Plant Propagation 101 #5 | How do I Overwinter My Rooted Cuttings
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- How do I overwinter my rooted cuttings? That's a big question with some very simple solutions, depending on the climate in your area through the winter. Different methods will work for different people, but the main thing I want you to remember is that rooted cuttings are as hardy as the parent plants. As long as you're working with plants that are cold hardy to your area, they should be just fine. Of course, there are some things you can do for added winter protection, and places you can store your cuttings once they go dormant.
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I have an RV but I keep it heated some. I have a storage shed though. Whoot whoot!!! Burning bushes make a nice division between different areas. Thanks much.
I realize this is a year old video,but I just have to thank you, Mike, for all the helpful information you have provided in your podcast. You make my life happy and ever blooming. Keep up the fantastic work!❤💖🌿🌸🌼
Thanks so much, Linda! I appreciate you being here and am glad you enjoy the videos.
Here's that playlist about overwintering your rooted cuttings: czcams.com/play/PLpmpssr45yfMtl3yav-vy1qGsTDdTVWSl.html Enjoy and have a fantastic weekend!
Mike, you're such a great teacher that helps a lot of people out here. Thank you, have a great day.
To protect newly rooted roses, I use a round metal peony support frame and cover with white frost blanket so it kind of makes a mini cold frame.
Thanks Mike for shed idea
Thanks Mike. This video answered all my questions! (for now) :) I can see there is a gob on your channel to learn, so excited to be here. New subscriber. 👍
Thanks, and have fun exploring the channel!
Thanks for another great video Mike!
THANK YOU!!! I was just searching CZcams with this exact question and watching several of your videos to find an answer. The last video I watched was yours from 9 months ago when you said you were going to answer in another video. I'm so glad I didn't search last week and found you had not posted this video yet. I would have been SO frustrated with you lol. Instead you got a new subscriber!
Well thanks for the sub and I'm glad you found the video at the right time!
On our local news they showed a contest of how many times their roosters could crow and immediately I thought of you and how often Henry crows throughout your video . It gave me a chuckle 🐓 🇨🇦🦩
Hahaha, if you only knew how many times I cut him out. You'd never hear the video if I left all the crows in. He definitely likes attention. Seems like every time I start talking, he's crowing, lol.
Your videos on hydrangeas has helped me a lot this year, thanks so much!
Glad to hear it! Thanks for hanging out here on the channel, Ranee, and enjoy your new plants!
Good morning to you Henry!!
This is exactly what I need! Thank you!!
You're so welcome!
Been looking forward to this video
Hi mate. Thanks for your video and the enthusiasm which you have. I have learnt so much from you over the years it's brilliant. I have the confidence now to try and root so many different types of plants thank you mate. You're a star
Really appreciate your support Joe and glad you're having success. Enjoy your spring mate!
Same Joe I love it
Loved this video. Exactly what I need to know
Working hard as always care of lovely plants though fall and winter, that beautiful video, Mike!😉👍🦋🥀⚘️🌷🪴
You're very welcome!
I absolutely LOVE my burning bush, it is gorgeous, and this winter when I prune it back, as you suggested, I will try to propigate it and make me some more. I love all of your videos and I go back and watch them over and over again and as I said before, my turkeys love you, they just stand and watch you. That is a complement cause they heard a man on my voicemail and tried to kill my phone. LOL. ANYWAY we love what you do,so keep it up. LOVE TO YOU AND THE FAMILY😊😊🤗🤗❤️❤️
Glad you're part of the family here Glenda, and happy to hear that your burning bush is doing so well!
Thanks for helping me on my plant propagation adventures 😊
My pleasure Sam
Greetings Mike... Its been a year on the propagation path with you. My success has been in roses and chrysanthemum. I have lavender and blue berries ready for pot up. And planning on trying dahlia next year.
That's so great to hear, Judy! I love when people are successful with this.
Thanks for this video. I was outside checking out my cuttings that have gotten acclimated to the outside and was thinking... what am I going to do with you soon? Thanks Mike! just in time for me!
Yep, time to start thinking about where you'll store them. Glad to help!
Finally got internet signal enough to watch the video since I got home. Very cool video always like the red Maple and burning bush kind of plants where they get all kinds of red on a tree looks cool.
He's back! I'm sure you're planning your next outing already.
@@MikeKincaid79 or 4 lol
Your trips are inspiring me to take more of them myself.
@@MikeKincaid79 life is short and kids being kids is even shorter. Short trips are away to get the kids unplugged lol and having fun in nature.
