Propagating Softwood Cuttings of Hydrangea | Rooting Cuttings Earlier in the Summer
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- Finally did some softwood cuttings of hydrangea and rooting these cuttings earlier in the summer made all the difference. I did have a little accident along the way and cooked the cuttings but we made up for it by misting and venting the propagation tote. In the end, everything worked out and we ended up with 7 beautiful new hydrangea plants.
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I think the 2 most important concepts you put out in this video are 1) Gardening always includes EXPERIMENTATION, that there's no one size fits all method for each plant each year, there are tons of uncontrollable variables in soil, cutting stock, and weather temperatures. 2) that as gardeners we need to be ADAPTABLE to the variables, even if you bonehead, er absent mindedly, cook your hydrangeas you might get a few survivers if you change up your actions and reactions. Thanks for sharing your successes and well, failures.
What a perfect synopsis of the video! I couldn't have said it better and that's exactly what I'm hoping people get out of this video! I'm pinning this comment.
When do you plant your propagated plants if cuttings are taken in mid June?
@@suemantha7736 I hope he answers that question, because I was going to ask the same thing. I also wish I knew what zone he is in. I'm in zone 9 - not just 90 degrees, try 100! When to plant or can I wait until spring? Would love to know. I took my cuttings (from my Oregon's son's plant) in June as well. Now it is Aug, they look fine, but not near as great as Mike's are!
I am finally moving to a zone 8 i can't wait to grow awsome flowers plants and of course vegetables
I have to keep watching these, today I was busy, propagated 3 kinds of hydrangeas, 2 kinds of roses, 1 bush that looks like a rose but has no thorns, a tree that has a flower that looks like a huge rose, weeping cherry, wondering jew, and a mulberry tree. Now I'm tired but not to tired to watch you and your wife 👌 😎
Wow, sounds like you've got your work cut out for you. Glad you can relax to some of these videos.
I absolutely love the fact that you always show the end result, you show people that what you did worked or failed,or mice got into the project, you share it all. Sometimes it looks the same right up to the last thing and that last little detail is different from the last project and if you do that wrong, it fails. So I follow you 100 percent of the time all the way through. 😊😊😊
Thanks so much Glenda. I really appreciate your support. You’re rose is blooming beautifully now with multiple blooms.
Your rooster is cute and doesn't bother, in fact it is like your music in the background, don't mind it, we love it!
Thanks, Magg!
I use an old screwdriver to jab a deep enough hole in the potting mix beforehand, so that the cuttings just go right in without having to force them. This also helps to keep the rooting hormone in place without coming off. 🌱
Sounds like you've got a good dibbler there.
I use a pencil or a rain gutter spike.
I rooted 15 like you said and 15 rooted! Thanks for the pointers!
You're welcome, Andrew, glad to help!
I'm a little new to all of these terms I'm just getting into hydrangeas could you please explain what rooting means
And also what is propagating mean
@@Patricia-uu6wo grows roots on the stem so that you can plant it.
I "clear storage bin" cuttings in clear disposable drinking cups here in Florida. Works well and the bonus, you can see the roots thru the clear plastic drinking cups. Clip bottom edges for drainage. Must be careful not to over do watering. Humidity in clear storage container with minimum additional moisture will do the trick. Over water and you risk mildew. I have had good success with all types of plants. Cutting below node, applying root tone and using rooting material to plant in, as well as all mentioned instructions above can't be beat. Do set clear bin out of direct sun light.
I took 3 different kinds of cuttings of hydrangeas earlier in the year and I took another one today of a friend of mine that passed away, so I can keep her close to me. I really can't get over how much you are helping me with everything in my life. THANK YOU!!!!! 😊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗😀😀😀😀😀
You're a sweetheart, Glenda. Have fun in your garden!
My wife LOVES hydrangeas and has 4 nice plants to take cuttings from. So I am off to the store in the morning for rooting hormone for them as well as 3 rose plants I want to propagate (using your 2 litre bottle method!).
