium cuttings now.
Have fun!
i feel you on the container. i have them all over the house. not only do i do botanical stuff with them but i love having small insect cultures such as isopods and springtails so i have little containers all over the house that have bugs or dirt in them lol. even have a mini fridge i converted into a incubator for my bugs haha.
99% of my plantings start in yogurt or cottage cheese containers. Cheap reusable and for indoor I like pots with no holes in the bottom, so no mess when watering. Don't need drainage if you water carefully.
I also have square buckets that I get free from a local hardware store that sell screws/nail bulk. Clear with lids, about 12x12 and 8 inch high. I use them for bringing in my geraniums to keep over winter.
4 plants to a bucket and it works so well. I end up with flowering geraniums all winter. Cut them back a bit in the spring to put back out. Some plans are over 5 years old. Gardening indoors ion the winter when outdoors is -20 is a great way to stay sane. Great channel, great content. - Cheers
You sound just like me Joe! Really cool to hear what you're doing. Thanks for hanging out on the channel!
Wow!! Yes those leaves are beautiful!!
Those geraniums were a nice find last summer!
Love growing and trying new things. Thanks for you very informative videos.
Yes, the trying new things is the fun part!
Mike - you are funny. Thanks brother. Greetings from the Kruger Nat. Park in SA
Fantastic result. Love the way you think. Couldn't help chuckling at you eyeing off the containers, I do the same, people can be so wasteful & lacking in imagination. Then they go & actually BUY containers for things!!! What the....
Kind of crazy huh
Hello again Mike. Great video as always. I've been using 450g yoghurt pots for the last year now and have the same perception as you of how to re-use plastics you find every day from food packaging. Things like 2-litre and more recently 3-litre and 5-litre fizzy drinks and water bottles, vegetable bottles 5-litre and 10-litre types, and, for seedlings, houmous 200g and 300g containers are always useful; they're also really useful for storing and cataloguing seeds. The thing about yoghurt pots though is their height, which gives plenty of room for growing medium, increasing your chances of rooting success. The other thing is if you stack a second one upside down on top of the base one, you've got yourself a sealed mini greenhouse. Some things don't always root though. I'm still learning!
Recycling all the containers you mentioned is a great way to go! We're always learning no matter what level of expertise we're at.
Love your videos, thank you.
You're welcome!
I'm all about recycling. Like you I'm always looking. Don't throw that out I CAN PLANT IN IT. Drives the hubby nuts🙄which I really enjoy. Geraniums in a pot in the yard growing like crazy. I'm on it.T.Y. Mike Your a rock star😊
Keep driving your husband nuts!
With the passion you described that root, made me feel like eating it, 😁🤣
Awesome, that's my goal, lol.
My husband goes nuts for the large size dairy queen ice cream sundae cups - totally clear, with protruding upwards lid. For like a month he kept showing up every few days with hot fudge sundaes for us, once he had enough cups for his cuttings he stopped bringing them home and I was like wth man no fair I've become accustomed to a certain lifestyle you can't just cut me off like this!
Hahaha, that's funny. He got you hooked and then cut you off! Great idea for propagation cups.
That's messed up 😂
Always take a load of geranium cuttings every year. Buy three plants and end up with over a dozen!! Always use the yogurt pots as ours are clear and so useful !! The other ones I take a lot of cuttings are the petunias, boy are they good! Saves me a fortune every year!! Love your videos Mike! All the best Graham 🇬🇧🇬🇧
You've got the same problem I have, more plants than I know what to do with!
Hi Graham or Mike, I too live in England. Because we get such bad weather and don't have a greenhouse could I bring the cutting in the house after the summer and if so where should I put it please? i.e over radiator or in a cold room, in direct sunlight on windowsill, in shade please?
Wow! This is exciting! I saved 2 of my geraniums from last summer. It is now winter. I'll do that with my 2 I have! I love propigating!
Good luck with your cuttings, Julie! I'm planning to do a video soon about rooting begonia leaf cuttings too, so look for that one!
Thanks for the knowledge
You're welcome, Michelle
Hey Mike, you're suffering from the same 'propagate everything' disease as me 🌝👍👍👍👍
I've got issues but I'm working through them, haha!