Thanks for showing me the link for this video help me out with my question.
No problem, glad to help.
Hey Mike. Had a guy give me a jon boat for some plants this week. Made a friend too. Gave him your info and think you will have another new follower too. He loves plants. Lost a lot of cuttings this year. We avg 20, days in 90s, this year about doubled that. Shade house is in the planning. Had shade cloth (70%) over hoop but still way to hot. Even with misting. Fishin is also in the planning... Have a great week end !
A boat for plants! Nice score, Dean. That'll be fun getting some fishing in this fall. I used to have a little 10 foot row boat that I put a trolling motor on but I sold it. I'd love to find another little boat that I could take my girls out in.
I've been busy, I'll have to go back and watch your last 4 videos. I'm a little bit behind on these. Watching this one, I think I will actually use our old 33 gallon fish tank to winter over some cuttings. Hydrangeas, burning bush and red twig dogwoods. All those parent plants really took a beating this summer from the lack of rain, the heat and wind, so I need to grow some cuttings...next spring. I'm confused, I mean confident. ☺️
Btw, those rose blooms are so gorgeous. 👍 Great job.
Thanks! I think I need to work on a video that will help people streamline their efforts and make all of this much easier, from rooting the cuttings, to acclimating them to less humidity, to growing them out in a safe spot and overwintering. Almost like setting up little stations and a turn key system side by side.
Mike, I haven't taken a single shrub cutting for propagation this year, and now it's too late in the year. I need to get my rear in gear and take lots of cuttings next spring and summer... because that propagating bug has bitten me, and I really miss doing that. I hope your sweet family has a wonderful Labor Day weekend! ~Margie🤗💐🦋
Get your rear in gear Margie! Hahaha. I love that. You take all the time you need and enjoy your fall this year.
Good morning Mike.
This video could not have come at a better time. I’m potting up my cuttings in pine bark finings for the winter and for drainage. Hopefully I won’t overwater them.
Once you hit freezing weather, you probably only have to "lightly" water them a couple times through the winter. Good luck with it Scott.
I got some of my roses to root also, so thanks for the assist.
Really cool! I've got another rose video coming out in a few weeks.
@@MikeKincaid79 I wanted to try my hand at rose propagation. I used to grow roses years ago, but haven't tried even growing any in several decades. I decided late one evening, so I went up to the grocery store and bought a dozen mixed roses. I cut the stems short for my use and gave the flower ends to my daughter's and kept the stem half to grow some new plants. So for the price of a dozen roses and some rooting hormone, I got the plants to grow them almost free.
That's so awesome to hear!
Good morning Mike! I love your show. What do you know about attracting monarch butterflys to your yard. Last summer or the summer before I planted 2 butterfly host plants. All this time I really had no clue. I read butterflys lay their eggs on this plant only. I also recently discovered that one of these many plants are not good to plant. It says they like full sun and also like to have other companion plants. I also understand better about puddling stations now. You are so well versed in many plant and shrub categories. Since there is a concern that Monarch Butterflies could become extinct due to all the construction, I read we can all help that even by doing our small part to to stop that from happening. Your presentations are so thorough I bet many people would enjoy a video of Monarch Butterflies. 🧚🏼♀️
I don't have experience with butterfly attracting plants in particular but it sounds like a neat subject to dive into.
Brother, again I am diggin this series. Very happy you’ve put this together in a single playlist/series.
Question I still have, how do I tell when it’s ok to take off the 2 liter bottle and let the plant fortify itself for winter? I guess at a certain point I just have to figure: if they got ‘em, they got ‘em. And find out come spring. But still curios if you’ve got a good rule of thumb.
I wait until I see roots coming out the bottom or to the edge of the pot. Also, if there's roots AND new growth coming off the top, then it's usually a sure bet that you're good to go. I'll be coming out with another of these videos in the coming weeks where I root a rose cutting and go over this acclimation thing again.
