That is wonderful, thank you. We ordered a hydrangea from Home Depot, and it came in smashed, no leaves left, and broken into just sticks. I'm new to gardening and didn't know what to do, so I took the sticks and put them in water under a grow light. 5 weeks later, the roots are about 2 inches long, and one of the sticks has 10 leaves! I can't believe it! Plants WANT to live. Don't give up on them if they look dead. ❤
Three clear cups. Put cutting in seedling soil in one cup that you poked holes in the bottom. Put an inverted cup on top and tape them together with painter’s tape. Use the to hold the mini greenhouse. Fun project for kids and adults!
I've read that roots don't like light at all. While fun , it might be making the root growth slower than using a cup/planter that doesn't let light in.
The only thing I would add is that you dip your cuttings in water before you put the root tone on it. It definitely helps the hormone powder stick to it. You might also try poking a finger hole in your soil rather than pushing cuttings in. This wont brush off the hormone. TC and Thanks for a fun and direct video .
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I just bend a limb of mine over to the ground and weight it down with a brick, cover with soil and wallah, it will grow roots from the nodes itself. Once the roots have grown, I just clip between each clump of roots.I get many plants that way, all at once.
I'm 61 yrs old and remember my grandma doing that very thing. I thought she was just pulling something over on me at first and seeing what kind of craziness I would fall for hahaha
I have several that I started years ago. I rooted them in water and now some of them are 6/7 feet tall. The trunks are like tree trunks. I trim them back every year but the keep coming back as tall as the year before. They are blu and I wish I could make some of them pink. I bet yours looks beautiful.
Remember, guys, the color of the flowers will not necessarily be the same as the parent plant. The soil ph determines the hydrangea color. Acid soil makes blue flowers, and alkaline soil makes pink. Certain blends of those soils will give you lavender or even purple flowers. You can change your soil by adding the appropriate chemicals. Lime makes more alkaline. Sulphur makes it more acid. There are some hydrangeas that are white and don’t change based on ph. Annabelle is one of those.
I have a short attention span, and two kids that keep me distracted, but your videos are short, right to the point and you make it look so easy!!! I sent a bunch of your videos to my husband at work yesterday for him to watch too. These are great!!!! I homeschool and I’m going to use them for our botany part of science this year! These are the best videos on planting I’ve come across. My kids love plants, and they’ll be so excited about propagating new ones!
I have done the clone method and kept the plant indoors for 2 years until the plants were about 2 feet tall. Just transplanted them and they are blooming.
nice ... however one tip If I may be so bold may it be better to make a hole first or you'll wipe off the rooting hormone off . Also rooting hormone can be made for free with willow did you know that?
Thank you! I am so grateful for the very specific teaching about how to handle the cuttings and a close up of the process. I have watched several videos about this and they just basically say “ take a cutting” and then move on. It is not that simple as “ snap off a piece and plop it in water or dirt.
Yes it is. I got some flowers and hydrageas was in it, very perry pink. I cut the flowers of and planted it about March NZ and its got some good new grouth. 😊
Ithank you again my dear friend I hope my plants 🪴grow up in the winter in side the house 🏠thank you so much for your help and support I will try to do it thank you God bless
I just came across your videos a few days ago..5/23____I am so happy..your tutorial videos…are great ..thank you so much…getting started with propagating some of my plants …..I am tickled to death …..buddy …..thank you
Traditionally, most agree that planting on a north facing side of your home is safe. Also, in an area close to trees where they get some morning sun and protection from afternoon sun is good. It also depends on your planting zone. You can adjust where you need to because very hot dry weather requires more sun protection. In Mississippi, I have some in deep shade which do well but probably don’t bloom as much as if they got a little more sun. The ones on the north side of my house do very well. My favorite variety is Endless Summer because they repeat bloom all summer.
what is the best month to take the cuttings and what is the latest month you can plant cloned hydrangeas in the ground after they have rooted in kansas city zone 6B
I find, since there are so many kinds and colors of hydrangea, taking cuttings and cloning one of your existing plants will ensure the color and type of plant you get will match your existing hydrangea. No guessing. If you want a hedge, buy one, get cuttings the first year, and plant the rest of the hedge the second year. The first one will be larger, but all the rest will mature at the same pace. Works the same if you're tying a few corners of your property together with like plants, or berms. Make the first one year and plant the others the second year from the cuttings. They will all match. No longer will you worry about mislabeled plants at the nursery or trying to remember which kind yours is.