@@MikeKincaid79 🤣🤣🤣 tough!
lol free baby plants!! who wants to pay $6 at the store?? not me 😄
I 've keep all the containers and told my husband seriously: Please ask me whenever you want to throw them away! And Iam keen on propragation my flowers and fruits tree. I love your videos.
Another lady showing how to propagate geraniums DOES NOT recommend using root hormone. She said it tends to rot the cutting. Your seemed to do great. She showed how to do it but no results with her video. You give results. Which I appreciate. So what are your thoughts on what she said. I’ve been following you for several years and you seem to know your business. Right now I have a tray of maybe 20 petunia cuttings that are growing leaves and a few are blooming. These are all thanx to the Mike Kincaid Method of Propagation. You are spot on with your methods and advice. I’m excited with my cuttings. I’m scared to look at the roots cause I may kill them but they are growing. And I think I did them too early in the year cause no way will they last in there till Spring. So I reckon I will plant these and then take cuttings from them. My family will be excited to have fresh looking flowers before anyone else. I need a little hero status going on. Right now you are my hero. I also have cutting from my Mother’s Hydrangea I inherited. The plant is probably thirty-five+ years old. She moved to where I live and brought it with her then and that’s been thirty years and I know she had it quite a while before she moved. Planning to give plants of her Hydrangea to my four kids. Make great sentimental gifts for them. Now to start propagating my coleus. Five different colors right now. ACE puts them on sale and I’ll have more. Thanx Mike. Your great.
Thanks for the advice love the video
You're welcome, Diane!
hi mike i just bought this poor littl geranium from wal mart it dyiing with out water and replant so replanting new big pot and it get better for me it beautiful red flowers and i saw it it has seed on the buds pod and i already replant it and water it hope it'll grows better soon love David
New to the channel.
Love all your videos . Great job and thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Aracely!
Very beautiful gerenium plants .n I saw fuchsia one of my favourite plants
I love the fuchsia too. I need to do some propagating of those.
Mike Kincaid .I love the colour n size of fuchsia u have .i don't have the colour red n white
Great presentation,
Thanks
Im going to try this!
Good luck!
i really like your job mike
Thanks, Ruobing!
Than you. Great 👍
You have inspired me..Thankyou.🙂
You're welcome, Melanie.
Propagation disease spread fast, I get the same symptoms when I start to save this containers.. and than done! I get the same roots now.... no stop to propagate flowers and fruits tree. Cool have people in the same "disease" I hope this type have no cure and we continue all our lives propagating and giving plants for friends, sharing this love for nature with everybody who want to learn. Congratulations for your videos!!!!
I haven't found a cure yet, but then again, I stopped looking a long time ago, lol.
I agree, me too, I am not looking to the cure for, this happiness and good addiction. I invite for you to see this guy, Helton Muniz, collecting fruits tree, after he's 15's y old when a fish man told to him about saputa (3:55 on the video) fruit, he stat to search and study, collect and ... He was born with birth time delay, compromised speech and movements. (his words: "none of this disturbed me to cultivate plants, having a good mind, is the brain that commands) He is really intelligent and can memorize all this scientific names and more than 1,000 fruits species. He have website and was exchanging seeds. www.colecionandofrutas.org/objetivo.htm
Mike your are the Guru of propagating plants.... Your video's are great and so much time you put into them so us newbies can follow and understand... Thank you, you make my day brighter each video I watch.. I save container also.. I spruce them up a little this way my neighbors don't think I go trash bin digging.. Do you know if there is a yellow geranium..?
I had a yellow once and it was absolutely beautiful! Saving containers is definitely a good money saver. So glad you enjoy the videos, Roseanna.
Here I thought I was the only one who got in trouble for repurposing "Containers" soup cans etc. which later I paint and start plants and gift them....easy. Angel from The Bay
Oh no, it's a real problem around here!
Brilliant 😃👏🏽
Great show, I’ll have a look at getting some bark if that works better
Thanks Philip. The bark works well because it's inert and drains well. Here's a video I did about rooting medium: czcams.com/video/eLXHy4A4-xk/video.html
Gracias por el video aprendo mucho me encanta la jardineria
Como puedes ver, también me encanta la jardinería. Me alegra que te guste el video! ¡Disfruta el resto del verano!