@@MikeKincaid79 hi again, I sure appreciate your videos. I'm in the same boat as Bald Yeti, I've got a beautiful cutting of a hydrangea that has shown a significant amount of top growth but still doing the "leave it on the north side of your house and covered with...well I'm using a clear plastic bag because my cutting is getting so tall...etc. method" I've learned from you. It's now about to get colder (I'm near you, so same climate) I'm really nervous about this one because it's a cutting I got on my last trip to Seaside Oregon with my dog who passed away a few months ago and I only have the one cutting, so it's already pretty sentimental and holds a lot of meaning to me so I really want to keep it alive. We have a plethora of hydrangeas in our garden (the cutting I have I'm referring to is from the same climate as it's parent hydrangea) that obviously come back year after year but because this cutting isn't in the ground, it's not getting the protection of the mature hydrangeas that are planted. Should I literally put some type of insulation around the pot? And when should I take the plastic bag off for good? We've had such a warm October, I still needed to have it covered but not sure how to transition it without shocking it. ***Oh and should I cut the new growth off the cutting that has grown? I could almost make another cutting from it, it's that tall...wondering if by cutting the new growth if it would help it survive...I probably should've asked you this a few months ago because the cutting is going to go dormant soon...but if I'm fortunate enough for you to be able to read this and reply, it's a question I'd love to know for the future. Thank you for all that you do to teach us. I wish I could share photos of all the incredible plants I've propagated because (and ONLY because) you are such an excellent teacher!
I have exter pvc pipes since my dad was a plumber and I think I'm going to use them to make a covering for where my garden spot is.
There ya go. Use what you've got. That's a great idea Loretta!
Nice video. I held off on taking any cuttings this year. I think we had at least 12 90+ degree days this year, and I was afraid of them getting cooked. I think there may still be time for a few grafts.
There's always something that can be rooted, grafted, or air layered no matter what time of year.
Thanks!
I’m moving overseas and renting my home out. At some point, I may have to sell, or the renters could destroy what I have built. It’s late in September, so I am going to try to follow your directions to propagate at a local friends house. This way I can get my favorite plants later. I have a plant my MIL bought for me years ago. She’s gone, but her memory lives on through the azalea.
Thanks so much for your support, Charity! It really means a lot. Good luck on your azalea propagation and enjoy your time oversees. I spent 6 months in Italy while in the Navy and it was such a beautiful and fun place to explore. I hope you get to spend some time there.
I've liked the tip I heard, cant remember if it was you... "water cuttings on major holidays in the winter, thanksgiving, xmas, valentines day." It helped remind me how little to water them
That's a good idea! I've mentioned fertilizing on Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, but not the watering on holidays thing.
Have you ever tried starting apple trees from cuttings. I’d like to give it a try with one of my honeycrisp trees, but not sure when to take cuttings. My figs are doing great. They just need homes. 😊
I haven't but I get asked that one a lot. I really want to devote some time and energy into working on that one. I'd be inclined to take the cuttings as hardwood cuttings in the late winter on bottom heat.
If my hydrangea cuttings don't survive I'll go back to the mother plant (again) and do some selective pruning next year.
I got a late start this year, won't try that again.
You can get them to root later but the overwintering part is the tough part cause they are more tender going into winter as you know. Love the hydrangeas. I think I'll be taking a ton of cuttings of the lace cap next summer.
Getting back to your roots finally, Rooster in the background, early Saturday morning instead so I can have coffee and watch. It must be Fall and all is getting back to Well in the world. But I can still grow Mums better than you lol.
You sure can, lol
I lost about all 15 off my rooted fig cuttings last winter, although I had about 9 in an unheated parkade where the temp never went below 8 C and another 7 or so at work in an unheated room next to the roof where it never went below 12 C but all died. I only watered them occasionally but maybe even that was too much moisture
Water em like 3 times in the winter I've heard, major holidays only. Bummer :/ what kind of medium were you using? What would you do differently you think, any ideas so I can avoid it haha
This worries me
You lost fig cuttings in 8c and 12c temps. Something else is wrong then, unfortunately. Mine handle temps down to -11c some years.
@@MikeKincaid79 I have Chicago as well as some mulberry I’d like to winter in my unheated garage.
Husband thinks the temp could go to 10-20 degrees. Do you think that would be ok?
I have plants rated for zone 5 but I’m in zone 4.
It's hard for me to say what plants will and won't survive your winter conditions as each different region and zone are different and I don't have experience with zone 4. I can say that there are many people who successfully grow figs in Canada. They have different techniques for overwintering but they grow them and fruit them every year. So it can be done in colder areas but you may have to choose certain varieties and adjust winter protection accordingly.
Now that I have started some hydrangeas in sand and they are rooting should I pot them in potting mix so I can keep them over winter. I am in zone 7.
Mike, I love your videos! They are so informative and helpful. I have 3 beautiful Wigelas and a hydrangea that I’m going to try propagating. I’ve also planted a lot of creeping phlox and I’ve seen that’s it’s good to trim them after they bloom to keep them from getting leggy. How would you do that with a mass of them? I can’t do them all by hand with shears.
