Can you advise what window of time/which season is best for this method? Is there a maturity of branch growth to use and to avoid? Meaning do you chose only fresh new season growth in which to clip? And could this method be used to Crepe Myrtle? Or holly? I am in the process of air layering (stripping a bit of limb covering off and attaching a container of soil. Then leaving that container attached to the tree until roots grow-then I will be potting). Have yet to recognize success has been less than 3 weeks. Hope to return with results. Thanks
I live in Zone 9B and Nov Now. Max Temp hitting 90s. Can I leave the cuttings with a Ziploc bag for humidity over the pot & leave it outside in a shaded area outside, like under a tree.
How much did you water it before placing bag? How often do you water in the rooting stage? How long does it take to root! Thanks again for your time and expertise!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hi, I'm 6 weeks into the rooting process and have 4 cuttings (started with 7). The 4 look healthy. I dug down and found some roots, albeit small 1-2". I live in Phoenix, Az. I've been carrying them in the house each night as it was below 60 degrees and put them in shade during the day. Now its getting to 90 degrees in the day and over 60 and night. They are in a 9" diameter pot that is 9" tall. The pot is sitting in a shallow glass bowl that I've been filling with water every few days. My plan is to keep them in the same pot until the roots get bigger. Keep the post in the shade and leave it out overnight, now that the temps are over 60 at night. Does that sound good. What would you do? Should I fertilize? I used a root hormone and coconut core. It seems like I may need to bring them inside once its over 100. Please let me know.
If they rooted, you can put them in separate pots. Phoenix is hot weather, you may not need the bag/ greenhouse if it pushes over 100f. I did not use fertilizer for the first year, just potting mix and water, and the occasion compost.
Everyone else seems to say that you cut slice the stem right below the last node, where you have cut the stem right before the last node? Now I am confused? The nodes are where the roots are supposed to generate from - is that correct? If so why are you cutting off the node at the bottom of your cutting?
You can cut right below the node or at the node. If you are in doubt you can take a dozen cuttings, with half right below the node, and then other half at the node, and just for kicks you can take another half dozen right above the node. If I had to guess the results will be similar to mine, about 50% will take root.
I have a mandarin that is turbo fruit maker, living in croatia. It is 6 meters tall and 6 meters wide, it has 20 years. For the last 2 years, it gives enormous amount of fruit, and i want to clone it. So, in which period should i do the cuttings ? At this point, flowers are starting to open and all the bees are around it. Should i wait for late winter period, between last ripe fruits and new buds ? Or should i wait for fall when fruits are starting to ripe or should i do it when the fruits start to form from flower. I do not know anyone who can help me. Everyone old here grows either olives and vineyards, so they have no idea. Our lowest winter temperature is 0-5 celsius at night and 10-15 at daylight. Basically a warm mediterranean climate, i live 200m from the sea. I hope that you can help me.
Look for new branches on your tree. The new growth is green and very small at less than 5 inches/ 13 cm. I cut off a brown branch to make filming easier and show the harvesting of new growth. I am in warm climate and my tree will put out new branches twice a year; once in Spring and once in Fall. Plant more than you need, half of your cutting will not root, some will root but not grow, out of 12 I got 3 to 4 nice plants. This method is a low cost numbers game, other methods will give better results but cost much more.
@@sporktime5206 Can i do it without hormone of growth ? Can i put it in water first to sprout small roots ? Can i put it in banana and put it together in soil ? What do you mean by, it makes roots but does not grows ? Will it eventually grow sometimes ?
You know you put up a video which was a very good one at that. but, you have people asking if they survived or if they didn’t. but, you don’t answer them. so, did they make it and will you make a video showing if they did or not. Me personally would like to know. So I too can use your method.
I took 10 lemon cutting . Made 45 degree cut & put aleo vera in bottom and put it in soil with cow manure in plastic glass and packed it air tight in polythene bag .. kept it in shadow after 10 day when I open it I found all fungus and no new baby leaf in it.. so what to do no should I throw it ???. Kindly suggest..🙏
It will depend on the tree. For the Meyer lemon it is slow growing and will take between 3 to 4 years before it bear fruit. Technically my trees tried to grow fruit this year (year 2) but they are in grow bags and not in the ground.