Will be over 100 so I may have to adapt the bin and lid , but no guts no hydrangeas!
Have a big weekend coming up.
Sounds awesome, Phil! Gotta keep your wife happy.
Ok, got my cuttings today! They're gonna be window sill pots eventually.
Good luck and let us know how they turn out.
Just ran into your videos, and I truly love them, appreciate your passion for gardening and wanting to share in an entertaining, informative way. Thanks.
Thanks so much for your support!
CZcams recommended you and I'm one happy flower 🌺.
Been binge watching past videos and learning so much , great explanation, great pictures and I actually understand what your showing us.
Stay safe stay well.
Awesome! Thank you and enjoy the videos, Karen!
Welcome to the addiction. I started with five hydrangeas last month after finding this channel. This past weekend I planted close to 100 cuttings
jessica daniels wow , I totally understand, I live in a flat and planning on taking over my In Laws garden as soon as lockdown is lifted, so excited already planning my project stay safe stay well
@@jessicaferguson4518 WOW
I love how you answer all my questions without me ever asking ! Honors to you brother
Awesome, glad to hear it, I guess I'm doing something right, haha.
Wow they look great!
Love your technique and your so specific on everything. Trail and error is the only way to go sometimes. Looking forward to you next video.
Thanks Ralph. My aim is to give as much detail as possible.
I worked with a small nursery in S.C. USA, in middle & High school years & he never sealed them. He put them in green hose in the fall. In spring & summer none were sealed, they were under the shade tree & yes he had to water at least once a week. Rooted over 1500 cutting a year. Mostly azelea & hollys.
THANKS, MIKE.
A friend that lives in Wahiawa, Hawaii, gave me the healthiest hydrangea branches I have ever seen! Was able to make 6 cuttings, 3 were soft tips. 🤞 that some will take.
fingers crossed!
@@MikeKincaid79 they rooted, and are growing really well with huge leaves! Hoping to see them bloom in the spring! Thank you, you're just awesome!
Plants growth is very well
Johnny: "tell them about my feathers." "Show them my feathers" "I have fans that want to see me."
That's all he wants, attention!
I'd love to have a look at the little guy! 📣🐓👏
Me too 🤣😊
great video. I cut two big branches off a half dead hydrangea on a building site (had to do it quickly before the builders saw me). Chopped them into a combination of 12 hardwood and softwood cuttings, put them all together straight into some good potting mix. Two months later nine of them have rooted. And I didn't even use rooting powder!
Awesome David! I'll bet they would have given the cuttings to you though, lol.
@@MikeKincaid79 LOL not necessarily!!
Wow, its beautiful
Hi Mike, it’s June the 16th today I’ve been waiting for the day because that’s the day you did this . I have just done this Thankyou.
That's awesome, Joe! Cool to see the videos come full circle and you able to use the info at the right time.
Humidity creation is great idea for most propagation....Great trick.
Yep, that's the only way to go for softwood cuttings!
An one even flowered 💕love this
Glad you enjoyed it, Tracy!
In this tropical Africa, thanks for seeing you people using saw dust.
It's fine example for me & my son
To always use sawdust even to retain moisture
We always forget its good.
Saw dust is a great mulch!
Thanks for those reminders
We just can depend on our home made
Compost I am again going to collect some good
amount of Sawdust in this Dry season
Wow!!!! I don't know how to thank you mike.... this video came exactly when I need it because I was planning to take cutting from my hydrangeas from last couple of days but I was little bit hesitating how to take cuttings .... now tomorrow early in the morning I will start the process... and by the way I have watch rest of the video, right now I am at 56 seconds, I thought first to thank you and write a comment. Thanks again.
And please tell me why my some old hydrangeas leafs have started to turn yellow, I mean new growth is comming yellow.... please help
Glad the video reached you at the right time and thanks for the nice comment! The yellow leaves sound like you need more nitrogen in the soil. Pour some urine on the roots and it will fix the problem.