Do you have a hedging tool? That would do it. Also, here's a video about weigelas if you're interested: czcams.com/video/uFaCpXRy_mw/video.html
I planted 36 Wigela cuttings on May 30th. Now we will see how it goes. I followed your instructions to a tee!
Could you make a video how to propagate and plant ornamental grass?
Sure. I've thought about that one for a few years but haven't gotten around to it yet. Grasses are propagated through division, like hosta.
He Mike, have you got a top 5 tips video for growing Rhody’s. ? I’ve moved mine again last week and tried to improve my soil and light location to a little less sun. I’m a zone 6b in Ky with mainly clay soil.
Nope, but it's on the list now. Thanks!
When would be best time to plant cuttings (shrubs like Azaleas and camelia's) in the ground? We live in north Georgia, so we usally plant in mid September or so, but wasn't sure if would be better to try to plant in ground during April or so o would it be better to try to keep in pot's thru the spring and summer and plant in ground during Fall...sorry I just don't have much experience with keeping potted plants long term...thanks! Just subbed!
Can I make a request for a video? Can you do one about dealing with suckers on knock out roses? Mine have suckered that have about taken over the plant. And they don't bloom anymore because of the suckers.
As many positives that there are, that's the one downside to grafted plants that I don't like. They sucker. The only real option that I know of is to continually cut off the suckers and keep them in check. Every year, my apple and pear trees sucker from the root stock and I have to prune them back again. It's due, in part, to heavily pruning the grafted rose above the root stock. That forces the root stock to sucker. So you could allow the grafted portion to grow much bigger and not heavily prune it. Then the energy will go into that growth that you want and not the root stock. Of course, then you'd have a huge rose bush that you may not want. I'll have to put my mind to a video.
@@MikeKincaid79 I don't mind a huge rose bush. As long as it flowers. Right now, it's just a bunch of huge stocks with thorns. And not much to look at.
Question! I have a hydrangea tip cutting that I took in August. It's rooting, but very very slowly. It's only about 3 inches tall and starting to grow a flower bud. First of all, should I cut the flower off? Second, do you think I should overwinter it in the garage instead of under the frost cloth with some other plants? It still seems so tender and fragile but I might be over thinking it.
Hey Mike I've got a few Rhododendron cuttings that I have babied for the past few months, they are finally growing little root nubs (in water) just barely visible on the stems, but are looking good! I live in Pennsylvania. I am really worried about how can I get these through the winter? By the time they grow sizeable roots it will be too cold to pot them up and acclimate them outside
I have a completely different system for propagating rhododendrons successfully. I use a frame outdoors and a good draining medium. Bottom heat is almost a necessity through the first winter. I've got several videos about it here and on my website.
BUT…your unheated shed and hoophouse, only gets as cold as your zone gets. This would not work here in zone zone 5 b. How do the roots of your fig trees survive if the roots freeze “ hard as a rock”??
You would need to grow figs that are hardy to zone 5, for sure sister. Or You would need to overwinter in a heated structure for plants rated for zone 6+
I have a heated attached garage that I have found works. I keep the garage at 45F, and ensure the heater doesn’t blow direct hot dry air on them. Seems to work up here in my Zone 4 area
I don't know but they do. I have a couple videos on here of me going out in the winter and knocking on the frozen potting soil in the pots just to show that they freeze hard as a rock. Every spring, they emerge victorious. Like I said, it's usually the harsh winds that strip the moisture away from the plants that is the problem, not the cold. Of course, like you mentioned, different plants for different zones.
My bet is the snow load would help protect them, we burry our well to help it from freezing eh
I've heard that a lot. When the snow comes down and stays on the ground, it provides a protective layer. I can get onboard with that idea. Our problem here is that we are on the edge of freezing, all winter long. We get such a mixture of rain, snow, freeze, thaw cycles that there's no good protection from all the elements.
Hey Mike, I know you keep an orchard. What is the last time you would add some slow release fertilizer, around the soil? Would late summer or early fall feeding be advisable? Thanks for you help;.
The only trees I fertilize in the orchard are my figs and I only fertilize them in the spring.
Hi,
First I want to say Thank you for all you are doing and for really breaking down how to do all this.
My question is about ants. I love in Springtown Texas. Super hot and this year the fire ants have been crazy. They keep going after my plants. I was wondering if you have ever felt with them getting into your tote?
Thank you again.