Depending on where you live you may be able to take cuttings all year around. I find the best time to take cuttings is in Late spring all the way into mid summer, but that's because my climate (so. Cal) allows for that. You want the weather to be warm, as the cuttings will root but may not survive in cold weather. Remember the cuttings take root they are tiny little trees. The techniques shown here are the bare minimal, there are other more advance techniques that use heating mats and lights to simulate sun. All of that cost money and if you just time it right you will not require all that extra equipment and cost. Great question, thank you.
Hi, thanks for the video. I do have two questions viz, Why the diagonal cut to the bottom ? Any significance of it ? Also, do the two cut leaves aid in photosynthesis? Best wishes from India 🇮🇳
I will answer the diagonal question. It gives just a little more open space for roots to form. Me personally I leave the leaves whole but only leave two or even one because you want roots not leaf growth.
@@iamseely1338 Thank You so much for responding. I'd take your feedback into getting more quality to my buds and cuttings this time. Big Thank You all the way from the now Rainy India 🇮🇳
@@sporktime5206 : it would have been good to mention that in your video . A lot of people may not know that they need to put some small holes in the plastic and end up killing their plants .
You should make a video like these with the result in the same video. Everyone promised a followup result but very few do it. Before and after is what we want.
Air Layering was one of the methods I had tried when I first got into tree propagation. For some reason I couldn't get it to work, and I found the experience frustrating as I could not control the environment. My hats off to anyone who can make air layering work! Any method that helps you propagate, and produce more food is fantastic!
It is best to not leave the cuttings in standing water, as you may drown the roots. You need a little bit of water at the bottom to keep the soil "wet". If you did not want to take the plastic bag off every time, you could just cut a small hole into the side of the plastic bag and with a syringe add water to the cuttings when needed.
Sand is not recommended and will yield poor results. You can switch to sand base when the plants are a 12 inchs tall and its time to upgrade to larger pot. Sand is poor at water retention, and may not promote growth root growth at cutting stage.
I do not use the air layering method as I have never had success with it. To date, I only know one person who swears by air layering. For the most part the majority of growers I've met use some form of this method. I wanted to show a method was was affordable, and could give consistent results, without the need to buy extra stuff; such as grow lights, heated beds, or aqua culture, etc etc. If you've got bucket, dirt, a clear bag, and rooting hormone you can grow some plants using the information in this video.
Hi , after you have potted the stems and put a clear bag over the top do you have to water it ? And if so how often ? And when do you check if a root system has started ? Thank you
I added water to the cuttings everyday. The roots will start to develop within the first 30 to 45 days. It is important to separate the cuttings as soon as the roots start to develop as the roots are very fragile and will start to tangle with each other as they grow out. You could always pot each cutting in a separate pot, but the problem with that is it takes up a lot of space.
I have been very busy, but an update video to the lemon cuttings has been on my mind for a while now. Please accept this as my update for now: I have had a lot of success, and I have several new lemon trees, I have a few of them that are out of the plastic bags now! I've had a few set backs and I have made quite a few mistakes, as no one really shows what happens after the first 3 months... my goal is to make a video sharing what I have learned and hopefully I will teach you to avoid the mistakes I've made.
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how long does it take before you get roots and they are ready to pot?
Would love to know how they went. Did you get a lemon tree to grow ?
Yes
Love "to the point" videos. Thank you.
I found planting them in potatoes works well, it retains moisture and gives nutrients when the potato decomposes
Can you advise what window of time/which season is best for this method? Is there a maturity of branch growth to use and to avoid? Meaning do you chose only fresh new season growth in which to clip?
And could this method be used to Crepe Myrtle? Or holly?
I am in the process of air layering (stripping a bit of limb covering off and attaching a container of soil. Then leaving that container attached to the tree until roots grow-then I will be potting). Have yet to recognize success has been less than 3 weeks. Hope to return with results. Thanks
Nice sharing 🎉🎉 subscribed you
Cuttings clone need splicing grafting from fruiting tree?
Marvelous.
How long can a cutting be good, I have a few day old cuttings I kept in a glass will they survive
I live in Zone 9B and Nov Now. Max Temp hitting 90s. Can I leave the cuttings with a Ziploc bag for humidity over the pot & leave it outside in a shaded area outside, like under a tree.
How much did you water it before placing bag? How often do you water in the rooting stage? How long does it take to root! Thanks again for your time and expertise!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Water daily, I ended up cutting a small hole in the bag and using a syringe to add water.
What do you mean by on the node? Like split it in half or cut just below the node?