Greg Marquis@ Yes!
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Great , will give it a try.
Thank you Mike I've learned so much from your video posts.
So glad to hear it, Penny.
Lovely video. Very informative. Turgid has a soft g
....."nobody's perfect not even me." I knew what u meant tho lol. Great vid!!
😁
You are the person that has gotten me into propagating. Right now i am propagating pears, figs, lemon and lime, sweetgum, and honey suckle. the figs are taking great but the citrus is not really doing anything.
Awesome! Glad to introduce you to all the fun! I know a lot of people air layer citrus and that may be the way to do it but I don't have a lot of experience with citrus. I'd start with air layering.
How can you give a thumbs down to this? Awesome video again Mike. Thanks for sharing! Keep them coming!
Awwww, thanks Melissa! There's always a few bad apples in every bunch. 😜 To boost my own ego, I just assume they hit the wrong button, haha.
@@MikeKincaid79 jealous, what else could it be?! Rotten apples! LOL Love your videos and your awesome personality Mike!
Great job! I love it! I am looking forward to my cuttings rooting too. I had the same thing happen to me with the sun but I tried again and they look good. Thanks for the info.
You're welcome. Glad your cuttings are doing good!
Thanks! I run out to check them after watching your video. They are doing fine. The ones whose leaves were sun damaged I took the leaves off. They seem to be doing ok and I see some formation of leaves coming. It is going to rain tomorrow and I am inspired to plant some more cuttings. Have a great weekend! By the way, have you propagated roses?
I've propagated roses in the past but stopped keeping them here because the deer like to munch on them. I need to do some video on roses!
Your methods of propagation are super-extrodinary - THANKS
I followed your instructions from a previous video, using primarily climbing hydrangeas and a few 'standard hydrangeas'.
Following your instructions I had 100% success (3 tubs full) of very FAST and VIGOROUS root and NEW leaf growth.
This is quite a change of success from my former 'tubless' methods.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!!! ;-)
FWIW - I had ONE cutting develop a white surface 'fuzz', immediately isolated it from the others .... still growing and no infection on the others.
Thanks for the nice comment. The "fuzz" is probably a mold/fungus and I would probably remove that cutting from the bin.
Yup! its now (still) growing vigorously in its very own 'tote'. I wiped off the 'fuzz'; and so far no return. Thanks.
Ive been doing mostly climbing hydrangeas and a few 'normal' hydrangeas .. with apparent 100% success. I may have had TOO much (visible) water in the bottom of my 'tote'; hence the mold growth.
My rhododendrons are getting visibly 'nervous' in anticipation of 'next year'.
BTW - My tote is located on the NORTH side of my house and is further protected from the NW setting sun at the end of the daylight of high summer, so the tote doesnt overheat.
.... and. ...... THANK YOU !!!!
Love your videos so much information!!!
So glad, thanks Ellie!
Your videos are awesome!!!!!
Thanks, Namyi, you're pretty awesome too!
Great video. My father had a couple big beautiful Hydrangeas that he had started from cuttings many years ago. I'm going to propagate some cuttings this spring in his memory.
That's great! Keep the memory alive!
Love the videos keep it up
Thanks!
I have kelp a screen over mine, and I've seen some new leaves so for, and are staying moist; I took the cuttings 06-17-19, so I'm hoping for lots of ROOTS. I just hope I don't let them dry out. I've got them in the clear tote with the screen on top setting on the front porch no direct sun, but lots of light. My first time doing this. Thanks bunches for your channel.
How did everything go?
My neighbour has got one in a pot it was literally dying i have been watering it its come bsck lovely im going to get a clipping from it thank you for letting me know i can get a clipping of it i lve hydrangeas always have
Good luck and have fun.
Thanks for sharing, keep it up.
Thank you, Grace, I will!