@@MikeKincaid79 ahhh and you are bilingual too!! Awesome! Très magnifique!!😃🌱🍀
Thanks very much for for your videos ! 👍🤩
No problem 👍
You're a hoot! Love your videos. And what about those containers that whole roasted chicken from the grocery come from!? Mini greenhouse!
Those would work perfect!
I'ma taking these colorful flowers from CA back to the Navajo res with my worms
Do it, Reesa!
Mike, love learning all you teach. Can you mention where you are or for what zone so I can know when to propagate my plants. I’m new to doing this, I’m in zone 6, the very top of Jersey. Never get tired of watching you. Thanks much.
I'm in zone 8b, about 30 minutes east of Olympia, Washington. The answer to that questions is huge and varied. Plants all have a "best" propagation method and time of year so it's hard to generalize it. I recommend picking a plant or 2 that you love and want to propagate and then learning everything you can to propagate that plant. I have many videos on the channel about when and how to propagate different plants but it'll be another 10 or 20 years before it's comprehensive and includes most plants, lol.
Incidently I love containers too!
It's an addiction, lol!
Mike, that's my favorite Geranium!! And favorite yogurt!! 🤣😅😂 I've got to try this!
Haha, then it’s bound to work for you!
I love the waxed paper 1/2 gallon milk cartons. they are so tall, lots of room for deep roots. I slice 2 angles in the corners for drainage. They, when you plant it, the carton is great for mulching, will last a long time. tho maybe thats not the best thing. but I have way too many saved now, but cant throw them away!
Milk cartons are a great idea!
@@MikeKincaid79 9 fit perfectly in a plastic milk crate. I have way too many, be glad to send you 20 or 30 haha. really!
Thanks! Just took a cutting off of my ivy geranium and put it in a mason jar! 👍👍👍👍👍
Cool! Let us know how it turns out, Linda.
Outstanding!
Thanks, Sherry, those yogurt cups are great!
Nice trick
Hi Mike im from India belongs to karnataka.. I love da way u propogating im a big fan of u dr tysm🌹👌
Thanks so much, Anitha! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.
Great video!!!!!! I love geraniums .
They area a beautiful plant and make great houseplants!
Ill help you propogate more!!!!!
I love your videos! I have had great success with rooting many cuttings because of you. I still need to get roses to root. That one seems to be more tricky. You have inspired me to start up my own CZcams channel if you love tomatoes I have several tomato seeds I would love to send you.
Cool, I'll go check your channel out. I'm always open to try new seeds!
It won't let me leave my email address so I'm not sure how to get these seeds to you
Luv this channel !!😀
Thanks, Maxine! Glad you're enjoying the videos.
I loved this video! Thank you so much! I’m rather addicted to propagating 😅and am kicking myself for the hundreds of Chobani containers I’ve recycled!
LOL, I get it. Drives my wife nuts that I save so many containers. I have an equal addiction to containers, haha.
OMG I can relate to the propagation container thing.
You're in the right place, Shelley, lol
My hubby knows if a fork , spoon, knife doesn’t look right anymore I have that double color leafed one here given to me by a family member (they know me well) is going to my garden hoarding in the garage. No not really hoarding I do clean routinely but have two IKEA tables and the bench one as my work station as well outside the garage. All glass, all plastic containers are welcome! Don’t forget also for plants who sit behind others to recycle the top of containers as well for holding excessive running water from pots and protect your furniture. Just about to propagate my geraniums they are so happy looking! Maybe I’ll even name one Chobani! 🤣
I always ask my mom and sil ti wait for me before they donate stuff. A big salad bowl came handy to give water for my doggo, another one to hold shallow plants. Is all good! Lol! As well as I keep it tidy and organized.
Hi Mike, awesome video...new subscriber here from India :-)
Glad you like it and thanks for subscribing!
Thanks for sharing
You bet!
Thanks
Welcome
Hahah this made me laugh. Yogurt companies secretly trying to make the world a better place. I too, appreciate a good container.
Take stock out now, haha.
Haha could be wise, myes 🤔
Golly gosh Mike, I would provide all the cups my hubby needed if he would propergate some plants , for me ha!
LOL
That was great.