Hi, I'm 6 weeks into the rooting process and have 4 cuttings (started with 7). The 4 look healthy. I dug down and found some roots, albeit small 1-2". I live in Phoenix, Az. I've been carrying them in the house each night as it was below 60 degrees and put them in shade during the day.
Now its getting to 90 degrees in the day and over 60 and night. They are in a 9" diameter pot that is 9" tall. The pot is sitting in a shallow glass bowl that I've been filling with water every few days.
My plan is to keep them in the same pot until the roots get bigger. Keep the post in the shade and leave it out overnight, now that the temps are over 60 at night. Does that sound good. What would you do? Should I fertilize? I used a root hormone and coconut core. It seems like I may need to bring them inside once its over 100. Please let me know.
If they rooted, you can put them in separate pots. Phoenix is hot weather, you may not need the bag/ greenhouse if it pushes over 100f. I did not use fertilizer for the first year, just potting mix and water, and the occasion compost.
What about watering or spray of water to the soil.? How often? And how long to remove the plastic?
Do you take off the thorns as well?
Everyone else seems to say that you cut slice the stem right below the last node, where you have cut the stem right before the last node? Now I am confused? The nodes are where the roots are supposed to generate from - is that correct? If so why are you cutting off the node at the bottom of your cutting?
You can cut right below the node or at the node. If you are in doubt you can take a dozen cuttings, with half right below the node, and then other half at the node, and just for kicks you can take another half dozen right above the node. If I had to guess the results will be similar to mine, about 50% will take root.
Hi, got a question for you, do you cut on the node, below the node or above the node?
I have a mandarin that is turbo fruit maker, living in croatia.
It is 6 meters tall and 6 meters wide, it has 20 years.
For the last 2 years, it gives enormous amount of fruit, and i want to clone it.
So, in which period should i do the cuttings ?
At this point, flowers are starting to open and all the bees are around it.
Should i wait for late winter period, between last ripe fruits and new buds ?
Or should i wait for fall when fruits are starting to ripe or should i do it when the fruits start to form from flower.
I do not know anyone who can help me.
Everyone old here grows either olives and vineyards, so they have no idea.
Our lowest winter temperature is 0-5 celsius at night and 10-15 at daylight.
Basically a warm mediterranean climate, i live 200m from the sea.
I hope that you can help me.
Look for new branches on your tree. The new growth is green and very small at less than 5 inches/ 13 cm. I cut off a brown branch to make filming easier and show the harvesting of new growth. I am in warm climate and my tree will put out new branches twice a year; once in Spring and once in Fall. Plant more than you need, half of your cutting will not root, some will root but not grow, out of 12 I got 3 to 4 nice plants. This method is a low cost numbers game, other methods will give better results but cost much more.
@@sporktime5206
Can i do it without hormone of growth ?
Can i put it in water first to sprout small roots ?
Can i put it in banana and put it together in soil ?
What do you mean by, it makes roots but does not grows ?
Will it eventually grow sometimes ?
can you use sphagnum moss instead?
Very good explanation, please let us know the result and thank you so much
You know you put up a video which was a very good one at that. but, you have people asking if they survived or if they didn’t. but, you don’t answer them. so, did they make it and will you make a video showing if they did or not. Me personally would like to know. So I too can use your method.
Did you water it because i tried it and it died
I took 10 lemon cutting . Made 45 degree cut & put aleo vera in bottom and put it in soil with cow manure in plastic glass and packed it air tight in polythene bag ..
kept it in shadow after 10 day when I open it I found all fungus and no new baby leaf in it..
so what to do no should I throw it ???. Kindly suggest..🙏
After you put on plastic bag do you cut the corners off a litte?
The plastic bag is nothing more than the "poor mans green house." It is meant to keep heat in and provide all the benefits of a greenhouse.
How often do you water it?
Keep the soil well hydrated. Water daily & remove excess/ standing water.
Exciting! Great job and ya got me inspired! Do they grow fast or not?
It will depend on the tree. For the Meyer lemon it is slow growing and will take between 3 to 4 years before it bear fruit. Technically my trees tried to grow fruit this year (year 2) but they are in grow bags and not in the ground.
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Thanks for a well presented video. Short and to the point. One question: What time of the year is best for propagating from cuttings? Spring?