Great information! It’s the middle of July but I am going to try a couple anyway 🤔
You should do well, still plenty of growing to do and plenty of warm weather!
oh hansom man!!
Another great video . It's all about trial and error . All i had at my disposal was a light pink see through tote and i took a chance and put rose cuttings in it . The sun got through the light pink plastic and worked . I got 3 more of those pink tote's full of junk in the shed and i'm going to try hydrangea cuttings in them next year . I can sell them at a car boot sale if it works because my garden will only have room for one Hydrangea bush .
Time to clean the junk out of them totes and get to propagating!
Right on Mike !
Cooking with Mike lol! Great video Mike, would like to see a video on propagating hydrangea paniculata or viburnums. Oh and that music was hilarious.
I love viburnums. I've got a double file viburnum that I could take cuttings of next spring. Let's add it to the list!
Great stuff, looking forward to it.
Get roots on those hydrangea way quicker with softwood cuttings!
Well.... I took an entire branch and rooted it all! lol
what if the cutting I'm taking is hardwood? Maybe scrape off the hardwood in strips at the bottom beside the nodes? And when did you put these in the ground or did you keep them in greenhouse?
Your videos are incredible. I am learning so much. I cant wait to try this.
Thanks, Tony! Glad you're learning from them.
I have been a certified master gardener for about 4 years now, but your instructional videos have totally taken me to another level! Thanks again and I so happy to have found you!
Wow, now that's an amazing comment! I'm honored that you feel that way. Thanks and do you mind if I use the comment as a testimonial on my website?
Not at all! feel free to quote me or I would be more than willing to give you more as I continue to perform the techniques. It is my pleasure to support you. I am also on the East Coast, USA :-)
Awesome! I really appreciate it Tony. I'd love to make it over to the East coast one of these years. You guys have such beautiful fall colors that we just don't get over here.
Thank you!
I only fertilize after the cuttings have fully rooted. I've got a video about the fertilizer. Just do a search with my name and fertilizer and you should find it.
Mike Kincaid thank you!
Hi Mike. Great video. This is the second time that I watched this video. I can't believe how much I forgot from the first time that I watched it. I was 100% fail with my first batch of cuttings. My main fault was I didn't check on them often enough. Then I had them sit in water. I hope I have better luck with my next batch. Do you have any videos on propagating Hibiscus plants? I would love to do that. They are beautiful flowers. Great the great lessons coming.
Thanks Andy! I don't have any hibiscus videos but I love them too. I'll have to keep that one in mind.
Always..👍
I can't wait for early summer to come so I can follow along Mike and make more great hydrangeas. it's still winter here but spring is in the air. Can you be persuaded to do a video on propagating camellias Mike?
Absolutely! I'd love to add some to what I have around here. Rhododendrons will always hold a place in my heart but as I get further into this my ideas are "evolving" and I'm wanting diversify my landscaping a lot more. Excited for you guys to head into spring!
Mike, thanks for doing these videos. I have learned a lot watching. I have been doing different kind of cuttings and I have good success with hydrangea and willow etc but I still have had no luck with getting smoke tree cuttings to root. Could you do a video on smoke tree cuttings and give me some tips? I really love smoke trees and want to get some started.
I think you'll have better luck with them as hardwood cuttings on bottom heat.
I use a wooden dowel to make holes first that way you will not remove the rooting hormone not snap the stem either...
Mike this toat method of propagating plants has been a game changer for me, I just set it and forget it as opposed to constantly misting.
Thank you and God bless you.
Awesome, Michael, glad to hear it's working for you!
Thanks Mike , will see what’s ready and need to give some thought to bottom heat ??? . How about on top of a radiator indoors ?
Absolutely, that will work great as long as you can keep the temp in the soil between 70 and 80 degrees. You can raise or lower your tote for temp control.