😂 I Love your Style!!! You made me laugh 😊 thank you for sharing I have a Gorgeous Hydrangea and I'd love to share it and also have more to put around my property. It's flowers look lace like a cluster of tiny flowers with more flowers out around the center I've never seen it anywhere else.
Can you show how to help with burned hydrangeas and how to best grow the white Annabelle and more specifically, the white incredibal hydrangea. They keep burning and seem to have root rot?
What would be the best time of the year to take cuttings? I’m in Florida and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to attempt this in the fall. Thank you for the information!
Marvelous presentation ! You have all the ingredients- knowledge, specifics, well organized ,clear ( that is, you spoke clearly, the photographer captured in full detail everything you were describing) AND a frequently missing ingredient in presentations - humor ! It helps the speaker get and maintain the audience’s attention. All of the above tells me to SUBSCRIBE.
Hi I just was given one with roots and I planted it right away and watered it. Did I do right ? What's my next step ? Please help it's my first time. Thank you.
May sound like a dumb question but how to you let it go dormant ? in winter? Or fall? When do you start that? Do you water during dormancy? Where do you store it, inside or outside? In the dark? I’ll admit right now I do not have a green thumb but I’m trying to learn. 😃
Great question, I am in Minnesota, have done plenty of hydrangea cuttings, all outside all winter long, go dormant in the fall with the mama plant, covered by snow... water until the ground freezes... 90% survival rate, usually the ones that newly leafed out during summer, meaning the root system has been developed before dormancy... Good luck, hydrangea is easy!!!!
Hi we keep most of our hydrangeas in pots and they become too big for our pots. When is the best time to cut back, and how far down we could cut Thanks
Hi, I really enjoy watching your videos. I’ve found myself interested in starting a small garden since I don’t have the space. I would love to volunteer to gain knowledge if your open to it. 😊 your absolutely right about wanting to dig up someone else’s plants. Lol
I have my mother’s hydrangea in a cast iron kettle. It’s maybe over twenty years old. I’ve made baby plants many times. I do it kinda the cowboy way by just cutting anywhere. You’ve shown me a better place to cut and why. Maybe my percentages will hopefully improve doing it your way. Thanx for the video. Glad you reinforced not to stick your cuttings directly in to the rooting hormone. And I’m a Folger’s guy too!
Living in New England would you leave it outside, covered to go dormant or bring it in & keep alive through the winter? Would it be too tender to go dormant in a garage or cellar? Best way to overwinter?
That is wonderful, thank you. We ordered a hydrangea from Home Depot, and it came in smashed, no leaves left, and broken into just sticks. I'm new to gardening and didn't know what to do, so I took the sticks and put them in water under a grow light. 5 weeks later, the roots are about 2 inches long, and one of the sticks has 10 leaves! I can't believe it! Plants WANT to live. Don't give up on them if they look dead. ❤
I put mine in a clear soft drink cup with lid and cut holes around the bottom edge for draining. In a clear cup you can watch the roots grow! 👍🏼
Three clear cups. Put cutting in seedling soil in one cup that you poked holes in the bottom. Put an inverted cup on top and tape them together with painter’s tape. Use the to hold the mini greenhouse. Fun project for kids and adults!
Is there any soil in the cup or is it just the cup?
I've read that roots don't like light at all. While fun , it might be making the root growth slower than using a cup/planter that doesn't let light in.