Depending on where you live you may be able to take cuttings all year around. I find the best time to take cuttings is in Late spring all the way into mid summer, but that's because my climate (so. Cal) allows for that. You want the weather to be warm, as the cuttings will root but may not survive in cold weather. Remember the cuttings take root they are tiny little trees. The techniques shown here are the bare minimal, there are other more advance techniques that use heating mats and lights to simulate sun. All of that cost money and if you just time it right you will not require all that extra equipment and cost. Great question, thank you.
Question.... what is the best time to attempt to root a citrus cutting, summer, fall, winter or spring? I live in SoCal.
You can take cuttings all year long, just look for new growth and follow the instructions =)
spring
Hi, thanks for the video.
I do have two questions viz,
Why the diagonal cut to the bottom ? Any significance of it ?
Also, do the two cut leaves aid in photosynthesis?
Best wishes from India 🇮🇳
I will answer the diagonal question. It gives just a little more open space for roots to form. Me personally I leave the leaves whole but only leave two or even one because you want roots not leaf growth.
@@iamseely1338 Thank You so much for responding. I'd take your feedback into getting more quality to my buds and cuttings this time.
Big Thank You all the way from the now Rainy India 🇮🇳
We kept them in sunlight or not????
How does tree breathe with bag tightly wrapped around it ?
There are small holes cut into the bag, it's enough to let the cuttings breath
@@sporktime5206 : it would have been good to mention that in your video . A lot of people may not know that they need to put some small holes in the plastic and end up killing their plants .
Thanks a lot
You should make a video like these with the result in the same video. Everyone promised a followup result but very few do it. Before and after is what we want.
He did one - ua-cam.com/video/4tqmDo6ebfw/v-deo.html
Spork Time you totally grow weed and do your clones in house. Thanks for the video, I assumed it was the same way as cannabis.
you can clone a bigger citrus tree by air layering
Air Layering was one of the methods I had tried when I first got into tree propagation. For some reason I couldn't get it to work, and I found the experience frustrating as I could not control the environment. My hats off to anyone who can make air layering work! Any method that helps you propagate, and produce more food is fantastic!
After you do all the steps required. And it comes time to Watering your clippings. Can you just "bottom-water" the container?
Without taking the plastic bag off...?
It is best to not leave the cuttings in standing water, as you may drown the roots. You need a little bit of water at the bottom to keep the soil "wet". If you did not want to take the plastic bag off every time, you could just cut a small hole into the side of the plastic bag and with a syringe add water to the cuttings when needed.
What is the rooting hormone you use and cost
Use any rooting hormone. There is no particular brand as they will all work there same. Buy local and support your local nursery.
Can I use sand?
Sand is not recommended and will yield poor results. You can switch to sand base when the plants are a 12 inchs tall and its time to upgrade to larger pot. Sand is poor at water retention, and may not promote growth root growth at cutting stage.
Is it important WHEN we can take cuttings to propagate? Will season or weather matter?
With this method how long before fruits? As opposed to air layering.
I do not use the air layering method as I have never had success with it. To date, I only know one person who swears by air layering. For the most part the majority of growers I've met use some form of this method. I wanted to show a method was was affordable, and could give consistent results, without the need to buy extra stuff; such as grow lights, heated beds, or aqua culture, etc etc. If you've got bucket, dirt, a clear bag, and rooting hormone you can grow some plants using the information in this video.
Answer the question bro how long before it fruits?
@@JohnSmith-ek9sm 2 years that's why I prefer air layering. Easier too
Hi , after you have potted the stems and put a clear bag over the top do you have to water it ? And if so how often ? And when do you check if a root system has started ? Thank you
I added water to the cuttings everyday. The roots will start to develop within the first 30 to 45 days. It is important to separate the cuttings as soon as the roots start to develop as the roots are very fragile and will start to tangle with each other as they grow out. You could always pot each cutting in a separate pot, but the problem with that is it takes up a lot of space.
After you put plastic, do we need to water thoroughly?
No sir, too much wet will kill the plant
Is there an updated video to show the result of those cuttings?
I have been very busy, but an update video to the lemon cuttings has been on my mind for a while now. Please accept this as my update for now: I have had a lot of success, and I have several new lemon trees, I have a few of them that are out of the plastic bags now! I've had a few set backs and I have made quite a few mistakes, as no one really shows what happens after the first 3 months... my goal is to make a video sharing what I have learned and hopefully I will teach you to avoid the mistakes I've made.
Very interesting. Not impressed with the horrible background music
I buy a !emon tree butwith shock is it lemon?