Bro you're awesome you like the farmer version of Robin Thicke 😎
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Wish I had this info last summer. I was clipping hydrangeas everywhere I saw them. Lol, I finally realized you just cant stick cuttings in the dirt & expect instant plants 😕. I am watching all I can on propagating cuttings so I can actually extend what I already have. Hydrangeas are one of my favorite plants. Depending on what zone you are in, I'm in 8A you might need to start them a little earlier if you have super hot summers. Great video, new subbie!
Thanks for subbing and have fun learning from the videos! Spring is just around the corner.
Hi Mike, I took some cutting from Daphne but left the top leaves on, Is it the right way or do I have to cut the leaves.london UK. Thanks
GT information and update question do you take the lead or top out when you do your cuttings thanks for your time 🐞🐦👍👍👍
With this material and plant you can take a 3 foot branch and cut it up into several cuttings, doesn't have to be the very top, but with some plants like rhododendrons you've got to take just the top.
I have watch several of you videos. I really enjoy them. You are great, informative and pleasant to listen to, as is Jonny.
??? what is the soil mixture you root in. It looks like wood chips to me. Thank you so much for making these videos.
You're welcome, and thanks for watching them!
What is the dirt mixture you use for your plants when you start? And when can you report to a bigger pot and then when can I plant them in the ground?
I have used the root start on a leaf of a hydrangeas that broke from the joint n it has rooted. I'm in zone 8a Florida
Awesome!
I'm in Ireland, I take cuttings every year in September. Yea lost some, but I've given away so many. Would love to see your take on Rodedendrons. Probably spelt wrong 😄😂💚
I've got many videos on rhododendrons, just search my channel.
Hydrangeas are not the Only plans
We have huge lots of plants no sales
It's Difficult
We pray for Buyers.
Have you tried Ebay?
3 years ago my daughter gave me a hydrangea for mothers day (1 bloom, blue), 2 years ago no blooms (think I pruned wrong and cut off buds), last year 1 blue bloom then I fertilized with hollytone for blue blooms, this year the blooms are PINK! Funny how things grow!
Sure is, haha
Past year is a difficult year, up till now there are no sales in 2021
We look up to Seeing plant lovers
Come to the Garden, we pray.
Make sure to advertise. Hang signs, get on Facebook Marketplace, etc.
Your videos are great and give great confidence for those like me who have never done this. Question: last year I was able to get great results from propagation. However, I wasn’t sure what to do with the young plants over winter. One vid (not yours) said to put in garage over winter. I did that and they all died. I have no Woods, burning bush, hydrangeas, and others currently propagating. What should I do with them over winter assuming they root. I don’t have a greenhouse. I do have widows that get full sun all winter. Thanks.
If they're cold hardy to your area then they should be just fine outside as long as you protect them from drying winter winds. Check out this video: czcams.com/video/wSIb8XuO5is/video.html Otherwise, I know there's concern for some varieties and so I'm working on a video about what to do with them. Garages work ok but you've got to protect the roots by planting in a bigger pot or healing them in.
Hello Mike, love watching your videos. I have a question, I accidentally broke a branch from my Ruby Slippers oakleaf hydrangea, would I root it like the ones you’ve done here or is there a different method for them?
Same method, Diana!
What kind of soil or whatever that is, do you use???
How about telling us or showing us how to care for them after you have added them into the tote
Yes ma'am!
Yes! I have some in a tote now and they have roots...Now what?! lol I didn't know if it's okay to open them up and just pot them into something bigger or if I should slowly get them used to less humidity??...
@@jessicahancock9892 me too- couple of leaves falling off now-are they ready to pot?
@@jessicahancock9892 did you get an answer . .. that's where i am. I think im supposed to put them into a small pot. 😕
@@catsrus-es9eu i didn't🤷
love your video's, giving it a try with mine..will let you know how I fare.
Please do!
Hi again Mike, would I be able to divide my Primula drumstick or is it to early. Tried rose cuttings, didn’t work, will try again spring.