The only thing I would add is that you dip your cuttings in water before you put the root tone on it. It definitely helps the hormone powder stick to it. You might also try poking a finger hole in your soil rather than pushing cuttings in. This wont brush off the hormone. TC and Thanks for a fun and direct video
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Top 3 reasons why I just subscribed: #3 - You’re hilarious and don’t take yourself too seriously; #2 - You seem pretty knowledgeable; and #1 You sweat profusely and aren’t ashamed to admit it. Thanks, You Tube, for sending this gem of humanity my way.
Great video 📸
But the plant he is holding up is not a hydrangea !
I just bend a limb of mine over to the ground and weight it down with a brick, cover with soil and wallah, it will grow roots from the nodes itself. Once the roots have grown, I just clip between each clump of roots.I get many plants that way, all at once.
I figured that by accident. You’re right though it works
This sounds pretty ingenious! 😊
I had to smile at Fran's comment about bending a limb...I imagined an arm or a leg being pinned to the ground. :-)
@B haha "grow or else!" 😅
I'm 61 yrs old and remember my grandma doing that very thing. I thought she was just pulling something over on me at first and seeing what kind of craziness I would fall for hahaha
Love the humor plus learning!
Thanks Justin!!! I love Hydrangeas. So thankful for your tutorials
I've got a deep pink it's 6 foot high and 7 foot wide.15 years old.
I have several that I started years ago. I rooted them in water and now some of them are 6/7 feet tall. The trunks are like tree trunks. I trim them back every year but the keep coming back as tall as the year before. They are blu and I wish I could make some of them pink. I bet yours looks beautiful.
It was fun watching you educate us. Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Remember, guys, the color of the flowers will not necessarily be the same as the parent plant. The soil ph determines the hydrangea color. Acid soil makes blue flowers, and alkaline soil makes pink. Certain blends of those soils will give you lavender or even purple flowers. You can change your soil by adding the appropriate chemicals. Lime makes more alkaline. Sulphur makes it more acid. There are some hydrangeas that are white and don’t change based on ph. Annabelle is one of those.
Oh, wonderful, I don't have to buy those expensive plants anymore. Thank you so much, I love your videos. They are straightforward and to the point.
I have a short attention span, and two kids that keep me distracted, but your videos are short, right to the point and you make it look so easy!!! I sent a bunch of your videos to my husband at work yesterday for him to watch too. These are great!!!! I homeschool and I’m going to use them for our botany part of science this year! These are the best videos on planting I’ve come across. My kids love plants, and they’ll be so excited about propagating new ones!
With Thanks!❤ 7:44
You're a breath of fresh air so fun to watch 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you! What a helpful and funny video. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I am watching this video again.The challenge is of propagation is what I LOVE. Thanks for all the tips. Wish you were closer to Florida
Beautiful way to explain the details; thank you. I watched start to finish and learned couple of things.
Great information can we grow hydrangeas in Tucson Az ? Zone9
I just found your video and the way you present is clear, funny, easy, informative. Thank you!
I’m following now. 💚
This is so great!! Thank you so much! I will try this this week.
Absolutely! Thank you for tuning in! 🙏
Very informative....... I've bin very interested in plant propagation for awhile so PLZ do more videos on this subject thanks 👍
Fun with plants. I am in, glad you popped up in my feeds.
I have to thank you very much for your help and support I love to see you planing you are doing great job 👍God bless you
Excellent video! Thank you for the close up of the place to make the cutting. Over all great job!
Again you hit a home run with me. I learn something from every one of your videos. Thanks so much!
Thank you! On my way outside to start clipping!!! WooHoo!!!🎉
I love your sense of humour, great videos!!
Thank you for sharing. You are a very good teacher.
You're a Hoot! I'm precisely THAT person that would dig it up if possible! 🤣 Carol Down Under
I have done the clone method and kept the plant indoors for 2 years until the plants were about 2 feet tall. Just transplanted them and they are blooming.
That was entertaining while being educational ...thank you...stay original...
Great idea
nice ... however one tip If I may be so bold may it be better to make a hole first or you'll wipe off the rooting hormone off . Also rooting hormone can be made for free with willow did you know that?