I've never had ants get into my totes or other propagation frames but I have had them attack landscape plants. I use a granular ant killer out in the landscape beds, when I see a problem, but it doesn't happen very frequently. I don't use chemicals in my edible areas and just let nature take its course.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you for replying. I will try what you are doing.
Is there a way to search previous comments and answers? I want to know what medium your newly rooted cuttings are in for winter. I currently have them in coconut mulch
That will work. I have mine in the finely ground fir tree bark because it's a cheap and easily accessible potting soil for me. Here's a video about it: czcams.com/video/RSPLOLNXTD4/video.html
Can you do a video about copyrights when it comes to propagating and selling plants? ie How to know what plants have copyrights,etc.
I'll put my mind to it.
Do you have any sugjestions for an afordable grow light for indoor wintering of a lemon tree in a 4B zone?
I like the ViparSpectra XS1000 for just a small number of plants. I also really like the Optic 1 50 watt COB LED lights. Fluorescent lights will work if money is an issue.
@@MikeKincaid79 your awesome mike! Thank you so much!!
Does the Playlist include overwinter of dormant perennials such as Salvia, Abelia, etc?
No, but that's a good idea for a future video to add to the playlist. Thanks!
I'm rooting my cuttings in sand. Will they be OK through the winter in my shed or should I go ahead & get them into a potting mix? (DFW, TX)
They'll be fine in a shed. I did a recent video about this: czcams.com/video/FcuNJREgOak/video.html
Hello I have a question - a bit random. When propagating cuttings, you recommend placing them on the north side where there are plenty of sky light but no direct sunlight. What about placing them in someplace similar to your hoop house? I have a shed with plastic sheets on top so I get about the same intensity of light you have in your hoop house. Do you think that would be plenty? Or is it a bit less? This is my first time propagating and just in case, I’ve also got more cuttings placed outside under direct sky light (without sunlight offcourse) anyway.
Thanks
I'm sure that would work. I root cuttings in my hoop house sometimes and they do just fine. If it's in the middle of summer, it gets a little hot in there so I use the north side of a building.
Are you talking about cuttings of deciduous plants specifically? Evergreens need some light in the winter don''t they?
I'm talking about all plants but this is a great idea for a video experiment.
So, will this work with all plants thru the winter? I am in South Arkansas, so there's not much snow?
It will work with plants that are naturally cold hardy to your area.
Hi Mike, if the cuttings are in a plastic tote, do you remove the lid in the garage or keep it on thanks
Keep it on but cracked for some air flow.
@@MikeKincaid79 you’re the best thanks
Hey Mike I planted some rose cuttings this year with about 80% success. Just a quick (silly) question - it's been a couple of months since planting the cuttings and on some cuttings the buds are swelling and on one of them new growth is forming. At what point would it be suitable to transfer to their more permanent location? It's an odd kind of container that I'm growing them in lol so it's difficult to check for roots through the bottom holes. I'm too scared to pull them out to check!
I don't like to disturb the roots at this time of year. I much prefer planting in the spring so that the roots have all growing season to get established.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks so much for replying, my dad gave the same advice! 😄
See, your Dad is a smart man. You should trust his opinion more, haha.
Do you ever do lilacs
Not in a few years. I use to have a bunch of lilacs growing in the hoop house. They are just too easy to multiply by digging up suckers and so that's what I do. You can propagate them by root cuttings and some people even get cuttings of branches to root.
Can I winterize plants in basement?
Yes, you sure can
What growing zone are you in?
8b
Yo, nieto, what's winter? ! Just kidding. Ever 3 or 4 years, we actually get snow. Man, listen to little kids crying when they see it. Give them a few minutes and they're making snowballs and fighting it out. Oracle, ouch. We get a 1/4 inch rain, they're getting 10 in snow. 1,000 feet higher and they get better rain in the monsoons, too. May it rain!
Haha, someday I'm going to move to a place where it doesn't get below freezing.
@@MikeKincaid79 what day are you calling for first frost this year? 53 last night brrrr
@@MikeKincaid79 Every year my poor chilis get blasted. But, be warned. If you ever read Pitcairn's Island, they talk about poor grampa and how he suffers from the cold when it gets below 70 F :)
The worst part about Mike's videos is when they
end UGH
LOL, thanks for your support. More videos to come!
Where is 1 and 2 and whybis there a Joe Rogan video in the propagation Playlist??? Lol
I've got a playlist of these videos as well, where you can find them in one place. The Joe Rogan thing is funny. I actually got the idea for the thumbnails from his videos, haha.