Samuel
Glasgow
I like to do my divisions in the late winter when I see the first tips of new growth coming up out of the soil. That way, they will quickly recover and have all summer to get established and grow.
Just watch this video again Mike. What was the medium you put into the pots? It looks like mulch... Love your videos and information
Yes, just fir bark mulch.
@@MikeKincaid79 thank you :-)
This video was super helpful! You may have already answered this but when should I plant them in the ground? I did my propagation late spring, they are growing and rooting. So should I wait till next spring or can I put them in ground now?
You can put them in the ground now and should have plenty of warmth left to get good roots established. I made some videos about overwintering rooted cuttings last fall.
Hi Mike, I was wondering if I can root my hydrangea cutting in seed starting mix? I tried it in potting mix with no luck. Thanks, Cindi
Yes but it tends to be more fine so you want to make sure it is just lightly moist and not wet. Also, Don't compact it too much. You want to allow air to get down to the stem.
Him yelling every time you post is so equivalent to my cat jumping in every single video that I make 🤣
Dang rooster
can you use the potatoes to propagate the hydrangeas? if so how do you do it that way?
I started some rose cuttings this summer and they seem to be doing good but my question is what do i do with them for the winter, don't have greenhouse or garage but i do have a crawl space which is dark, zone 5 Okanogan bc
A crawl space would work great! Just leave the roses out until you get your first freeze (so they can harden off) and then place them under the house.
I really appreciate the detail and effort you put into this video. Its a great help for newbie propagators like myself. Just a quick question, once the hydrangea has rooted and continues to grow where should they be kept until spring? I dont have a greenhouse so would they have to be kept indoors over winter?
There are multiple things you can do. You really don't need a greenhouse as long as you're working with plants that are cold hardy to your location. I have a playlist of videos about overwintering rooted cuttings if you're interested: czcams.com/play/PLpmpssr45yfMtl3yav-vy1qGsTDdTVWSl.html
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks Mike 😊
Hi Mike. How's it going. Love your video's, keep them coming. Got a variety of hydrangea's and rhododendron's plus other plants. I have a green hydrangea, it's leggy and was wondering will I be able to take cuttings from it.
I have taken two photo's for you to look at and tell me if I can.
Tried to find you on FB. I now can see your FB page. will send the photo's there if it accepts them.
Thank you.
Danny.
I think I found your pics and answered there.
My favorite bush hydrangeas I am learning a lot from you mike but wondering how a person tells if they have the kind that blooms on new wood or old wood I mean the ones I got in the past not the ones in the stores with tags or does the tags even say if new or old wood
The tags probably don't say but with you're older varieties you'll just have to watch them for a year.
Thanks for the video. I want to take some cuttings from my small hydrangea, but someone told that I should wait untill the plant is at least 3y old. Sounds weird to me. Is that true?
No that's not true. In fact, the younger the plant, they more likely it is to root.
love hydrangas how long does it take to flower
You can see in the video that one of my cuttings is flowering so it doesn't take long at all!
😊
I have not seen this video, just popped from recommended and I had just cut my hydrangea this morning. I am in the Philippines right now and it's really hot summer here now, March - April. I cut mine with an inch of hard wood and most of it is soft. I used Aloe Vera for rooting hormone. I hope I did right. Wish me luck!
Good luck!
How'd it go Kage Krôss?
I just started watching your videos, I like them, I do have a question I received a pink Hydrangea for mother's day it's now almost the middle of June. I'd like to try to take some cuttings. The plant was in full bloom when I got it. The flowers are starting to die. Can I still take the cuttings or should I wait till next spring, early summer? I thought if I took the cuttings with the blooms on it then I'm taking next years flowers. Thanks!
You can take the cuttings right now. Just cut the spent flowers off.
Loved it!!!! Never too many hydrangea videos!
Thanks Grace!
Good information. I have successfully propagating 10+ hydrangea cuttings. Thank You. Question: When do I move the propagating cuttings to dirt in the garden?