Thank you! I am so grateful for the very specific teaching about how to handle the cuttings and a close up of the process. I have watched several videos about this and they just basically say “ take a cutting” and then move on. It is not that simple as “ snap off a piece and plop it in water or dirt.
Thank you dear 😄😄 this is really amazing
Yes it is. I got some flowers and hydrageas was in it, very perry pink. I cut the flowers of and planted it about March NZ and its got some good new grouth. 😊
Thanks always love watching your videos, so informative. Keep it up! Have a great day
Where should i out my new cuttings during the winter? Still on the windowsill?
You make your videos soo interest, NTM funny 😂. Hope to get my cuttings to live from Virginia to Louisiana🙏🏻. Thank you!
I love your videos! Thanks for answering all questions i wouldbe never thought to ask😊
Ithank you again my dear friend I hope my plants 🪴grow up in the winter in side the house 🏠thank you so much for your help and support I will try to do it thank you God bless
I just came across your videos a few days ago..5/23____I am so happy..your tutorial videos…are great ..thank you so much…getting started with propagating some of my plants …..I am tickled to death …..buddy …..thank you
When you plant them in your yard, where’s the best location? Full sun, shade, etc?
Traditionally, most agree that planting on a north facing side of your home is safe. Also, in an area close to trees where they get some morning sun and protection from afternoon sun is good. It also depends on your planting zone. You can adjust where you need to because very hot dry weather requires more sun protection. In Mississippi, I have some in deep shade which do well but probably don’t bloom as much as if they got a little more sun. The ones on the north side of my house do very well. My favorite variety is Endless Summer because they repeat bloom all summer.
what is the best month to take the cuttings and what is the latest month you can plant cloned hydrangeas in the ground after they have rooted in kansas city zone 6B
I find, since there are so many kinds and colors of hydrangea, taking cuttings and cloning one of your existing plants will ensure the color and type of plant you get will match your existing hydrangea. No guessing. If you want a hedge, buy one, get cuttings the first year, and plant the rest of the hedge the second year. The first one will be larger, but all the rest will mature at the same pace. Works the same if you're tying a few corners of your property together with like plants, or berms. Make the first one year and plant the others the second year from the cuttings. They will all match. No longer will you worry about mislabeled plants at the nursery or trying to remember which kind yours is.
Awesome so how long do they stay with a bag on them? Also is it the same method for a bag on say maple tree cuttings?
😂 I Love your Style!!! You made me laugh 😊 thank you for sharing I have a Gorgeous Hydrangea and I'd love to share it and also have more to put around my property. It's flowers look lace like a cluster of tiny flowers with more flowers out around the center I've never seen it anywhere else.
Thank you.
What is the protocol to put a plant to dormint
When do you take the bag off the plant? Do you leave it on all winter?
Thanks for the specific tips
I’m going to do your way of starting a cutting! Thx!
Awesome thanks!!! I really found this video really really helpful!!!
And weighing it down that's a really great idea!!!
Can you show how to help with burned hydrangeas and how to best grow the white Annabelle and more specifically, the white incredibal hydrangea. They keep burning and seem to have root rot?
I have a few questions…When can you take the bag away? Do you water in the winter? When it is dormant, will it look dead?
Thanks for the great video ☺ Did the plant you soaked survive?
Well, look at that and if it’s the right size, the zip can zip it so that it fits perfectly. What a great idea.
Thanks. I will try and grow some for family and friends
Hi my friend I will stry to do the same thing whot you have done thank you so much
What would be the best time of the year to take cuttings? I’m in Florida and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to attempt this in the fall. Thank you for the information!
Any!
Thank you my friend well done 👏good job I will like to learned that please help me out with this
How often do you water it in the winter? Also, do you leave it outside in the winter or put it in the greenhouse?
Informative and Fun...
I just found you do you
have videos starting with
seeds. Zip lock bags work..
Some cracking tips there cheers
How often do you mist or water the cuttings? Just when the soil is dried out at the top?
Tks for your help with this project
Funny and helpful!!
