Taking Cuttings in Winter for Propagation
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- Very soon we'll have a cold front move our way that is bring some severe cold and even SNOW! Before that happens though I wanted to take a few cuttings and hopefully dodge the cold snap in case it proves to be damaging to the tender foliage. I took cuttings of boxwood, camellia, Densiformis yew, and a Viburnum.
Last year (2022) we had a severe drop in temperatures that decimated many of the landscape plantings in our area. By taking cuttings now and storing them in a cool place (like a refrigerator) I'm hopefully going to be able to stick the cuttings once the cold front has moved out.
There may not be anything to worry about but I'm not taking any chances!
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I have some taxus baccata in the garden, the wood is really nice to work with besides the fact that taxus is always green.
Deer love yew! I planted a hedge and they got it down to the trunks. I would not advise yew as deer safe
My experience has been different. In 15 years they have never bothered these 'Densiformis' yews. That being said deer are opportunistic and when nothing else is available they will go after anything. I cut out the section about deer in the video to take your experience into account.
Can you explain how to pot on the cutting, how to grow them on and when to take them out of the fridge?
I'll try and do a video on that soon. We're getting snowed on tonight and the cuttings are safe in the fridge staying cool but not freezing.
Hi Dave, Instead of putting them in the refrigerator could I put them in potting soil and bring them inside and put them right up against a South facing window. I would put a humidity dome on top of them too. I've got a heater in there that keeps room 70 degrees. I've got a few annuals that I always Over winter in this room too
The only issue is that when you bring them into the heat they may start to grow, both roots and leaves. With these cuttings I'm intending to keep them outdoors and root them like hardwood cuttings so by bringing them indoors that would trigger fast growing when what I want is slow root development. You can do them indoors but you won't be able to bring them outdoors again until danger of frost has passed. You could try putting them in an unheated garage or storage shed if space is an issue in the fridge.
Annuals are no problem brining indoors. I've got a window sill full of coleus in the kitchen!
Hi Dave! First time seeing your channel! Just in time because I was just asking about that somewhere else and haven't received an answer yet . Can we do that to veggies or flowering plants to use as cuttings if they are hybrids? Is that how professional growers keep hybrids growing?
For certain vegetables you definitely can. Tomatoes propagate well in water then can be replanted. Peppers propagate well too. I will often preserve pepper plants over the winter by taking a few cuttings to root. Then in spring I plant them outdoors again for a little quicker start. I don't think squash or other cucurbits would be conducive to this. As for flowering plants there are lots you can take cuttings from like salvia, Russian sage, and lavender. I have some videos on salvia and Russian sage propagation here on the channel. Here's the video on pepper propagation from cuttings: czcams.com/video/FbFroPZ2kLE/video.html
If you go to the other videos you should see the other videos. Also hybrids will root just as well as heirlooms or open pollinated. Sometimes that is the easiest way to propagate hybrids is to just take a vegetative cutting of it. Hope that answers your questions. :)
Can you do this with Blueberries? And if so, when you take them back out, are you just putting them in pots back outside? First year for us trying to propagate some of the plants we have. Thanks.
Blueberries can be propagated with hardwood cuttings taken in January and February. Take 5 to 6 inch cuttings, treat with rooting hormone and place them in a good rooting medium. Sand is what I use for a lot of cuttings. Just be sure to keep the cutting medium wet but not soggy. It should be well drained. You can save the cuttings just as I showed in the video to put out later in their rooting medium. On the bottom end of each cutting I would make a 1/2 inch scrape on one side and make sure the rooting hormone gets on that wound. It should help to increase calluses where roots will form.
@@Growingthehomegarden Thanks. Appreciate the information.