I have hardwood cuttings in various thicknesses does that matter how thick the cuttings are ? like 3x or more the width of a pencil. and should the cutting be scraped or scored to make a bruise? before placing it in the water!
My best success is with those around a pencil size, you can try the larger ones but they may take a very long time to root or won't at all. I haven't tried anything bigger than around a pencil using this water method; be sure to change the water if you do try larger cuttings as I suspect they will take a while to root and you'll want to stop them from decaying over that time. I didn't scrape these (but I do usually on other hardwood cuttings to promote a callus and eventual roots) - you could try damaging some and not to others and see which you have more success with. Good luck
Good to know - the hardwood is pretty reliable I've found, we clip in early spring/late winter, leave them in the jar with water untouched in semi-shade, and pot them up early fall You could even try just taking hardwood cuttings and potting them up in very organic/water retaining medium to avoid any transfer. Trick here will be to keep them very wet
Hi, I left these under our bonsai bench out of direct sunlight, but I've also brought some indoors under t5HO lights and both will work. If left outside, just be sure they do not dry out. The added heat of indoors (or even better with bottom heat) will probably speed the callus & rooting process, so something to consider.
Hey there, we trim all our cuttings down to 1 small set of leaves usually just to keep some ability to photosynthesize, but reduce water loss. With wisteria that have a compound leaf, we trim the compound leave down a bit - most of these rooted just hanging out in the water and were planted up soon after.
These were a combination of hardwood and semi-hardwood taken late spring/early summer Best time for hardwood is generally right as the buds begin to swell as spring warms up, semi-hardwood is probably early summer - you want to have enough time for the cuttings to grow roots If you can, you might want to try a few different timings and see what works works best for you - best of luck!
I have hardwood cuttings in various thicknesses does that matter how thick the cuttings are ? like 3x or more the width of a pencil. and should the cutting be scraped or scored to make a bruise? before placing it in the water!
My best success is with those around a pencil size, you can try the larger ones but they may take a very long time to root or won't at all. I haven't tried anything bigger than around a pencil using this water method; be sure to change the water if you do try larger cuttings as I suspect they will take a while to root and you'll want to stop them from decaying over that time.
I didn't scrape these (but I do usually on other hardwood cuttings to promote a callus and eventual roots) - you could try damaging some and not to others and see which you have more success with.
Good luck
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Can i use soft leads from tree instead of hard wood?
You can certainly try, they might need a bit more care so they do not dry out - we've had a lot of success with hardwood cuttings
I've tried 3 attempts with decent soft green cuttings, and no luck
Good to know - the hardwood is pretty reliable I've found, we clip in early spring/late winter, leave them in the jar with water untouched in semi-shade, and pot them up early fall
You could even try just taking hardwood cuttings and potting them up in very organic/water retaining medium to avoid any transfer. Trick here will be to keep them very wet
Did you leave the jars outside in the sun?
Hi,
I left these under our bonsai bench out of direct sunlight, but I've also brought some indoors under t5HO lights and both will work. If left outside, just be sure they do not dry out.
The added heat of indoors (or even better with bottom heat) will probably speed the callus & rooting process, so something to consider.
Will it get roots if there’s no leaves on it
Hey there, we trim all our cuttings down to 1 small set of leaves usually just to keep some ability to photosynthesize, but reduce water loss.
With wisteria that have a compound leaf, we trim the compound leave down a bit - most of these rooted just hanging out in the water and were planted up soon after.
Does it need to be spring or can I do it now in winter time, or will that effect the plant
These were a combination of hardwood and semi-hardwood taken late spring/early summer
Best time for hardwood is generally right as the buds begin to swell as spring warms up, semi-hardwood is probably early summer - you want to have enough time for the cuttings to grow roots
If you can, you might want to try a few different timings and see what works works best for you - best of luck!
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