Great videos with matter of fact instructions. After a couple of failed attempts I think I’ve now got some healthy cuttings, fingers crossed they will flourish in the spring! 🤞 Thanks for your help.
I have some hydrangea cuttings potted on from last year’s cuttings....they are getting tall...I guess I should pinch out the growing tip to encourage bushiness? Just not sure whether to take out just the tip, or go back to say 6” from the soil.....Thank you for your clear video.
Hilshils best time to cut back and ‘shape’ hydrangeas is l late winter/early spring whilst the plants are asleep. If you have a few I’d have a bit of an experiment, cut one back to 6 inches, just cut back the tips on another, etc. They can be reshaped each year so you can always put stuff right if you don’t like how one has turned out. This way you will be able to see how they react to different treatments and over the next couple of years learn so much from the plants themselves that you will be chopping with confidence. Bottom line is- cut back whilst dormant and there is no right or wrong way really. I hope this helps Robbie 🌻
Graham Thomas it’s called various things, gritsand, screed sand , Bidiford grit. If you ask for Bidiford grit at a builders merchant they will be able to show you. The main thing is that it has pieces up to a couple of mm in size. I get mine from either the builders merchants where I have to buy a tonne or B&Q where they call it grit sand and sell in 20kg bags. Hope this helps Robbie
Hi I live in Brisbane Australia and wished i had read your how to take cuttings i put mine in a greenhouse and they all where sticks in the end so i threw them out. I could have had a lot of hydrangea bush,s in the garden. I have been using scotts cutting mix should i add a little sand to the mix. Best Regards Patricia
Hi bl33ify, so long as the ground is not too wet or frozen you can plant them out in either autumn or spring. As the weather is starting to get worse I’d over winter them somewhere cool and wait until spring to plant out. I hope this helps Robbie
Hi Fiona mcanulty, whilst they are dormant it’s a case of keeping the compost a bit damp but not wet. Don’t let the pot dry out completely, just a bit of water when needed. Once they start putting on new growth in spring start watering well again. I hope this helps Robbie 🌻
Noneshere I’m in the south of the UK, we get winter lows of -5C and summer highs of 25-30C at the very hottest. I’ll try and remember to say about climate in future vids, thanks for watching Robbie 🌻
Hi Sharon Dont know if you have found out what a grow bag is yet, if you have that’s great, if not, a grow bag is a bag of compost that you buy from shops and has markings for you to cut out sections and grow plants straight from the bag. Best google it or go to the B&Q website and search for a ‘grow bag’, hope this helps.
Great videos with matter of fact instructions. After a couple of failed attempts I think I’ve now got some healthy cuttings, fingers crossed they will flourish in the spring! 🤞 Thanks for your help.
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brilliant info Roddy loving these vids
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I have some hydrangea cuttings potted on from last year’s cuttings....they are getting tall...I guess I should pinch out the growing tip to encourage bushiness? Just not sure whether to take out just the tip, or go back to say 6” from the soil.....Thank you for your clear video.
Hilshils best time to cut back and ‘shape’ hydrangeas is l late winter/early spring whilst the plants are asleep. If you have a few I’d have a bit of an experiment, cut one back to 6 inches, just cut back the tips on another, etc. They can be reshaped each year so you can always put stuff right if you don’t like how one has turned out. This way you will be able to see how they react to different treatments and over the next couple of years learn so much from the plants themselves that you will be chopping with confidence. Bottom line is- cut back whilst dormant and there is no right or wrong way really. I hope this helps Robbie 🌻
Another GT video with information and interest I still can find sharp sand can you give a name !! Thanks for your time 🐞🐦👍👍👍👍👍👍
Graham Thomas it’s called various things, gritsand, screed sand , Bidiford grit. If you ask for Bidiford grit at a builders merchant they will be able to show you. The main thing is that it has pieces up to a couple of mm in size. I get mine from either the builders merchants where I have to buy a tonne or B&Q where they call it grit sand and sell in 20kg bags. Hope this helps Robbie
Hi I live in Brisbane Australia and wished i had read your how to take cuttings i put mine in a greenhouse and they all where sticks in the end so i threw them out. I could have had a lot of hydrangea bush,s in the garden. I have been using scotts cutting mix should i add a little sand to the mix. Best Regards Patricia
Sand is used to help the growing medium drain freely - cuttings will rot if constantly wet. Keep the mix damp, not wet.
Hi, when would it be ready to plant out? Is it okay to plant them out in November or spring?
Hi bl33ify, so long as the ground is not too wet or frozen you can plant them out in either autumn or spring. As the weather is starting to get worse I’d over winter them somewhere cool and wait until spring to plant out. I hope this helps Robbie
Do you water them when they have died back to sticks?
Hi Fiona mcanulty, whilst they are dormant it’s a case of keeping the compost a bit damp but not wet. Don’t let the pot dry out completely, just a bit of water when needed. Once they start putting on new growth in spring start watering well again. I hope this helps Robbie 🌻
You should mention temperatures in you area. Some of us are not on the same portion of the globe. Nice works tho, keep it going.
Noneshere I’m in the south of the UK, we get winter lows of -5C and summer highs of 25-30C at the very hottest. I’ll try and remember to say about climate in future vids, thanks for watching Robbie 🌻
What is a grow bag that you mentioned a few times? Thank you
Hi Sharon
Dont know if you have found out what a grow bag is yet, if you have that’s great, if not, a grow bag is a bag of compost that you buy from shops and has markings for you to cut out sections and grow plants straight from the bag. Best google it or go to the B&Q website and search for a ‘grow bag’, hope this helps.