Glad you liked it!
Hi Mike 😍 please keep these fascinating videos coming! Love them! Ok dumb question. So FINALLY I propagated roses with your guidance! Yay! But didn't think it'd work so I put 4 in one pot. They have all rooted and there is new growth like crazy. At what point can I move them into their own pots? How do I do that without exposing roots (I know you do that for educational purposes 😉💖)? How big should the pot be? I don't want to hurt them! Thank you to you and your beautiful family for your inspiration! I am having a blast!
I'll keep them coming as long as you keep watching. So glad you're having fun with this, and so much success. I guess it's a good problem to have when they all root, even if they are in the same pot, lol. I like to keep them all in the same pot and let them go dormant for the winter. Then in the late winter or early spring, when the new growth is just about to emerge, I pull them apart and re-pot. At that time, the roots are hardened off and tough and they can withstand a little exposure. Good job, good luck, and have fun Mariana!
yogurt cup, genius!!!!
I come to check because of that yogurt 😝 silly me 🤣😂 I thought he used yogurt to be hormone for flowers
You are so funny!! I love BOXES!! Not for propagation, just in general!!
It's a mental health disorder, lol. Welcome to the club.
Thanks for sharing Mike!
You're welcome!
I use Yogurt cups too. Just did some holy cuttings. The yogurt cups fit nicely in my plastic totes.
They're perfect little propagation cups. I know an old rhododendron breeder that starts all his seeds in old margarine containers. Enjoy your spring, Joe.
Sir your video is very good and we want to learn something from you
Keep watching and learning. I've got many videos here.
Hey from CA!
What's up, Jill!
Genius
This explains plants I have purchased that instead of them being a solid lump of roots in the container, they practically fell out. Bought a small geranium for five bucks, it was small, but I knew it would grow fast. But it didn't, it was very tender and broke coming out of the container. Meaning it was a relatively new cutting, with no root system. Better homes and garden are backing who ever grows them. I will stick with Monrovia and Proven Winners
About how long would you say it took to root that well, thanks great videos. Great teacher.
Thanks, Amelia. It took about 4 weeks.
these actually are really easy to grow from cuttings, i just cut them and plant them and they just grow without any hormone powders.
Some people just put them in water too.
My Tupperware is the old stuff from the 70s so it's not clear. I'm saving all kinds of plastic food containers too so I feel ya. It sounds like I need to start eating more yogurt, lol.
Lol
haha... beautiful method !!!
Hi Mike how are you? I love geranium but help me how to get rid off the caterpillars please. have a bless day.
MIKE MIKE MIKE Guess what I followed your video to the letter, but did fuschia instead (got no geraniums lol). It WORKED. YIPPEE I can't tell you how pleased I am. Thank you SO SO SO much. You have made my week. Can I ask do I pot it up now with compost or potting soil or doesn't it matter please, also shall I leave it outside or now grow it in the house Zone 7 in England?
(By the way I live in constant pain with chronic nerve damage and been stuck in bed all week, I tell you this to show you what a difference your videos can make to people). Take care and Thanks again Natalie 😀
So glad to hear of your success, Natalie! You definitely want to bring it indoor, it will freeze outdoor through the winter.
beautiful plant ,
Love your videos! And I love geraniums, too. I recently pruned back one of mine and used vinegar water as a rooter, then simply stuck the cuttings in a big pot to root. None of the cuttings had buds on them. Now most of them are already budding! I assume that means that they have roots, right? I've never had any root so fast and look so good, but never used anything for rooting before. I always overwinter mine in the house and if I want any new ones, I simply propagate my own. Many of them bloom all winter, too.
Cool! Never heard of vinegar water for rooting. I may have to give this a try. Thanks Heather!
Vinegar is a new concept for me in terms of propagation. I often used vinegar to kill weeds - as long as there is nothing I want to keep close by.
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Now I need to try to Google vinegar water for a rooting hormone. I've heard of using honey or cinnamon.
This is what I found here on CZcams. czcams.com/video/uQp2NfC0-kg/video.html
I live close to the Chobani complex in Edmeston. The name Chobani means shepherd, so they are the shepherd of plant propagation and they make yogurt also.
Love this, Loretta! Didn't know that, thanks for sharing.