I like to wait until the following spring. Protect them through the winter.
I've heard you can use honey for the rooting hormone. What are your thoughts on that?
A lot of people do. I've tried it and definitely get better results with rooting hormone.
i took my first cutting to propagate, i bought clone ex years ago ive always wanted to. watching your videos gave me the urge again, anyway when i got home to day some how a whole stem from my pinky winky hydrangea was laying on the ground and well we will see!
You can do it!
I live in Rhode Island. Can I put these directly into the soil now that they have rooted???
Yes, absolutely, and now they have all summer to grow strong roots and get well established in the soil.
Mike, you posted this just in time for me. An hour ago, I took some cuttings off a white-blooming hydrangea in an old cemetery.
I "paid" for them by picking up trash some low-life tossed out of his or her car window into the cemetery (always tacky behavior, but into a cemetery? Yuck). I also took cuttings without blooms from the interior of the plant. Some are hardwood, some are pretty soft. I'll treat them the same, stick them in a tote, and see how it goes.
If they all just go blooey, I'll go back and get more in the spring and not feel bad about it.
You never know, they may root!
I think the heat is getting to you ... lol
I think you're right, Jan!
Just started watching your videos and now I eye every good looking shrub and flower I see. My problem is, what am I going to do with all of these plants?
LOL, you've definitely caught the propagation bug!
What to do with all the plants? Spread joy! My Hydrangea is 5 feet tall....8 feet wide ....4 feet deep. It is in full MacroBlueBloom every June! When a hard Summer rain pounds it down and some branches cannot recover or heavy bottom blooms get within a foot of the ground I cut a piece about 18 inches ....top 10 with bloom goes in vase and the other piece I stick in ground at sides near dripline no hormone....no nothing. I forget them til following Spring when the leaves come out. I wait til about mid June and shovel them up with a good root ball....and pot them to give to neighbors who oooooh and ahhhhhh over my gorgeous blue flowers. People have taken them home via email planes, trains and automobiles and now I get pics of joy I spread! Just yesterday I left one at the end of the drive(social distance style) for a friend of a friend of a neighbor!!!
THANKS MIKE......ur Jimmy Stewart in Its A Wonderful Life.
You have no idea the lives u have touched thank u for that first Hydrangea video. It changed my life and many others! 🥰🤗🥰
@@MikeKincaid79 Hey Mike I rambled into a thank u responding here....please check it out!
When you're rooting them in the winter where do you keep them l live Ontario it's very cold and l dont have a green house please tell
I have several videos about 'overwintering rooted cuttings'. Just type that into the CZcams browser and they should all pop up!
Mike, I rooted my hydrangea cuttings that I took in June. They are still in their tote. Do I take them out of the tote to acclimate them to the outside world before I put them in the ground for the winter? I am going to leave them in their pots in the ground. Do I transplant them now? Fertilize them?
Yes, acclimate them now. I like to use a liquid fertilizer to give them a boost. Don't use slow release now or it will be feeding them while they are trying to go dormant.
i noticed on the older videos you trimmed the leaves but not on this one. Which way is best?
I trim the leaves when I take hundreds of cuttings, to save room in the frame, increase air flow around the cuttings, decrease moisture loss from the cuttings.
Can i do this (inside) over the winter when i trim back the plant?
You’ll get better results as softwood cuttings in the summer, but hardwood cuttings will root.
Hi Mike I love watching your video's. Can I propagate them in water instead?
There are many plants that can be propagated in water but I've never tried hydrangea. Sounds like a fun experiment.
I am about 6 weeks post propagating some climatis cuttings. 4 of the 12 are still green the others have died. Do you think it is safe to remove the humidity dome? How can I safely check for rooting?
All you can do now is wait and see. If it's been 6 weeks and some are still green then you can probably start cracking the lid slowly over about a week's time and acclimate the cuttings to lower humidity. The roots will come on faster as you do that.