Marvelous presentation ! You have all the ingredients- knowledge, specifics, well organized ,clear ( that is, you spoke clearly, the photographer captured in full detail everything you were describing) AND a frequently missing ingredient in presentations - humor ! It helps the speaker get and maintain the audience’s attention. All of the above tells me to SUBSCRIBE.
Aw well thank you 🥹 I’ve gotten better since filming this!
You are funny informative very illustrative and I am interested in your channel
Hi I just was given one with roots and I planted it right away and watered it. Did I do right ? What's my next step ? Please help it's my first time. Thank you.
Turgid. I've been using Ziploc baggies over pots for years, works great!
Takes a little while but you're saving about $25-40 for each plant that takes root. Cha-Ching!!
May sound like a dumb question but how to you let it go dormant ? in winter? Or fall? When do you start that? Do you water during dormancy? Where do you store it, inside or outside? In the dark? I’ll admit right now I do not have a green thumb but I’m trying to learn. 😃
Great question, I am in Minnesota, have done plenty of hydrangea cuttings, all outside all winter long, go dormant in the fall with the mama plant, covered by snow... water until the ground freezes... 90% survival rate, usually the ones that newly leafed out during summer, meaning the root system has been developed before dormancy... Good luck, hydrangea is easy!!!!
irishkazolotse Do you leave the back off after the 5 to 6 weeks and when do you put it in the ground
What do I do with it after 4-6 weeks? Do you plant it in the garden - or - let it winter over on my window sill?
can you cover rose cuttings please? it's the hardest thing i failed every time 💔
Absolutely brilliant video, thank you..Very easy to follow,no waffle.Will definitely give it a go.
Excellent video and love the humor! Just subscribed 🎉
Hi we keep most of our hydrangeas in pots and they become too big for our pots. When is the best time to cut back, and how far down we could cut
Thanks
Can I take cutting from a flowering branch😊
Fantastic video. Thank you so much!
Ty 😊 " great video "
Do you need to water through dormancy?
Good stuff mang
All the info is great but the outcome is amazing especially if you want to grow a sycamore tree from a hydrangea!
It was a hydrangea
Fun to watch your video.. and i love hydrangeas in container
what kind soil do you use , Is it miracle grow soil?
Thank you, I'm gonna try it!
What do you mean by let it go dormant in the fall?
Where should I keep these over winter
Just wondering
I live in michigan - you mentioned you let it go dormant. Do I need to bring it inside once I get it rooted for the winter?
Great Smile. We love these Plants x Great to see some fun in a Vlog z
Great vid! Thank you
Hi, I really enjoy watching your videos. I’ve found myself interested in starting a small garden since I don’t have the space. I would love to volunteer to gain knowledge if your open to it. 😊 your absolutely right about wanting to dig up someone else’s plants. Lol
Unfortunately all my shoots are carrying blooms. Can I use them?
Thanks so much for the great information and the cute intro....sweet! 👍👍👍
Nice video do you bring the plant inside in the winter
Great video, now I need to find a neighbor with a beautiful plant to clip from. Lol
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I guess we will be riding the neighborhood
We call it "pinching" and i do it all the time! All cuttings grow awesomely
Can you use this technique on other varieties of hydrangeas?
I have my mother’s hydrangea in a cast iron kettle. It’s maybe over twenty years old. I’ve made baby plants many times. I do it kinda the cowboy way by just cutting anywhere. You’ve shown me a better place to cut and why. Maybe my percentages will hopefully improve doing it your way. Thanx for the video. Glad you reinforced not to stick your cuttings directly in to the rooting hormone. And I’m a Folger’s guy too!
Living in New England would you leave it outside, covered to go dormant or bring it in & keep alive through the winter? Would it be too tender to go dormant in a garage or cellar? Best way to overwinter?
What is the best medium to use for rooting cuttings? I have seen where you can actually use course sand?
Very good video.
You said the cuttings went into dormancy in the winter. How do you do that? Where do you keep them?
Very helpful f
Thank you
Wowww amazing thanks for sharing my friend💞💞